A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design
Shares rank 7 of 16 technical books by recommenders
Approachable coverage of key CubeSat technical analyses. Caveat: US-centric and some advice tied to one kit.
Approachable coverage of key CubeSat technical analyses. Caveat: US-centric and some advice tied to one kit.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Covers key technical analyses approachably
“this book provides a lot of the key technical analyses in a really approachable way”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design” Endorses F' for small satellites
“The book is spot on that F' is where it's at for the future of Small Satellites”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Some advice specific to one kit
“some of the recommendations in here are specific to one particular kit for building CubeSats the authors are responsible for”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design” US-centric, needs wider research
“this book is rather US-centric, and will be incomplete without some wider research”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design”
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What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“this book provides a lot of the key technical analyses in a really approachable way”
“The book is spot on that F' is where it's at for the future of Small Satellites”
“some of the recommendations in here are specific to one particular kit for building CubeSats the authors are responsible for”
“this book is rather US-centric, and will be incomplete without some wider research”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.