The UK newspaper the Daily Mail reports on a Glasgow-based start-up Alba Orbital which has recently begun creating and selling the building blocks for tiny satellites named ‘PocketQubes’
Read the story at
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2454251/Rise-DIY-satellite-Company-launches-initiative-allowing-ANYONE-send-probe-space—itll-cost-12-000.html
PocketQube Shop on Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pocketqube/want-to-build-a-satellite-but-dont-have-a-nasa-siz
Twitter @pocketqubeshop
UK PocketQube Shop on Kickstarter http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/01/uk-pocketqube-shop-on-kickstarter/
The Guardian newspaper: Glasgow start-up enters the space race with tiny, cheap satellite
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/scotland-blog/2013/oct/15/scotland-space-satellites