By NASA – http://www.nasa.gov/lb/vision/earth/features/bm_gallery_3.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=306270 Building on the partial success of Vanguard 2, TIROS-1 (Television Infrared Observation Satellite 1) ascended into the heavens on April 1, 1960. (No, really—no April Fools joke here.) Unlike Vanguard 2, however, TIROS-1 was the first weather satellite to be considered fully functional, and the first of a […]

  It’s October 4, marking the start of Space Week. This is a celebration of spaceflight in all its forms. Our participation in Space Week includes looking back at the history of Earth observation satellites and missions to study our planet’s climate and weather.   By NASA History – SUCCESS – AND AFTER, Public Domain, […]

Innovation Innovation is one of our central tenets at Quub. There are of course other companies and organizations working on picosatellites, but we’re taking a different approach to design, construction, and implementation. This approach was first conceived and brought to life by Nathaniel Evry. It’s called SpaceHex. As Joe Latrell said about SpaceHex, “We knew […]

Name and position?Phillip Rzucidlo, Developer, Data and Analytics How did you come to Quub?I met Joe several years back at a previous position and found we worked well together. I was managing an analytics suite of about 3,000 websites and had been working on how to condense and parse the data those web properties were […]

You did it!  You took that step and adopted a Rescue Engineer! While we can certainly understand your disappointment at not being able to take in a purebred Quub engineer, you can still enjoy the rewards and benefits of sharing your home with your new companion. In the event that you’ve never had your own […]

*Climate Week Special Report* As the world comes together to address the ever-pressing issue of climate change during Climate Week, one small startup from Lancaster, PA is making a big impact. Meet Quub, Inc., a company that’s taking an innovative approach to combating climate change by deploying a constellation of micro-satellites to monitor the pulse […]

Do you love our logo? The 2023 International Visual Identity Awards does — and it loves the creative folks at Oxcart Assembly who made it. Quub extends our most enthusiastic congratulations to Oxcart, winner of the 2023 International Visual Identity Awards for Manufacturing for their design! See the complete list of winners here, and learn […]

Today is National IT Professionals Day! It’s time to tip our hats to all the programmers, network administrators, and hardware repair people that keep our day-to-day lives running smoothly. Without them, we’d all be staring at blank screens, so be sure to thank those who are so essential to our world. (Hint: All IT pros, […]

The U.S. Air Force is near and dear to our hearts, for obvious aeronautical reasons, and today is the USAF’s 76th birthday! Initially falling under the purview of the U.S. Army, the Air Force was converted to a separate branch of the military on September 18th, 1947, when President Harry S. Truman signed the National […]