How do you start a CubeSat project? As popular as CubeSats have become, it’s surprising how little information is out there to help someone just enter-ing the field. That’s why this document was created—to lay out everything you need to take a great CubeSat idea and make it into an actual spacecraft that is launched into orbit. If you’ve been involved in the CubeSat world for a while, this guide will be a good reference for anything on which you might need a refresher. However, this guide is written for first-time CubeSat developers, and especially for CubeSats being developed at educational institutions. So, if this is your first foray into CubeSats, you’ll want to read through carefully to get an idea of the scope and the amount of work this project will require.