The CubeSat Development Education Initiative ("TCSDEI")

Most high schools lack sufficient funds for sponsoring innovation and development of CubeSats. This impact is felt across the STEM and Aerospace programs of many high schools across the United States, disadvantaging ambitious deserving students with bright futures. The CubeSat Development Education Initiative is a nonprofit organization that promotes and provides space systems engineering education to high school students. We aim to inspire innovation and fulfill the dreams of countless high school students to make their own satellite and pursue careers in Aerospace related industries while emphasizing its economic significance. The CubeSat Development Education Initiative was inspired by a California high school student who attempted to develop a CubeSat satellite at his high school and experienced firsthand the many roadblocks to Aerospace education and project development (e.g. no funds, lack of mentors in school system, no specialized facilities for test and evaluation).