NASA has selected a GT-AE proposal to develop and launch a 3U cubesat that will demonstrate a compact lidar imager for planetary applications. GT-AE’s Prof. Gunter will serve as principal investigator, with Prof. Glenn Lightsey and GTRI’s Dr. Grady Tuell as co-investigators. Additional collaboration will come from Dr. Britney Schmidt and Dr. James Wray of GT’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Science. The target launch date is 2018. See below for the formal NASA announcement!
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-proposals-for-student-flight-research-opportunities