Welcome to the LibreCube Documentation!

At LibreCube we want to make space accessible to everyone! We believe that space exploration is relevant to all humankind and everyone should be given the chance to learn and contribute to it.

We start small. That is, small in size, but not in vision. Our systems are inspired from the modular CubeSat standard, which sparked a revolution in making space more accessible.

We are creating an ecosystem of modular components (electrical power systems, navigation modules, onboard computers, and so on) that can be assembled together to form systems for space and terrestrial exploration, such as satellites, drones, rovers, and more!

Everything we develop is based on these three principles:

  • Open Source: We publish everything open source and we use open source tools for all our projects.

  • Standards: We apply freely available standards (mostly from the space domain) for our system designs.

  • Modularity: We create an ecosystem of reusable, modular elements with standardized interfaces.

Contribute

Do you want to be part of a community that develops open source hardware and software for exploration of space? Do you want to democratize science and technology? Or maybe just want to tinker on interesting projects in your free time? We look for people that are interested in electronics, mechanics, programming, documentation, outreach, art, ..., everything!

Of course, you are also free to just use the elements ecosystem to build something on your own. But if you do so, please let us know and share your story.

Community

You can always reach the entire community in the Chat!

No matter if you are absolute beginner or seasoned expert, everyone is welcome. We want to foster an encouraging environment where people can openly share ideas, advice, and lessons learned.

Please read our Code of Conduct.

You should also see the LibreCube homepage and our GitLab repository page to see how you can get involved.

If you like to contribute to this documentation, go to the source code.

All documentation is licensed as Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)