Tufts CubeSat Team
Building Tufts's first satellite to see space debris before it becomes a threat.
SPACE RACCOON is a 2U CubeSat mission using onboard computer vision and machine learning to detect, classify, and assess collision risk in Low Earth Orbit.
2025–2026 development
Edge-of-orbit engineering, built on campus.
Vision payload
Modified GoPro hardware paired with onboard ML to detect and classify debris streaks.
Open source
Flight software and data released for the aerospace community and future missions.
Full stack build
Structures, power, RF, and radiation-hardened systems engineered in parallel.
Last updated: July 26, 2026