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> NASA will give OreSat a free ride to the International Space Station. From there, it will be shot out of the side of the space station to begin its orbit. OreSat will begin falling back toward Earth, but moving at such a high speed that it will pass some 4,000 times around the globe before it descends and burns up in Earth's denser atmosphere.

Anyone know how they propel it out the side?

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They use spring. Really, as simple as that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoRacks_CubeSat_Deployer

Ah, that makes sense. I figured they wouldn't have anything blasting out of the ISS, so I was wondering if it was some sling shot or mini-trebuchet apparatus.

Might be hard to make/use a trebuchet in space ;)

(Or at least low gravity)

Yeah, that wasn't that brightest thought I've had. I guess I should have said catapult.

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