NASA EDGE CubeSat Launch Initiative
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2013
- NASA EDGE talks to NASA about how they're helping students and professionals launch their own mini satellites known as CubeSats. The CubeSat Launch Initiative provides new opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics by helping people design, launch and collect data. Check it out.
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I worked in a CubeSat project in my college. The thing was so standardized that there really was very little scope for innovation. We were very excited in the beginning to be chosen for the project, but felt really let down towards the end.
Why???
The standard was given by CalTech... The thing is that the rocket that takes the sat to orbit has a spring-based ejection thing that throws it out into orbit... There is always room for innovation (and we innovated a lot), but you are still restricted by constraints on size, weight and stuffs. You can't have large payloads and much innovation in attitude control (although ion-drive might change this significantly).
I'd be sad when the cubesat re entered
If I had one
As a high powered rocketry enthusiast, can i launch this on my own into LEO using a high powered rocket i made ? they can go as high as 120Miles
Was it "standardized" because of a specific reason or is it a more general reason? Do feel these particular "SATS" just lack room for innovation? I am curious because I have become really interested in these little guys for some time now and I am looking for methods to make them even cheaper to produce and more accessible for the less than fortunate academics. I feel there is still so much room to grow in this department, but I don't have actual experience. Just what I've researched.
The future...
BILL GATES IS ON NASA EDGE lol
Glaube Mut Liebe.
Why CubeSats? Why not SphereSats?
Basically, it's because cubes are the easiest shape to stack on top of each other, most computer components are square shaped, and making metal/solar panels is much easier with straight lines. :)
got it
Ninosław Ciszewski Felt uncomfortable replying to a 8-months-old comment, so I'm glad you got it. :)