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Mars Cubesat Orbiter?
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post Dec 5 2018, 08:29 PM
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Is there any chance we can get a Cubesat in orbit around Mars or would that take too much propellant?
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post Dec 6 2018, 01:23 AM
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Yeah, that bitrate ain't gonna cut it for sure. Thanks! smile.gif


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post Dec 6 2018, 02:39 AM
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Yeah, that bitrate ain't gonna cut it for sure. Thanks! smile.gif

MMO would have gotten something like a peak of 80 kbits/sec at closest Mars range using Ka-band. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/smallsat2...df/20_Malin.pdf


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post Dec 6 2018, 02:50 AM
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OK - Wow - that's pretty epic for a the Ka band in 12 U. Has anything like that flown yet? MarCO had the benefit of the investment in the IRIS Xband package developed for INSPIRE (which, ironically, is still on a shelf)
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- pioneer   Mars Cubesat Orbiter?   Dec 5 2018, 08:29 PM
- - djellison   A spacecraft would probably need something over 10...   Dec 5 2018, 09:25 PM
- - nprev   I wonder about the longevity of CubeSats for such ...   Dec 5 2018, 09:33 PM
- - djellison   Well - NASA's committed to not sending any orb...   Dec 5 2018, 10:21 PM
- - mcaplinger   12U cubesat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Mi...   Dec 5 2018, 10:45 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, that bitrate ain't gonna cut it for sure...   Dec 6 2018, 01:23 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 5 2018, 05:23 PM) Yeah...   Dec 6 2018, 02:39 AM
|- - djellison   OK - Wow - that's pretty epic for a the Ka ban...   Dec 6 2018, 02:50 AM
- - pioneer   Thanks for the answers.   Dec 6 2018, 03:51 AM
- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (pioneer @ Dec 5 2018, 09:29 PM) Is...   Dec 6 2018, 05:48 AM
- - vjkane   There's a fairly detailed presentation on the ...   Dec 6 2018, 02:27 PM

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