Cubesat 10x10x10cm 1kg Payload, Lets here it then... |
Cubesat 10x10x10cm 1kg Payload, Lets here it then... |
Sep 15 2005, 06:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
I'm sure many of you will be familar with the CubeSat project, in fact some of you may well have worked on one.
So lets hear it, what would you do with a 10x10x10cm 1kg payload in a CubeSat, beside the obvious like stick a camera in it and photograph your house. Who knows, perhaps one day we may see the launch of the USF CubeSat |
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Sep 15 2006, 11:01 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I don't think the shuttle would be used for these anymore. Converted Russian ICBM's make the bulk of the launch manifest for Cubesats - but using the PPOD, there's scope to launch them as a secondary payload on the other vehicles you mention, Delta 2/4, Atlas 5, Ariane 5, and in the future Vega etc. I think working with Cubesat teams is a sensible investment for the LV manufacturers. The students that build and fly these things are the same students that the major LV and astronautical engineering firms will want to employ in the future.... by spending the money on accomodating Cubesat PPOD's when volume and mass budgets allow, they're essentially giving experience to future employees - it's a good trade.
Just as an aside Andrew - is there any chance of the 1/2U, 2U and 3U chassis CAD files making it onto the website? I'm not a potential customer ( unless I win the lottery in which case I'll be turning into a philanthropist and funding several UK universities to start cubesat projects ) - but I do like looking at these things - even if just from a creative standpoint for making pretty picture http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&id=1588 Doug |
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Sep 20 2006, 05:54 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-September 06 Member No.: 1135 |
Just as an aside Andrew - is there any chance of the 1/2U, 2U and 3U chassis CAD files making it onto the website? I'm not a potential customer ( unless I win the lottery in which case I'll be turning into a philanthropist and funding several UK universities to start cubesat projects ) - but I do like looking at these things - even if just from a creative standpoint for making pretty picture http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&id=1588 I'll see what we can do. We do have a 3U model (not yet on the site) 1/2U, 1 1/2U and 2U have not yet been ordered by any customers, so we haven't had time to make the models either.Doug One application of our model is not something I had originally envisioned, but it's pretty cool anyway. That is to simply take the model and run it through a rapid-prototyping (e.g. SL) machine, and then using it to attract attention, for fundraising, brainstorming, etc. --Andrew -------------------- ______________________________________
Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com CubeSat Kit A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. 750 Naples Street San Francisco, CA 94112 tel: (415) 584-6360 fax: (415) 585-7948 web: http://www.cubesatkit.com email: cubesatkit@pumpkininc.com |
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Dec 5 2006, 10:27 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-September 06 Member No.: 1135 |
I'll see what we can do. We do have a 3U model (not yet on the site) 1/2U, 1 1/2U and 2U have not yet been ordered by any customers, so we haven't had time to make the models either. 3U models are now online, in a variety of CAD formats: http://www.cubesatkit.com/content/design.html -------------------- ______________________________________
Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com CubeSat Kit A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. 750 Naples Street San Francisco, CA 94112 tel: (415) 584-6360 fax: (415) 585-7948 web: http://www.cubesatkit.com email: cubesatkit@pumpkininc.com |
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