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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Dec 28 2006, 08:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
One of the best uses for Cubesats is to do engineering tests. The two that were in the last launch from the University of Arizona had engineering purposes, and these were more than just seeing if student projects work. One was to do a test of a method of using a low-powered beacon to transmit data to earth, and the other was to test the effects of radiation on several components.
There are alot more things that could be done, but it takes a creative mind to come up with them. Any engineer can come up with a $4 billion dollar telescope that'll vastly improve our knowledge of the universe, but it takes a truly creative one to figure out how to do something new with such a small payload. Luckily most students have some sense of creativity. |
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