| Robert figured on Nano-Satellites |
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 Once in the office at Starbucks, I came to think of unrestrained nanosatellites today when I took my breakfast.. Nano Satellites may sound more exotic than it actually is. The concept of nano-satellites really only refers to a classification of satellites with respect to its weight. It is often said that the class nano satellites ranging from 1 to 10 kg. The most common nano-satellite platform called Cubes and is a cube with sides of 10 cm and it was developed at Stanford University in California. A cube of side 10 cm is called re-1U (U = unit) and they put together two cubes, it will be 2U, etc.. Stanford has also developed a mechanism to turn on the rocket so that it can separate up to 3U in a smooth manner. This means that you can load with three pieces of 1U or 2U satellites and a 1U ... well you get the.
The main benefits of nano-satellites are considered to be that they are
relatively small and light, which reduces the cost of producing and
sending them up. But quality costs money and often it may be
compromising on the satellite's capability in space. Some scientific
instruments requires simply a better platform why nano satellites are
not always eligible. Nano Satellites was a theme at the workshop and it
turned out that Canada is very talented in this field so there I learned
something new.
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