So from http://www.klofas.com/papers/klofas_amsat2013.pdf the 28+ Flock-1 cubesats, all from one single company, will utilize deployers from Nanoracks. How will they be put on the Antares upper stage and released?
A lineup of satellites have been installed in the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer, and are ready for their trip to the International Space Station!
The satellites are (from left to right): LithuanicaSat, LitSat, SkyCube, ArduSat-2, and UAPSat.
Go Nanoracks!Is there a thread or a resource anywhere with details on how satellites can be safely popped out of Kibo, presumably bound for many different orbits, without getting in the way of Station or each other? Forum search + about five minutes on Google were fruitless.
Is there a thread or a resource anywhere with details on how satellites can be safely popped out of Kibo, presumably bound for many different orbits, without getting in the way of Station or each other? Forum search + about five minutes on Google were fruitless.
Square/cube law means the smaller thing has less mass per surface area, so less inertia to power through the amount of atmo it'll run into? So Kibo-bound cubesats are destined for a lower (and presumably not terribly long-lived) orbit than Station? (Which resolves the issue of potentially running back into them during a Progress-reboost?) And if falling to a lower orbit, therefore deployed retrograde?
QuoteThe satellites are (from left to right): LithuanicaSat, LitSat, SkyCube, ArduSat-2, and UAPSat.