Awesome, I happened to google our project name and this thread came up! Thanks for finding (what I believe is) the first news article featuring TechEdSat!I'm the Spacecraft Manager for TechEdSat, if you guys have any questions I'm subscribing to this thread.
Quote from: NASA_Aaron on 02/01/2012 11:12 pmAwesome, I happened to google our project name and this thread came up! Thanks for finding (what I believe is) the first news article featuring TechEdSat!I'm the Spacecraft Manager for TechEdSat, if you guys have any questions I'm subscribing to this thread.Excellent, welcome to the site's forum. I have some questions, if you have time:1) What are the benefits of deploying cubesats from ISS, as opposed to hitching a ride on an LV?2) Does deploying cubesats from ISS present any orbital debris/conjunction concerns to ISS? If so, how will they be mitigated?Thanks!
1) What are the benefits of deploying cubesats from ISS, as opposed to hitching a ride on an LV?Thanks!
Quote from: Space Pete on 02/02/2012 08:12 amQuote from: NASA_Aaron on 02/01/2012 11:12 pmAwesome, I happened to google our project name and this thread came up! Thanks for finding (what I believe is) the first news article featuring TechEdSat!I'm the Spacecraft Manager for TechEdSat, if you guys have any questions I'm subscribing to this thread.Excellent, welcome to the site's forum. I have some questions, if you have time:1) What are the benefits of deploying cubesats from ISS, as opposed to hitching a ride on an LV?2) Does deploying cubesats from ISS present any orbital debris/conjunction concerns to ISS? If so, how will they be mitigated?Thanks!And to add on to this, why not deploy the cubesats from a departing VV ala the recent Progress M-13M(45)? Great work by the way
Quote from: NASA_Aaron on 02/01/2012 11:12 pmAwesome, I happened to google our project name and this thread came up! Thanks for finding (what I believe is) the first news article featuring TechEdSat!I'm the Spacecraft Manager for TechEdSat, if you guys have any questions I'm subscribing to this thread.Great! I have a question regarding the communication experiment with Irridium or OrbComm.I think this is the first time using inter-orbit communications such a small satellite.Could you explain more detail?
Hello everyone,I'm Thu, the Project Manager for F-1 CubeSat. This is our first space mission so we are a little bit nervous but very excited. If there's any questions about our little bird I'll be happy to answer
Good luck with your project Thu!
I simply do not understand, what the merits of this is.
Quote from: Skyrocket on 06/22/2012 10:41 amI simply do not understand, what the merits of this is.Number one, launching CubeSats inside cargo vehicles, where they can be padded with foam etc, has a much lower vibration environment than mounting straight to a second stage. This means the CubeSats can be designed to cope with less stresses (and thus be cheaper), and also have more chance of making it to orbit alive.
Second, when mounting to a second stage, you are at the mercy of the launch date of the primary payload (primaries will not wait for secondaries) - so if you have development delays with your CubeSat and get bumped from your flight, it could be years before another rocket is available to your selected altitude and inclination. With ISS however, if your CubeSat is bumped from one flight, another one to the same orbit will soon follow due to the constant stream of ISS resupply flights.