Known as the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space, or METIS, the investigation on the X-37B will expose nearly 100 different materials samples to the space environment for more than 200 days, NASA says. METIS is building upon data obtained by several missions of the Materials on International Space Station Experiment (MISSE), which flew more than 4,000 samples in space from 2001 to 2013.For both MISSE and METIS, small samples the size of quarters are used. METIS will fly a variety of materials including polymers, composites and coatings.
Are there any full list of the cubesats flying along with the X-37B available right now?
This PPT suggests 4 cubesats on the ELaNa XI mission tagging along with AFSPC-05:https://www.sprsa.org/sites/default/files/conference-presentation/NRO RideShare Charts 2014 Final RevA-Skrobot.pptx
someone put one of those EM drives on there
I have now found the Cubesat Passengers for 4 of the 8 PPODS in UltraSat:* LightSail A (3U)* USS Langley (3U)* AeroCube 8A, AeroCube 8B (both 1.5U)* PSAT A, PSAT B (both 1.5U) with BRICsat (not cubesat) housed in unused Space between the PSATsThis leaves 4 PPODs still unknown
Quote from: Skyrocket on 05/08/2015 08:57 pmI have now found the Cubesat Passengers for 4 of the 8 PPODS in UltraSat:* LightSail A (3U)* USS Langley (3U)* AeroCube 8A, AeroCube 8B (both 1.5U)* PSAT A, PSAT B (both 1.5U) with BRICsat (not cubesat) housed in unused Space between the PSATsThis leaves 4 PPODs still unknownI think the not-Cubesat version of BRICsat was an earlier (2013?) design and the current designis a full 1.5U judging from more recent USNA papers... but I'm not certain.
What do people think to the suggestion that's been made that the X-37B is as much psyop as anything else.
Launch day overall probability of violating weather constraints: 60%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Clouds, Anvil Clouds, Lightning24-hour delay overall probability of violating weather constraints: 70%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Clouds, Anvil Clouds, Lightning