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6U CubeSat commercial applications

  • S. R. Tsitas and J. Kingston (a1)
Abstract

Recent work by Tsitas and Kingston(1) has demonstrated that an 8kg 6U CubeSat can be designed to perform Earth observation missions equivalent to those of 50-150kg microsatellites. Their design is reviewed and its commercial potential is compared to the 156kg RapidEye spacecraft. Three other commercial applications of this design are described. These are: a standard spacecraft for space scientists and astronomers; the spacecraft component of an N nation 5 spectral band disaster monitoring constellation and a night imaging satellite. Nanosatellites should now be considered for commercial missions previously thought to require microsatellites.

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COPYRIGHT: © Royal Aeronautical Society 2012
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s.r.tsitas@alumni2008.cranfield.ac.uk
j.kingston@cranfield.ac.uk
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