Re: [amsat-bb] Current Launch Costs From Spaceflight

2 Aug 2014

      Absolutely!  Micro-miniaturization!
But some things are difficult to miniaturize -- like a 144 MHz yagi.
On 08/01/2014 09:20 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
...
Innovation is often driven out of necessity. I see it everyday at 
work. Develop a baseline system that works and then optimize it. You'd 
be amazed what you could do with the small of a space to pack 
electronics into.
Bryce
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Gus <gus@8p6sm.net 
mailto:gus@8p6sm.net> wrote:
On 08/01/2014 01:24 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:

    I've noticed from reading this board's current posts and
    archives that
    there is a bias against CubeSats from some due to a belief
    that they
    are somehow inherently limited in capability, unreliable, and
    short
    lived, but there is nothing inherent in the CubeSat format
    that makes
    it that way, it's simply a standardized way to build a satellite.

Their size and weight limitations restrict the type of antennas
they can deploy, the number of solar panels they can carry, and
simply the mass of silicon they can contain.

Yes, they are cheap and launches (to LEO) are frequent, but their
capabilities are, surely, limited by their physical nature?

-- 
Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle

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Gus 8P6SM
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