Space experiments using small satellites

Matthew J. Schor

doi:10.1117/12.45882

1 July 1991 Space experiments using small satellites

Matthew J. Schor

Proceedings Volume 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45882
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

W.J. Schafer Associates Inc. has conducted an assessment of the capabilities of small satellites to fly material experiments in low earth orbit in order to measure the environmentally induced material degradation. A potential experiment was chosen for the assessment which requires spacecraft pointing in the forward velocity vector (ram direction), a minimum of power, and low data storage. A satellite designed to be launched from a Space Shuttle Get Away Special (GAS) is nominally able to meet these requirements if a simple drag stabilization system is used, if all the available surface area is used for solar panels and if the experiment's power requirement is minimized through the use of passive thermal control.

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Matthew J. Schor "Space experiments using small satellites", Proc. SPIE 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45882

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