CubeSat developments at Cal Poly: the standard deployer and PolySat

Jordi Puig-Suari; Jeremy Schoos; Clark Turner; Tyler Wagner; Ryan Connolly; Richard P. Block

doi:10.1117/12.406645

7 November 2000 CubeSat developments at Cal Poly: the standard deployer and PolySat

Jordi Puig-Suari, Jeremy Schoos, Clark Turner, Tyler Wagner, Ryan Connolly, Richard P. Block

Proceedings Volume 4136, Small Payloads in Space; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406645
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Cal Poly students are participating in the development of a new class of picosatellite, the CubeSat. CubeSats are ideal as a development project for universities around the world. In additioin to their significant role in educating space scientists and engineers, CubeSats provide a low-cost platform for testing and space qualification of the next generation of small payloads in space. In expensive, commercial off-the- shelf components are used to demonstrate their ability to function in the space environment. A key innovation of the project is the development of a standard CubeSat deployer. This deployment system is capable of releasing a number of CubeSats as secondary payloads on a wide range of launchers. The standard deployer requires all CubeSats to conform to common physical requirements, and share a standard interface with the deployer.

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Jordi Puig-Suari, Jeremy Schoos, Clark Turner, Tyler Wagner, Ryan Connolly, and Richard P. Block "CubeSat developments at Cal Poly: the standard deployer and PolySat", Proc. SPIE 4136, Small Payloads in Space, (7 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406645

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