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I worked on a similar satellite, the nanosat-5 (1m3 size), which also used magnetotorque for orientation. Odd choice using arduino, I guess for buzzwords? Als
by hwillis 14y ago
I worked on a similar satellite, the nanosat-5 (1m3 size), which also used magnetotorque for orientation. Odd choice using arduino, I guess for buzzwords? Also it looks like they are using very little shielding. We used several layers of shielding and a very thick hull- close to a centimeter, and each module in the device had a separate hull. We also had a lot more sensors, including some pretty complex equipment (an electron spectrmeter, an auroral imager, a plasma probe...).
I really hope that commercializing space doesn't kill off the ridealong programs- I think there is a ton of potential in crowdsourcing this sort of thing.
- ohgodthecat3 14y agoThey said they chose arduino because it was easy for people to learn and get into which is true. I'm sure they will being doing work to make the arduino (environment) space ready, hopefully they are able to do enough testing on the ground for it to work reasonably in space. $30,000 though seems a bit cheap for this project and I'm guessing that they already have facilities they can use or have sponsors that are helping them out, otherwise it might just go up into space and just not work.
- pvarangot 14y agoIts cheap indeed. At u$d 35.000 they must already have access to some serious facilities in order to really develop this (i.e. at least a Helmholtz coil and a relatively clean room).