Hi Everyone,
Something I've been thinking about lately is the idea of an updated version
of the CubeSat standard. The standard was originally meant to define
secondary payloads that could be integrated with absolute minimal
obstruction to the primary payload, however, we're seeing several launchers
now (like Electron and Vectors family) that are geared towards CubeSats as
primary payloads.
With that in mind, I was thinking about changes that you could make to the
standard to support this shift in mission design. My first thoughts were
removing restrictions on propulsion and adding electrical umbilicals
between the CubeSat and the deployer. What would be on your wishlist for a
"CubeSat v2"? Would you even use the CubeSat standard at all or start from
scratch?
