[AR] Re: Cubesats orbital grenades ?
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:23:56 -0500 (EST)
I wrote:
... a balloon will get punctured quickly by micrometeorites. An
inflatable drag brake needs to rigidize itself somehow...
Or, of course, don't make it inflatable. For an example of a 3U cubesat
with a drag brake, check out <
https://www.utias-sfl.net/?p=2644>. (Those
dragsails are really designed for deorbiting more sizable nanosats from
higher orbits; using a 3U at medium altitude was just an expedient way to
do a cheap in-space test/demo.)
Henry
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