Titre du document / Document title

6U CubeSat commercial applications

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

TSITAS S. R. ⁽¹⁾ ; KINGSTON J. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Cranfield Space Research Centre, Aerospace Engineering Department Cranfield University, ROYAUME-UNI

Résumé / Abstract

Recent work by Tsitas and Kingston⁽¹⁾ has demonstrated that an 8kg 6U CubeSat can be designed to perform Earth observation missions equivalent to those of 50-150kg microsatellites. Their design is reviewed and its commercial potential is compared to the 156kg RapidEye spacecraft. Three other commercial applications of this design are described. These are: a standard spacecraft for space scientists and astronomers; the spacecraft component of an N nation 5 spectral band disaster monitoring constellation and a night imaging satellite. Nanosatellites should now be considered for commercial missions previously thought to require microsatellites.

Revue / Journal Title

Aeronautical Journal    ISSN  0001-9240   CODEN AENJAK 

Source / Source

2012, vol. 116, n^o1176, pp. 189-198 [10 page(s) (article)] (21 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Royal Aeronautical Society, London, ROYAUME-UNI  (1968) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Artificial satellites

;

Reviews

;

Earth planet

;

Satellite observation

;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

9540

;

Satellite artificiel

;

Article synthèse

;

Planète Terre

;

Observation par satellite

;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Observación por satélite

;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 985, 35400050889584.0040