Amateur SpaceCraft  

LInk from IEEE/ MIT  

Question: When does an Amatuer CubeSat become an Amatuer SpaceCraft ?

Question: When does an Amatuer CubeSat become an Amatuer SpaceCraft ?
   Answer:  When CubeSats Become SpaceCraft when you add orbit changing thrusters and atitude control.

                                                                                                                 

A whole new method of thrusting CubeSats has arrived. This opens new doors to Amateur SpaceCraft.
A day is coming soon when Amateur Satellites will have revolutionary Micro Propulsion Thrusters.
Once in the hands of Amateurs, these Satellites will be known as "Amateur SpaceCraft."
As of now, the only thing close to Amateur SpaceCaft has been operated mostly by Universities.
Of course, there have been a few minor exceptions with international Amsat organizations.
As has happened in the past, this technology will be available to the Amateur Space Community.

 Does anyone remember the days when the vast amount of computers were only to be found among big institutions?
                                                                                                                        

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1 AIS (Open Source Ion Thrusters)
2 From IEEE/MIT
3 MIT Saucer
4 ElectroSray i-ESP
5 Microfabricating an Electrospray Ion Thruster for use on Microsatellites
6 Lunar Flashlight Satellite
7 Los Alamos National Lab
8 Different Types Of Electric Space Engines
9 CubeSat JPL Caltech
10 Marco One

Various Thrusters

Hall
Thrusters
 Explained

 

1 Standard Micro Propulsion CubeSats
2 Precise attitude control using electrospray
3 iEPS thrusters firing in two directions
4 Microfabricating an Electrospray Ion Thruster for use on Microsatellites
5 Future Vision
6 Reaction Wheels for CubeSats
7 Magnetorquer for CubeSats                    
8 PCB Magnetorquer                .
9 Space Propulsion
10 Nasa Intro to Orbital Mechanics
11 Confusing Things About Spacecraft Orbits
12 SpaceCraft Background
   

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