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DIY Satellite Platforms
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DIY Satellite Platforms

by Sandy Antunes
January 2012
Beginner
86 pages
1h 58m
English
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Payload Bays

It is important that you design your picosatellite to include room for the sensor or engineering payload. While this is obvious, it is so easy to get caught up in building efficient power systems and programming the CPU, only to realize you don’t have enough space for your mission.

Imaging sensors—sensors that require a line of sight outside the satellite shell—require the most difficult placement. In-situ sensors, which measure the satellite’s ambient environment, must be placed where noise from the onboard electronics do not contaminate the signal. Therefore, isolation and shielding are considerations, which will affect both your spatial and weight budgets.

Shielding is a complex topic. Here, we are concerned about shielding your ...

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