Form Factor
In this book, I present examples using both the CubeSat and the TubeSat standards. If you have to switch providers and are going from CubeSat to CubeSat or from TubeSat to TubeSat, obviously no form factor change is needed. However, what if you have to shift from the proprietary TubeSat design to a CubeSat specification?
Geometrically, a TubeSat is a cylinder 9cm in diameter and 12.7cm long (see Figure 6-2). A standard 1U CubeSat is 10cm × 10cm × 10cm. Therefore, a TubeSat, if trimmed, can fit neatly into a CubeSat. The main body of the TubeSat is easy to shorten simply by decreasing the size of the payload bay. I feel the bay is generous already—you can fit an entire guitar pickup in there. You can also tweak the spacers for the other ...
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