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Monday, December 20, 2010
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CubeSat SailUK company ClydeSpace have released a video showing the deployment of a sail which could be used to de-orbit a CubeSat. The YouTube description says: This is a first prototype of an aerobrake system being developed by Clyde Space and the University of Glasgow. The objective is to deploy this 1m2 foil sail at the end of the mission to de-orbit the spacecraft using drag. The unit demonstrated here has dimensions of 10cm x 10cm x 3cm. Future prototypes are planned to be more compact so as to minimise volume required on the CubeSat. Watch Aerobrake first prototype for CubeSats AMSAT-UK publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which is full of Amateur Satellite information.
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