Tuesday, May 23, 2017

3D printing CubeSat bodies for cheaper, faster missions

22-05-2017 03:29 PM CEST


As a first test of a new printable hard, electrically conductive plastic, ESA has 3D-printed CubeSat structures incorporating their own electrical lines. In future, such miniature satellites could be ready to go once their instruments, circuit boards and solar panels were slotted in.

 

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