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NRL Invents CubeSat Release Mechanism: To Deploy Solar Panels, Tethers

2014-09-04 07:23:41| rfglobalnet Home Page

When a satellite is launched into space, there's sometimes room on the rocket for a few mini satellites to hitch a ride, too. Adam Thurn, an Aerospace Engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), has invented a nichrome burn wire mechanism for these CubeSats, as they're called, to deploy something once in orbit.

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