Comments on: Freefall: an antenna company for space

By: Gary M.

Gary M. — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:52:46 +0000

Excellent space journalism.

By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:10:21 +0000

I know its probably not important for the larger inflatable dishes but what would temperature changes do to it?
Could they be compensated for or can the ball be inflated enough to make it irrelevant?
And if it can be inflated enough I wonder if an inflatable telescope would be possible? Just the tube body that holds the secondary mirror. The cube sat would hold the primary mirror and the camera equipment..

By: MIKE BUFORD

MIKE BUFORD — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:11:46 +0000

Bob,
How do you maintain such a quality site producing such stellar information.
May the force be with you.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:53:47 +0000

I have though about dual use tethers for such purposes…and perhaps a novel space elevator. Imagine not one-but two statites, with cables crossing each other in an X shape. By simply having the two solar sails tack towards or away from each other- the intersection can be raised or lowered. Scissor-lift to the stars? Adjustable antenna?

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 03:14:43 +0000

In reply to Joe. Joe: It is probably premature to expect this for a PocketQube. The January demo flight is the first in-space test of the cubesat design, 1.5U. Should that succeed, however, they will likely go into production and eventually consider larger and smaller designs.

By: Alex Andrite

Alex Andrite — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 03:03:12 +0000

Love it !
So much for my CB Whip antenna.

Creating outside of a box ?
What box ?

Love it !

By: Robert Pratt

Robert Pratt — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 01:54:03 +0000

Great article.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:47:57 +0000

I wonder just how small they can make these? PocketQube satellites could use something like this but they are based on 50mm cubes.