Session
Session IV: LEO Missions
Abstract
MakerSat is a technology proof-of-concept mission from Northwest Nazarene University that will demonstrate microgravity additive manufacturing, assembly, and deployment of a CubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS). MakerSat is a 1U multi-project satellite, supporting up to four science payloads that can be developed by four independent teams. In the upcoming MakerSat mission, one university science team will measure the mass loss of several additively-manufactured polymers in orbit. The materials are expected to undergo mass loss due to monoatomic oxygen radicals, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ionizing radiation, and outgassing. A high school science team payload will also be flown. The MakerSat concept will be demonstrated with two launches: MakerSat-0 will be placed in a sun-synchronous polar orbit through the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) XX program in preparation for the eventual launch of MakerSat-1 from the ISS.
MakerSat: A CubeSat Designed for In-Space 3D Print and Assembly
MakerSat is a technology proof-of-concept mission from Northwest Nazarene University that will demonstrate microgravity additive manufacturing, assembly, and deployment of a CubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS). MakerSat is a 1U multi-project satellite, supporting up to four science payloads that can be developed by four independent teams. In the upcoming MakerSat mission, one university science team will measure the mass loss of several additively-manufactured polymers in orbit. The materials are expected to undergo mass loss due to monoatomic oxygen radicals, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ionizing radiation, and outgassing. A high school science team payload will also be flown. The MakerSat concept will be demonstrated with two launches: MakerSat-0 will be placed in a sun-synchronous polar orbit through the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) XX program in preparation for the eventual launch of MakerSat-1 from the ISS.
