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KySat Antenna Deployment

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Uploaded by on Aug 1, 2007

One of the recent tests completed on the KySat1 engineering model is that of the antenna deployment mechanism. For the first time KySat1's gold plated spring steel antennas have been deployed. A benchtop power supply was used to supply the current to the mechanism - a task that will be done by the Payload Interface Module (currently undergoing a design iteration) in the actual satellite. All tests where a success. The nichrome wire cutter system severed the tie-down cord that is used to restrain the three antennas in roughly 7 seconds. The video shows the deployment as it would happen in space 30 minuets after deployment form the PPOD.

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  • can u tell the width of the antenna, please?

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