PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS OF THE ANNUAL AIAA USU CONFERENCE ON SMALL SATELLITES; 49
August 2012
Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocation with Nanosatellites (SAMSON) is a new satellite mission, led by the Technion (PI: P. Gurfil) and supported by IAI, RAFAEL, Elbit Systems, SPACECIALIST and other partners. SAMSON will include three nano-satellites, built based on the CubeSat standard. The mission is planned for at least one year
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51st Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences 2011
February 2011
The novel "N-Train" concept proposed here will prove a method of launching a train of nano-satellites (nS) based on the Cubesat® standard into the same orbit. Taking advantage of the small size and mass of nano-satellites, this mission intends to deploy a close-formation of scientific instruments using a single launch and flying as secondary payloads, which will reduce dramatically the overall costs. From a scientific point of view, our proposed N-train will provide for the first time stereoscopic imaging of meteors from orbit as well as performing a number of other experiments.
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