CubeSat Design - JChopra

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This is my design for the CubeSat challenge. I decided to take a more diverse and interesting approach to the CubeSat focusing less on having complex technology on the inside, and diverting my energy towards making the unique design. The design itself has 3 different faces. All faces provide multiple openings for wires, etc that may need to traverse through the space and they all promote a strong design at a lower cost since there is less material used. The top and bottom pieces can be unscrewed to allow for an engineering to open up the CubeSat to add internals such as communication and solar panel units. This part is easily made through additive manufacturing whether it is via fueled deposition modeling or selective/direct metal laser sintering. There are no complex internals to the design so there would not be much cleanup or extra manufacturing process's to be had with this design. I chose a brushed aluminium satin as the material because this would make sure the CubeSat is within the weight but also remains highly strong. Many other materials such as plastics, carbon fiber, or even graphene could be used. There was no patent application filed for this piece.