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Re:What's So Special About Low-Earth Orbit? by zardo on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @08:34PM (#10223992)
There are a couple projects working on miniaturized ion drives for cube sats.
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Re:What's So Special About Low-Earth Orbit? by dharma1 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @07:09AM (#10225786)
how much energy do these consume? would solar panels on a cubesat provide enough energy for staying on orbit for years?
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