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Re:Can Oregon's first nano-satellite, OreSat, get students i... by nhebb on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:50AM (#16124815)
> NASA will give OreSat a free ride to the International Space Station. From there, it will be shot out of the side of the space station to begin its orbit. OreSat will begin falling back toward Earth, but moving at such a high speed that it will pass some 4,000 times around the globe before it descends and burns up in Earth's denser atmosphere.

Anyone know how they propel it out the side?

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Re:Can Oregon's first nano-satellite, OreSat, get students i... by mciancia on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:57AM (#16124900)
They use spring. Really, as simple as that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoRacks_CubeSat_Deployer

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Re:Can Oregon's first nano-satellite, OreSat, get students i... by nhebb on Thursday January 11, 2018 @11:34AM (#16125209)
Ah, that makes sense. I figured they wouldn't have anything blasting out of the ISS, so I was wondering if it was some sling shot or mini-trebuchet apparatus.
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Re:Can Oregon's first nano-satellite, OreSat, get students i... by penagwin on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:07PM (#16126120)
Might be hard to make/use a trebuchet in space ;)

(Or at least low gravity)

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Re:Can Oregon's first nano-satellite, OreSat, get students i... by nhebb on Sunday January 14, 2018 @08:02AM (#16144085)
Yeah, that wasn't that brightest thought I've had. I guess I should have said catapult.
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