Re:$50SAT
by bagels on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:46PM
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Lots of serious satellites use tape measures. They're made of high quality spring steel and reliable mechanisms for deployments.
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I was a little suspicious of this claim but nope, it's absolutely true: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/satellite-ers-...
Wrap fishing line (monofilament) over the coiled up antenna and across a electrical resistor that gets connected to a battery/capacitor as it is deployed.
Resistor heats up monofilament line melts antenna does not go "sprooooing!"
because there is no sound in space.