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Small satellite

A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites can be built small to reduce the large economic cost of launch vehicles and the costs…

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Small satellite

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related to Femtosatellites · 17
Small satellite → CubeSat, Experiment, Falcon, In, In April, ISS, KickSat, Like, Materials International Space Station, May, MISSE-8, Space ShuttleEndeavour, Sprites, The, They, Three, ThumbSat
related to Small satellites · 13
Small satellite → Demeter, ELISA, Essaim, MICROSCOPE, Parasol, Picard, Small, SMART-1, Spirale-A, SSOT, Starlink, TARANIS, The
related to Technical challenges · 12
Small satellite → Electronics, Few, Furthermore, Larger, Miniaturized, S-band, Small, These, Tiny, UHF, VHF, X-band
related to Microsatellites · 7
Small satellite → Astrid-1, Astrid-2, Examples, However, LauncherOne, Sometimes, The
related to Rationales · 5
Small satellite → Another, In, Miniaturized, One, They
related to Collision safety · 3
Small satellite → Federal Communications Commission, Small, The

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satellites launch satellite small kg launched lb larger payloads orbit nanosatellite commercial mass space orbital mission vehicles vehicle nanosatellites smallsat

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exploring distant asteroids.Nanosatellite launch vehicleWith the emergence of the technological advances of miniaturizationinstance ofproposals were being developed for larger spacecraft specifically designed to deliver swarms of nanosats to trajectories that are beyond Earth orbit for applications0.80text
increased capital to support private spaceflight initiatives in the 2010sinstance ofproposals were being developed for larger spacecraft specifically designed to deliver swarms of nanosats to trajectories that are beyond Earth orbit for applications0.80text
several startups have been formed to pursue opportunities with developing a variety of small-payload Nanosatellite Launch Vehicleinstance ofproposals were being developed for larger spacecraft specifically designed to deliver swarms of nanosats to trajectories that are beyond Earth orbit for applications0.80text
exploring distant asteroidsinstance ofproposals were being developed for larger spacecraft specifically designed to deliver swarms of nanosats to trajectories that are beyond Earth orbit for applications0.80text
butane or carbon dioxide or other innovative propulsion systems that are simpleinstance ofvaporizable liquids0.80text
cheapinstance ofvaporizable liquids0.80text
scalableinstance ofvaporizable liquids0.80text
nanosatsinstance ofTiny satellites0.80text
small microsats may lack the power supply or mass for large conventional radio transpondersinstance ofTiny satellites0.80text
and various miniaturized or innovative communications systems have been proposedinstance ofTiny satellites0.80text
such as laser receiversinstance ofTiny satellites0.80text
antenna arraysinstance ofTiny satellites0.80text

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