Team 16: SMART CubeS - System of Magnetically Aligned And Reconfigurable Tiny Cube Satellites
Proof-of-concept design for a passively connected, reconfigurable CubeSat swarm.
Current space technologies are constrained to strict volumetric limits, resulting in single-mission system architectures. SMARTCubeS introduces unparalleled flexibility to deployable space-structures via dynamically reconfigurable swarms of connected, modular CubeSats. Launching these swarms as compact arrays, SMARTCubeS enables the creation of more advanced and adaptable on-orbit structures.
Sponsorship
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Director
Shirley Chessman
Team Members
- Brody Austin
- Jared Baumert
- Grant Maclachlan
- Johnathan Neptune
- Ryan Oroke
- Garrett Schmitz
- Corey Schroeder
- Cole Smith
- Jake Thames
- Holly Young
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