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warrenm a day ago

how much of a propulsion system could you feasibly pack in a cubesat?

geerlingguy a day ago | parent | next [-]

Very very little, but not nothing. I've seen a few tiny deployable solar sails and a few tiny electric motors in my brief research for my video. They seem mostly experimental, to test out theories and miniaturization.

notahacker 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Enough to maintain your CubeSat's orbit and do a bit of pointing, but you'd need something bigger to have the propellant and power to get out of the solar system