[Via Satellite 12-04-2014] The Special Purpose Inexpensive Satellite (SpinSat) has been deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) through the Japanese Experiment Module Airlock (JEMAL). The 50-kg, 22-inch diameter spacecraft is dotted with a series of thrusters that will test an Electrically-controlled Solid Propellant (ESP) system from Digital Solid State Propulsion (DSSP). ESPs are insensitive [...]

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Source: [url=http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2014/12/04/spinsat-experimental-satellite-deployed-from-iss/]SpinSat Experimental Satellite Deployed from ISS[/url]


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