Timeline for Can a cubesat in orbit be operated like a R/C airplane in real time?
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| Feb 16, 2016 at 17:40 | comment | added | yeemonic | CubeSats are allowed to have propulsion systems, it just isn't feasible to include one in a 1U design. Among others, both Busek and Aerojet Rocketdyne offer a variety of propulsion systems specifically for CubeSats. | |
| Jan 17, 2016 at 14:49 | comment | added | SF. | It seems it isn't that propulsion on cubesats is outright forbidden, simply the restrictions cover compounds of traditional propulsion systems. I believe specifically liquid or solid propellant ion drives would be still allowed. | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 7:24 | history | answered | SE - stop firing the good guys | CC BY-SA 3.0 |