AMSAT's next CubeSat is GOLF-TEE, "Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint" - "Technology Evaluation Environment", a 3U CubeSat. It will be 4 kg and 110x110x340.5 mm before the solar panels and antennas deploy. This larger mass and volume over the previous 1U Fox CubeSats allows additional functionality like 3-axis attitude control, deployable solar panels, and additional avionics. AMSAT has teamed with Ragnarok Industries for the 3-axis attitude control, and Vanderbilt University for the experiment. This paper describes a few mecahnical design features and issues.
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