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rbanffytoday at 1:54 PM1 replyview on HN

I noticed the word “heat” is not mentioned anywhere in the article. Considering this reflects 2% of the incident light and absorbs 98% of the sunlight, I would expect the cubesat to get very hot very quickly.

It’s been a while since I last engineered something where thermals were a consideration, but this just doesn’t feel right.


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cyberaxtoday at 2:08 PM

I think it only needs to be on the Earth side of the satellite?