Schematic representation of small-satellite formats
Schematic representation of small-satellite formats
Based on the 1U unit (“one unit”), a wide range of small-satellite shapes and sizes are created depending on their use case and orbit. One unit corresponds to dimensions of 10 × 10 × 10 centimetres. Fractions of the base unit, such as 0.25U or 0.5U, as well as larger variants such as 12U, are also used.
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