3D printed parts for cubesats; experiences from KySat-2 and printsat using Windform XT 2.0

Twyman Clements; Gil Moore; Alex Clements; Stewart Davis; Jim White; David Wilt; Walter Holemans; Jason Rexroat; Nathan Fite; Dave Klumpar; Benjamin Malphrus; James Lumpp

3D printed parts for cubesats; experiences from KySat-2 and printsat using Windform XT 2.0

Twyman Clements, Gil Moore, Alex Clements, Stewart Davis, Jim White, David Wilt, Walter Holemans, Jason Rexroat, Nathan Fite, Dave Klumpar, Benjamin Malphrus, James Lumpp

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

The recent predominance of consumer level 3D printers has brought much attention towards the additive manufacturing process. On November 19th 2013 29 small satellites were launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility including KySat-2, a 1U CubeSat. KySat-2 was built with 10 additively manufactured, also called 3D printed, parts made from Windform XT 2.0, a material whose previous uses were mainly for automotive racing. Another 1U CubeSat, PrintSat, will be launched in 2014 and whose entire structure is built from the same material. This paper will discuss how each satellite used 3D printing, an overview of Windform XT 2.0, pros, cons and design considerations of 3D printing, and its future potential uses in the design and construction of spacecraft.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2nd IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, 2014
Editors	Filippo Graziani, Anna D. Guerman, Jean-Michel Contant
Pages	977-987
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 2015
Event	2nd International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DyCoSS 2014 - Rome, Italy Duration: Mar 24 2014 → Mar 26 2014

Publication series

Name	Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume	153
ISSN (Print)	0065-3438

Conference

Conference	2nd International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DyCoSS 2014
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	3/24/14 → 3/26/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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Clements, T., Moore, G., Clements, A., Davis, S., White, J., Wilt, D., Holemans, W., Rexroat, J., Fite, N., Klumpar, D., Malphrus, B., & Lumpp, J. (2015). 3D printed parts for cubesats; experiences from KySat-2 and printsat using Windform XT 2.0. In F. Graziani, A. D. Guerman, & J.-M. Contant (Eds.), 2nd IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, 2014 (pp. 977-987). (Advances in the Astronautical Sciences; Vol. 153).

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3D printed parts for cubesats; experiences from KySat-2 and printsat using Windform XT 2.0. / Clements, Twyman; Moore, Gil; Clements, Alex et al.
2nd IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, 2014. ed. / Filippo Graziani; Anna D. Guerman; Jean-Michel Contant. 2015. p. 977-987 (Advances in the Astronautical Sciences; Vol. 153).

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