Accion's 1st Space Thrusters Could Launch on a Cubesat This Weekend
Accion's 1st Space Thrusters Could Launch on a Cubesat This Weekend
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Natalya Bailey was always interested in space, but it was not until she was sitting in a propulsion college class that she realized what she wanted to do with her life.
He was surprised at how little engineers know about electric propulsion systems compared to traditional chemical fuel equivalents. In 2014, she co-founded her own company, and if all goes well, the first rocket carrying her technology will be launched. later this weekend.
Bailey's company, Accion Systems, is starting with a modest science project, thanks to the help of a team of high school students from Irvine, California, who he built a cubesat using technology action. "The construction of a cubesat is now a high school task," said Bailey. "That surprises me every time I think about that."
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That satellite will be launched from New Zealand on the night of November 11 (early November 12 GMT) on board. Rocket laboratoryThe electronic rocket. Once deployed, the satellite will photograph Venus and other targets. We talked to Bailey about anticipating his first release and the appeal of electric propulsion. This interview has been edited for its length and clarity.
Space.com: It seems that one of the real benefits of ion propulsion is that it gives you much more flexibility as to where to go.
Natalya Bailey: You hit a wall with chemical propulsion, because it is still very expensive and consumes its mass and volume to launch a chemical propellant. Whereas, with electricity, you get a lot more for your moneyAlthough it takes more time to accelerate the use of electric propulsion, then you have to have time. That is the kind of warning.
Space.com: from NASA Mission of the dawn The asteroid belt, which ended on November 1, was driven by ion propulsion. Did that mission influence you in any way?
Exterior wall: Reading the documents and seeing the qualification tests and talking to the people involved in that process really helped me figure out how to lead that in Action because of the engine they flew. The end is one thing, but I used the beginning as a starting point for Action.
Space.com: Why did you want to enter the commercial side of space?
Exterior wall: Because there was an infusion of private venture capital, it made it possible to do the kinds of things that I wanted to work in a private environment. If I had graduated 20 years ago, I would definitely have gone to work at NASA or in a research laboratory, because I did not have that option. [of the private sector]. I think it's a great way to marry something that is very [research and development]-intensive and inspiring, based on vision and that has a real commercial application, so I feel it is a fortunate moment for me.
Space.com: What size of missions are you looking at right now?
Exterior wall: Commercially, the bet of Action is in the 100-400 kilograms. [220-880 lbs.] size of the spacecraft. It's a bit wide, but I'm trying to capture most of the communication buses and the constellations, and they fall for that. That's what I think is most commercially interesting in the next 10, 15 years. Cubesats has been a fantastic way for us and for the world to demonstrate technologies or develop spatial capabilities within new organizations or countries, but commercially, it is difficult to sell after many cubesat missions.
My co-founder and I started Action because, at the end of the day, this sounds a bit like a science fiction novel, but we believe that if humans are going to be present for a long time, in 400 years, it will be because we have learned how to live outside of the Earth, perhaps on other planets, perhaps on other space stations. Ultimately, we hope to be providing transportation for those types of missions. So there you are talking about much larger spacecraft, much longer missions. ... That's the big picture of why we started the company. It is good to have that type of North Star, because when everything goes wrong in the short term, it may be a launch, something goes wrong, something fails in the orbit, it is very good to have that vision in the longer term.
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Space.com: What would it be like to be a human on board an ion propulsion vehicle instead of a traditional vehicle?
Exterior wall: Most probes that we have launched without any kind of propulsion at all, and have relied on things like gravity assistance or maybe an initial insertion with a larger rocket. Most of the rest of the mission has not been proactive at all. Then, electric propulsion as an ion engine could accelerate that significantly, but it's still quite smooth. You probably will not notice a big difference, but you'll arrive in a tenth time as you would have done previously.
Space.com: Is there some kind of robotic mission in which you would particularly like Action technology to be a part?
Exterior wall: Something like taking off from the landing in a smaller planetary body with less gravity. If we send a robot down and perform some kind of exploration mission with an ion engine. Where it is possible because gravity is not as high as it is on Earth, to get up from the surface, I think that would be really exciting.
Space.com: the first release of Action is scheduled for later this month. How is that for you?
Exterior wall: I think it's probably the coolest thing I've been a part of. [The launch is] from New Zealand. I still control the prices of flights. I do not think I'll go, because it's too long, but it's the best that Accion has done to date. Hopefully, it will not eventually turn out to be the best, but it's very exciting.
Space.com: The launch has been delayed approximately six months. Is that something that concerns you?
Exterior wall: When you design systems and test them, and observe the particular environment during storage and pre-launch, you design averages. You do not design being possibly sitting on a launch pad for six months. ... We are a little nervous about that, but in general, very excited and hopeful.
Email Meghan Bartels in mbartels@space.com or follow it @meghanbartels. Follow us @Spacedotcom Y Facebook. Original article about Space.com.
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