{"id":74533,"date":"2015-04-09T23:46:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/surrey-satellite-us-aerojet-rocketdyne-nanoracks-develop-feathercraft-satellite-line\/"},"modified":"2015-04-09T23:46:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T15:46:46","slug":"surrey-satellite-us-aerojet-rocketdyne-nanoracks-develop-feathercraft-satellite-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/surrey-satellite-us-aerojet-rocketdyne-nanoracks-develop-feathercraft-satellite-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Satellite US, Aerojet Rocketdyne, NanoRacks Develop FeatherCraft Satellite Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>[Via Satellite 04-09-2015] <b>Surrey Satellite Technology US<\/b> (SST-US) announced its collaboration with <b>Aerojet Rocketdyne<\/b> and <b>NanoRacks<\/b> on the development of the FeatherCraft platform, a satellite platform optimized for deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). The 100-kilogram, SST-US-designed platform is intended to exploit the full capabilities of ISS cargo resupply vessels and the NanoRacks Kaber deployment system aboard the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s electronic propulsion system permits handling of FeatherCraft inside the ISS, meaning astronauts can position it on the Kaber deployer for deployment into orbit. With a mission lifetime of five years, FeatherCraft will provide a low-risk, cost-effective satellite platform that can accommodate payloads with requirements of up to 45 kilograms and 50 watts. SST-US will manufacture, integrate, and test FeatherCraft at its Englewood, Colo. facility.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184778\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-184778 \" alt=\"FeatherCraft in-flight configuration. Photo: SST-US\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FeatherCraft_main_1000-300x237.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FeatherCraft_main_1000-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FeatherCraft_main_1000-854x676.png 854w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FeatherCraft_main_1000-253x200.png 253w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FeatherCraft_main_1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FeatherCraft<br \/>in-flight configuration. Photo: SST-US<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kaber launch service was a clear next step for NanoRacks to meet our company\u2019s constantly growing customer needs and desires to deploy larger satellites from the International Space Station,\u201d said Jeff Manber, chief executive officer of NanoRacks. \u201cKaber continues to promote ISS utilization, and the FeatherCraft platform expands the capability of payloads that can be deployed from ISS \u2014 furthering the ISS\u2019s dual role as a commercial nexus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 04-09-2015] Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) announced its collaboration with Aerojet Rocketdyne and NanoRacks on the development of the FeatherCraft platform, a satellite platform optimized for deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). The 100-kilogram, SST-US-designed platform is intended to exploit the full capabilities of ISS cargo resupply vessels and the NanoRacks Kaber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}