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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2025
Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Matthew D. Evans, Pollock, ID (US);
Robert A. Bettinger, Oakwood, OH (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to large-scale CubeSat chassis and methods of making and using same. The disclosed CubeSat comprises specific structural features that can yield up to at least a 27 U CubeSat that has comparable or even better performance and benefits than that of smaller CubeSats. Such volume increase coupled with the structural integrity of Applicants' CubeSats opens up a wide range of CubeSat performance increases including, but not limited to, larger payloads, more diverse payloads and larger CubeSat fuel capacities. Such increased payload capabilities includes, for example, increased focal length capabilities and such improved maneuverability results in, for example, decreased ground sample distance, increased optical resolution, increased ability to change orbits, increased structural stability. In addition, the judicious selection of such specific structural features can result increased payload capabilities and improved maneuverability.