stealth orbiter

This 3Dprint nylon satellite frame weighs in at under 100g. It opens out from the standard 1U cubesat shape, post deployment. The larger spread allows for more parallax between linked sensors, meaning more accurate depth perception. Useful surface area is more than double that of the standard cube configuration. Optional systems can be installed that actively pose each joint. The control line guide holes are already part of the model. Active articulation would also allow the satellite to reorient itself in space by flicking its appendages inertially. Note that all the open faces will be closed by square photovoltaic panels which are purposed too as structural elements. Electronics boards mount directly behind each PV panel. Also note that the total enclosed payload capacity is unchanged at just under 10 cubic cm, housing up to six full size cubesat PC boards with room left over for smaller boards. Preferred manufacturing method is SLS, but FDM works too. This unibody frame prints as a single articulated solid part. In zero gravity, the part can FDM print without support material. If you are wondering why there are no deployment springs or separation switches, they have purposely been obsoleted. I believe that the practice of leaving deployment artifacts on each and every cubesat is unsustainable and irresponsible. The sooner we correct bad habits the better. So sanity starts here. All deployment systems are to be reusable parts integral to the launcher and not the satellite itself.