10-cm Japanese origami CubeSat unfolds to 25X its folded size
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by ggm
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It would help if somebody in radio physics can confirm signal strength goes up in some useful way to planar 2D area and overcomes wrinkles and surface features from the packing. I'm guessing that's the goal here if it's a radio emitter.
I would think simple inflating tubes and a very little gas could supply useful rigidity but perhaps the crinkles do that anyway like corrugated cardboard?
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