Mars Cubesat One

Nando

Nando

Designer Extraordinaire
Oct 5, 2006
216
611
91
75
Turin (Italy)
Monday the 26th of November the probe Insight is scheduled to land on Mars. I discovered that around the landing, two small cubesats, launched on the same missile of Insight, will relay status information about the lander's descent and touchdown.

( see this animation )

I found here ( http://zpdmodels.com/SmallSats.htm ) a beautiful paper model and here some picture of the build process of my model with some small improvement.

IMG_20181119_151639.jpg IMG_20181119_235810.jpg IMG_20181120_161020_kindlephoto-28177637.jpg IMG_20181120_165012.jpg IMG_20181121_075254.jpg IMG_20181121_202817.jpg IMG_20181122_101601.jpg
A small but beautiful design
smile.gif


IMG_20181123_092614.jpg

Best, Nando :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Tonino, Cybergrinder, micahrogers and 6 others
Wow, your fast, and it looks great!! ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Nando
Nando, you popped that model so quickly, and my comment was too short. The work you did on the antennae, the layering to make the satellite look real, ot some graphics on a square box shows excellent skill. You approach every model you make with genuine care, research, and execution, you have the right to be extremely proud of all of them. :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Nando
You have reached a new height here!! We are all so proud for you. This was an honor, and you honor yourself and your country! :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Nando
Nando! This is an all-new level of gratification. I was not at home during TV direct broadcast but, as soon as I was back, I immediately started viewing the recorded transmission till late night. I was just trying to know if the Insight landing was successful or not, and what I see there? A cardmodel! And not just a cardmodel: the last work from my friend Nando!!! What a nice surprise!!! Many compliments! Great realization, great quality, great speed!

Cybergrinder said:
... Seems a silly question, you're the guy on the left, Right? ;)
Click to expand...
No Cybergrinder, that's not Nando, he's too modest to appear personally, the guy who holds Nando's model is the conductor who presented the TV show... (what a thrill to see our model manipulated by non-modellers... right Nando? ;) )
 
  • Like
Reactions: SonOfAGun2501, Cybergrinder, Nando and 1 other person
In the mean time I started a new project to celebrate next year the Moon fiftyeth anniversary. I choose the Ken's Apollo Command Module. The first problem was the model's final dimension: I have to reduce it to one half. Therefore a lot of problems arose, mainly about which kind of paper, which thickness: I had to do more researches, more experiments, more tests. I had also to verify if the small details could be done as the design provides, and if not which metode could be adopted to approximate the result. I choose to start with the door of the CM, that concentrates all the problems that I can imagine about thickness, a bunch of small details, etc. Here where I am, with my test and the result is quite satisfying and if the next steps will go well, I let you know, starting a proper thread, but the path is still long, very long.

IMG_20181205_182055.jpg

Best, Nando :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: xaero892, SonOfAGun2501, lyter1958 and 3 others
Nando said:
In the mean time I started a new project to celebrate next year the Moon fiftyeth anniversary. I choose the Ken's Apollo Command Module. The first problem was the model's final dimension: I have to reduce it to one half. Therefore a lot of problems arose, mainly about which kind of paper, which thickness: I had to do more researches, more experiments, more tests. I had also to verify if the small details could be done as the design provides, and if not which metode could be adopted to approximate the result. I choose to start with the door of the CM, that concentrates all the problems that I can imagine about thickness, a bunch of small details, etc. Here where I am, with my test and the result is quite satisfying and if the next steps will go well, I let you know, starting a proper thread, but the path is still long, very long.

View attachment 168581

Best, Nando :)
Click to expand...

WOW!!! That is a FANTASTIC door!!!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Nando
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom