Phoenix rising Phantom Works team targets market ‘sweet spot’ with small and affordable satellite prototypes By Eric Carlson Tale of the tape: The Phantom Phoenix prototypes have three configurations. Phantom Phoenix Phantom Phoenix ESPA Phantom Phoenix Nano 9 feet 7 inches high (2.92 meters) by 396-pound (180-kilogram) ESPA-class, 8.8- to 22-pound (4- to 10-kilogram) 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 meters) wide with attaches to a common interstage adapter nanosatellite, offers affordable solar array deployed; diameter is 4 feet allowing for the launch of more than one technology for science and (1.22 meters) satellite at a time; up to six small satellites weather missions 1,100- to 2,200-pound (500- to could be deployed during a single mission, 1,000-kilogram) midclass, designed reducing launch costs for single and dual launch 24 BEOING FRNOT IERS / AUGUST 2013
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