Talk:Mars Cube One

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What's the item that drops down from the bottom

After the reflectarray deploys on top, what is the frame that drops down from the bottom? (It's yellow in the photo of the mockup) -

... Found it: The Press kit labels it as the UHF antenna. - Rod57 (talk) 10:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Confusion between text and NASA sourced graphics

Based on images provided by NASA, MarCO-B is Wall-E, not MarCO-A. The provided reference mentions the names, but doesn't attribute them to one craft or the other, although the implied order could cause confusion. RowanHawkins (talk) 21:27, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

MarCO Image of Mars

During the press conference for InSight, a large image of Mars was taken. When it is readily available from JPL, it might be worth putting that image on to this page. The Amazing Matt (talk) 00:08, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Did this. The Amazing Matt (talk) 05:23, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

MarCO Technology Suppliers

Sending two 3-Axis stabilized CubeSats into deep-space and completing the mission is a great milestone for JPL,
and gives the Technology suppliers Space Tested Systems to provide for up-coming missions.
Should this information be integrated into the article?

Clip from: <https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-cube-one/in-depth/>
JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages MarCO,
InSight and MRO for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

Technology suppliers for MarCO include:

• Blue Canyon Technologies of Boulder, Colorado, for the attitude-control system;
• VACCO Industries of South El Monte, California, for the propulsion system;
• AstroDev of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for electronics;
• MMA Design LLC, also of Boulder, for solar arrays; and
• Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc., a Terran Orbital Company in San Luis Obispo, California, for the CubeSat dispenser system.

--dond (talk) 21:28, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

More details on what they did

Article says they relayed data during EDL (7 mins?),

• but for how long were they relaying data ? until how long after landing ?
• Were both sats relaying the same UHF data ? on different X-band frequencies ?
• What did they do before EDL ? comms tests, images ?
• what did they do after the landing relay ? more comms tests, more images ? - Rod57 (talk) 14:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Cruise problems and legacy

More info in MarCO shows interplanetary cubesats possible but not easy : fuel leaks, solar steering, legacy missions. - Rod57 (talk) 14:13, 8 August 2020 (UTC)