Consideration of the versatility of the Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats CubeSat design

The Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats (OPEN) was created with the goal of providing institutions worldwide with access to a set of low-cost designs that could be easily modified and augmented for mission-specific needs. The basic design set has been created for and used to construct the University of North Dakota's OpenOrbiter CubeSat, which is currently awaiting a NASA launch awarded through the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program. This paper considers the value of the OPEN design in the context of re-use through the presentation and analysis of several other missions that have successfully made use of elements of the design. These include deployable solar panel development, a power beaming demonstration mission and developing a space 3D printer.

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