Seems to me that you could take the motor from an old HDD, in a cleanroom, and use it for a reaction wheel in a cubesat. They're built for long service and the platter hub has decent mass.
I wonder what other cubesat parts could be sourced this way.
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Seems to me that you could take the motor from an old HDD, in a cleanroom, and use it for a reaction wheel in a cubesat. They're built for long service and the platter hub has decent mass.
I wonder what other cubesat parts could be sourced this way.
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