The small development and launch costs of CubeSats holds the promise of reducing the cost of space exploration an order of magnitude while opening up entirely new classes of missions. To realize this vision requires increases in power capability to enable higher data rates from long distances, higher power sensors, power from greater than 1AU, and electric propulsion systems. ExoTerra's SEP Power Module serves as a high power platform that has applications as a power system for interplanetary spacecraft to the Moon, NEOs, Mars or Venus. The increased power provided by the SEP Power Module enables multiple commercial applications. The higher power enables higher power telecommunications systems to provide higher data rates. This allows CubeSats to begin entering the commercial communications market. It also provides power to electric propulsion systems, providing a means to perform orbit maintenance, orbit raising or inclination change. This allows the CubeSats to adjust their orbit versus their drop-off trajectory to conduct missions using an organized constellation.
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