Tubesat-Pod（Tupod）卫星是从ISS发射的第一个完全3D打印的卫星，已完成其任务，并在重新进入地球上被烧毁。Tupod是一个管形的立方体（一种微型卫星），可作为较小的管子的部署平台。
该卫星是通过CRP USA，Teton Aerospace（Tetonsys），Morehead State University和Jaxa的合作生产的。它部署了由Tancredo和OSNSAT团队创建的管子。
Developing the TuPOD for space
The concept for the multifunctionalTuPOD satellite首先是在使用太空系统（高斯）和tetonsys的一组天体动力学之间的联合项目，以协助从国际空间站（ISS）发射Tancredo-1 Tubesat。
There are currently no platforms to specifically launch TubeSats and the square shape of the ISS’s regular P-Pod launcher cannot accommodate satellites which are a circular or tube shape.
所得的Tupod系统能够充当Tancredo-1和开放空间网络卫星（OSNSAT）的卫星和释放平台。
在Tupod在Moreheard State University（MSU）测试后满足了空间应用的机械要求，它就被集成到JAXA生产的JEM Small卫星轨道部署（J-SSOD）（3D打印）a space drone earlier this year）。J-SSOD允许Tupod从ISS启动。
The satellite successfully deployed its two on-board TubeSats 83 hours after its release from the ISS, before transmitting a morse code over FM signal for 4 days.
制造Tupod
Tupod卫星的结构是由CRP USA用Tetonsys生产的CAD设计作为单个部分打印的。
使用增材制造可以实现更复杂的设计，并使添加快速改进变得更加容易。The specially customised design of the TuPOD includes a set of rails that enable it to fit inside the launcher.
The TuPOD’s internal satellite BUS was produced directly from a 3D CAD file without the need for further tooling. Tetonsys was able to refine the design for the BUS without incurring large costs.
3D printing with Windform XT
用于结构的材料是Windform XT 2.0, a material developed by CRP Technology based in Modena, Italy, for wind tunnel and track testing for Formula One Racing. Tetonsys then added the electrical components to the 3D printed satellite.
这不是CRP首次以这种方式使用Windform XT 2.0材料。CRP还将材料用于3D打印零件KySat-2 CubeSat in 2013.
“Windform XT 2.0 has passed all the flight qualification tests in as complex systems as the International Space Station…” said Chantal Cappelletti, a project manager at GAUSS.
“This achievement, unimaginable until recently, opens many perspectives on the possibility of using Windform materials for space applications.”
CRP USA运营总监Stewart Davis补充说：“与最初是为航空航天开发的许多技术，然后适应了赛车运动，Windform XT 2.0是纯粹的赛车运动材料。”
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特色图显示了部署在太空中的图库德。通过NASA照片。
