CUBICS

Responsible: @Abegail Gagelonia
Accountable: @Abegail Gagelonia
Consulted: @Alice Nguyen , @Saksham Verma , @Ben Harbarenko
Informed: Mechanical Team

What: Assess the gecko release mechanism, DCUBED and Glenair from the candidate selection document as potential release mechanism solutions. To make an informed decision, we need more details regarding their integration capabilities with the satellite, costs, acceptable power usage, and other relevant factors.

I need you to:
- Reach out to the suppliers to get quotes for the products(as long as there isn't any documentation that needs to be done)
- Communicate with subsystems to ensure that values such as the actuation current, deployed force etc. meet our needs and are feasible.
- Also integrate them onto the OnShape full assembly (in a new branch) in order to check if it is possible. Feel free to make changes to other parts in the assembly to make the release mechanisms fit but before doing so check with power, mechanical or other relevant subsytems if the changes you want to make would affect any functionality.
- Please also simultaneously populate the existing release mechanism document with all your findings, sources and images (if applicable).

Do collaborate with @Alice Nguyen to discuss the different criteria you both are considering and compare the values you have so that we can make direct comparisons while making a decision.

Why: The goal is to evaluate the mechanisms thoroughly and have all necessary information and integration details ready for making a final decision.