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CUBESATS

CUBESATS. Karla Vega Mechanical Engineering Department, Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley. What is a CubeSat?. The CubeSat Project was developed by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Stanford University's Space Systems Development Lab.

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CUBESATS

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  1. CUBESATS Karla Vega Mechanical Engineering Department, Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley

  2. What is a CubeSat? • The CubeSat Project was developed by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Stanford University's Space Systems Development Lab. • Purpose: • Provide universities with cost-effective access to space • Provide uniform standards for picosatellite design • Launch vehicle flexibility • CubeSat Standard – 1U • Dimensions: 10cm x10cm x10cm • Mass: 1kilogram • One or two year satellite production Prof. Robert Twiggs

  3. Launches to Date • June 2003: Rockot (6) • October 2005: SSETTI Express (3) • February 2006: M-V-8 (1) • July 2006: Dnepr Failure (14) • December 2006: Minotaur I (1) • April 2007: Dnepr (7) • April 2008: PSLV-C9 (5) • August 2009: Falcon-1 Failure (2) • May 2009: Minotaur I (4) • September 2009: PSLV C9 (4) • 47 CubeSats in the past 6 years (31 CubeSats in LEO)

  4. 1U/2U/3U 1U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 1 kg in mass. CP1-X, XI-V, and many more! 2U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 2 kg in mass. 3U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 3 kg in mass. GeneSat, Delfi-C3, CANX-2

  5. Launch Mechanism/Providers: Then • Kosmotras • Collaboration between the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and National Space Agency of Ukraine • Established in 1997 for development and commercial operation of the Dnepr Space Launch System • Based on SS-18 ICBM technology • 12 satellites deployed to date • Cal Poly • Provides testing facilities and procedures • Arranges launches • Facilitate communication between CubeSat developers • Designed the Poly Pico Satellite Deployer (PPOD)

  6. Launch Providers Now Overseas • ISIS (PSLV-C9) (own deployment system) • UTIAS/SFL (PSLV-C9) (own deployment system) United States • CalPoly/SRI International/NPS • Provide CubeSat access to US launch vehicles • Support university launches • Support US government activities • $40K for 1U in 2005, up to $80K for 1U now RocketPod UTIAS/SFL ISIS Deployer

  7. The Standard – 1U

  8. The Standard – 3U

  9. Mission Evolution • Over 100 Universities building CubeSats worldwide • Not high success rate, however CubeSat proved to be a great teaching tool! • Dedicated Workshops/Meetings • CubeSat Suppliers • National Science Foundation Missions: • Radio Aurora Xplorer (RAX), study formations and distributions of magnetic field-aligned plasma irregularities (FAI) located in the lower ionosphere • Firefly (Gamma Ray connection to lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes) • FIREBIRD: A CubeSat science mission for focused radiation belt studies • Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment (DICE) • CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons and MAgnetic fields (CINEMA)

  10. Always Fun!

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