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Lessons Learned Using Iridium to Communicate with a CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit
This paper presents the design and approval process for operating an Iridium transceiver on orbit and provide on-orbit performance data obtained from a CubeSat platform in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (500 km orbit). On-orbit data demonstrates that use of a commercial, low-cost Iridium transceiver can serve as a valuable communication approach for low volume telemetry with less than a 30-minute lag for approximately 90% of the time. In this work, we also demonstrate that a radial differential velocity of 7 km/sec corresponding to about a 37.5kHz doppler shift and a distance of less than 2,000 km can be used for mission planning.
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A Hybrid Agile Systems Engineering Approach for the ESRA CubeSat Mission to the Earth’s Radiation Belts
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systems engineering, DemVal, CubeSat↗
The Prototype Development Phase of the CubeSat On-Board Processing Validation Experiment (COVE)
No abstract available
uild, assembly, and test↗
The NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program - CubeSats
An overview of NEPP plans for small missions and electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts.
reliability↗
EMC Test Report: StangSat - CubeSat Program
This report documents the Electromagnetic Interference E M I testing performed on the StangSat; the unit under test (UUT). Testing was per the requirements of MIL STD-461F. The UUT was characterized and passed the radiated emissions (RE102 limit for Spacecraft) testing.
High School↗
CubeSat Missions to LEO and Beyond
A presentation on the current status Educational Launch of Nano-Satellites and mission beyond low earth orbit.
Launches↗
BravoSat: Optimizing the Delta-V Capability of a CubeSat Mission with Novel Plasma Propulsion Technology
No abstract available
high density plasma↗
Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna for High Bandwidth Cubesats
The Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna (ISARA) mission will demonstrate a reflectarray antenna that increases downlink data rates for Cube- Sats from the existing baseline rate of 9.6 kilobits per second (kbps) to more than 100 megabits per second (Mbps). The ISARA spacecraft is slated for launch no earlier than Dec. 1, 2015.
Downlink data rates for CubeSats↗
Cubesat Constellation Design for Air Traffic Monitoring
Suitably equipped global and local air traffic can be tracked. The tracking information may then be used for control from ground-based stations by receiving the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signal. The ADS-B signal, emitted from the aircraft's Mode-S transponder, is currently tracked by terrestrial based receivers but not over remote oceans or sparsely populated regions such as Alaska or the Pacific Ocean. Lack of real-time aircraft time/location information in remote areas significantly hinders optimal planning and control because bigger "safety bubbles" (lateral and vertical separation) are required around the aircraft until they reach radar-controlled airspace. Moreover, it presents a search-and-rescue bottleneck. Aircraft in distress, e.g. Air France AF449 that crashed in 2009, take days to be located or cannot be located at all, e.g. Malaysia Airlines MH370 in 2014. In this paper, we describe a tool for designing a constellation of small satellites which demonstrates, through high-fidelity modeling based on simulated air traffic data, the value of space-based ADS-B monitoring and provides recommendations for cost-efficient deployment of a constellation of small satellites to increase safety and situational awareness in the currently poorly-served surveillance area of Alaska. Air traffic data has been obtained from the Future ATM Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET), developed at NASA Ames Research Center, simulated over the Alaskan airspace over a period of one day. The simulation is driven by MATLAB with satellites propagated and coverage calculated using AGI's Satellite ToolKit(STK10).
cubesats↗
A Review of NASA Ames CubeSat Program
This is a brief overview of NASA Ames' work in small Satellites.
CubeSat↗
CubeQuest Challenge: Advanced CubeSat Technologies for Affordable Deep Space Science and Exploration Missions
No abstract available
CubeSats↗
Thermal Assessment of Paraffin Phase Change Material Mini-Packs on IceCube 3U CubeSat in Flight
Three paraffin phase change material (PCM) mini-packs were flown on the IceCube instrument in the International Space Station (ISS) orbit. They contained a total of 40.69 g of n-Hexadecane. In flight, from Day of Year (DOY) 250-255 in 2017, the IceCube instrument operation scheme was "Day-On Every Other Orbit." The instrument power-on time was approximately 45.6 minutes longer than the design power-on time. Its power-off time was 47 minutes longer than the design power-off time. Flight temperature telemetry data revealed that latent heat change of the paraffin PCM maintained the instrument temperatures at about 18 degrees Centigrade most of the time. It validated the functionality of the paraffin PCM mini-packs.
Paraffin phase change material; CubeSat; latent he↗