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Enabling Technologies Demonstrated by RainCube: First Spaceborne Radar in CubeSat
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Development of communications systems for CubeSats and SmallSats
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Satellite-to-satellite imaging in support of LEO optical navigation, using the ASTERIA cubesat
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On-Board Model Based Fault Diagnosis for CubeSat Attitude Control Subsystem: Flight Data Results
Self-sufficient, robotic spacecraft require estimates of their hardware health state in order to project future system state and plan actions toward achieving mission goals. In this paper, we report on integration of a Model-Based Fault Diagnosis (MBFD) model and reasoning engine into flight software leveraging the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA) mission, including test results against captured flight data using the ASTERIA system testbed. Our effort integrated the Model-based Off-Nominal State Identification and Detection (MONSID) model-based reasoning system, developed by Okean Solutions, into ASTERIA flight software using the F Prime software framework. The MONSID engine was supplied with a model of the Blue Canyon Technologies XACT attitude control system (ACS) and tested against flight data and seeded fault tests. While we were unable to conduct an on-board experiment due to the premature loss of ASTERIA, our effort proved the feasibility of on-board model-based fault management, demonstrating reliable and accurate diagnosis using captured data, and further supporting a closed-loop spacecraft autonomy demonstration including autonomous navigation in off-nominal conditions.
On-Board Model Based Fault Diagnosis for CubeSat Attitude Control Subsystem: Flight Data Results
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Technology Maturation of the CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS)
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An OSSE for Measuring Winds from the Cubesat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS)
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TBIRD 200-Gbps CubeSat Downlink: System Architecture and Mission Plan
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Maximizing Dust Devil Follow-Up Observations on Mars Using Cubesats and On-board Scheduling
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NASA SmallSat LEARN Forum Briefing: PACE (Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors)
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An Additively Manufactured Deployable Radiator with Oscillating Heat Pipes (AMDROHP) to Enable High Power Lunar CubeSats
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On-Orbit Demonstration of 100 Gbps Optical Downlinks from the TBIRD Cubesat
In June 2022, NASA’s TeraByte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) program successfully demonstrated 100 Gbps laser communications from low-Earth orbit to a ground. The 3U communication terminal (hosted on a 6U nanosatellite) established downlinks during 5-minute passes over the ground station that resulted in the transfer of Terabyte-class data volumes. This paper provides an overview of the system architecture, operations, and link performance results.
On-Orbit Results of Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking for the TBIRD CubeSat Mission
NASA’s TeraByte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) program launched in May 2022 and successfully demonstrated high-rate laser communications from low-Earth orbit to ground. The laser communications payload provides pointing feedback to the host spacecraft to precisely track the ground station through the 5-minute pass. This paper presents the on-orbit results of the pointing system for TBIRD, including initial acquisition and closed-loop performance within about 30 urad RMS per axis.