USNA Standard CubeSat Bus
USNA‐P1 CubeSat
(USNA‐14)
Jin Kang
kang@usna.edu
Specifications
EA 470
United States Naval Academy
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Activities
• Two satellites launching (USNA‐14, 15)
– Complete by May 2016
– Environment test in May 2016
– Hands‐off 1 June
• Leverage current satellite architecture
– Learn from satellite integration and testing
– Apply knowledge to new design
• Documentation will be heavily emphasized
Mission Objectives
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Buildable in 90 day time frame
Command and Data Handling
Electrical Power System
Communications
Attitude Determination and Control
Documentation for easy reconstruction EA 470
United States Naval Academy
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Goal of Project
• Develop USNA standard bus
– Modular hardware
– Modular software
– High capability to be able to use on multitude of missions
– Small mass and volume
• Demonstrate functionality
Concept of Operation
StaCSat
Payloads
IR Sensor
Interface
Charged Particle Detector
Electrical Power
Helium Radio
Additional Radio
Your Idea Here
Thrusters
Motherboard and Processor
6 months
EA 470
90 days
United States Naval Academy
6
Stack
EA 470
United States Naval Academy
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Small Spacecraft Propulsion
• Extend life of CubeSats
• Electric Propulsion
• Collaboration with GWU and NASA Goddard
• Launch in Sept 2015
• Mission is to integrate 4 vacuum arc thruster systems on a 1.5U CubeSat
Propulsion Integration
• Performance analysis using Simulink
• Three Maneuvers:
– De‐tumbling, pointing control, and delta‐V
• Propulsion system integration testing
• STK mission planning
Example Tasks
Systems Engineering
Budget analysis (power, mass, link, etc.)
Solar panel design, development, testing
GlobalStar radio integration
Release mechanism design, development, testing
• Integration and testing (component level + system level)
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