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TEAM
MEM
BER
S
Erling
Eriksen
Ben
jamin
Soren
sen
An
thon
y Drab
eck B
aldw
in N
go
Dylan
Kao
Edu
ardo G
arciaM
icah R
aney
Ricard
o Rojas-S
alcedo
Arm
en A
vetisyan
Taekyoo Won
N
icole Alvarez
Felix Sloth
ower
Fadi S
amaan
Ad
visor: Ken
neth
Mease
GO
ALS
:To d
esign
and
bu
ild a low
cost nan
osatellite that w
ill be
laun
ched
into low
earth orb
it and
perform
a six mon
th
mission
.
We aim
to bu
ild a fram
ework for fu
ture p
ayloads from
stu
den
ts and
professors.
OB
JECTIV
ES:
·B
uild
and
operate a fu
nction
al transceiver an
d g
roun
d station
.·
Bu
ild cu
stom solar p
anels.
·M
aintain
temp
erature con
trol of critical comp
onen
ts.·
Test Cu
beS
at in lau
nch
and
operation
al environ
men
ts.·
Ing
etrate payload
into th
e Cu
beS
at desig
n an
d d
own
link exp
erimen
t data.
·C
reate an op
en sou
rce web
site for futu
re Cu
beS
at projects.
THE B
IG P
ICTU
RE:
A low
cost desig
n com
bin
ed w
ith ou
r open
source w
ebsite w
ill allow
for other p
rojects to comp
lete their m
ission m
ore easily, u
ltimately facilitatin
g th
e dem
ocratization of sp
ace.
CO
NTA
CT:
Project lead
: Erling
Eriksen
eeriksen@
uci.ed
u
Web
site: ucicu
besat.com
SO
LAR
PO
WER
:
Solar p
anels u
sing
cost effective TrisolX solar
cells will cover all fou
r sides of th
e Cu
beS
at an
d th
e top to rech
arge ou
r Lithiu
m Ion
B
atteries. These solar cells alon
g w
ith th
e b
attery man
agem
ent w
ill provid
e consisten
t an
d lastin
g p
ower to all su
bsystem
s for the six
mon
th m
ission.
CO
MM
UN
ICA
TION
S:
A P
Q9
ISH
transceiver b
oard,
desig
ned
by th
e Libre S
pace
Foun
dation
, will tran
smit ou
r p
ayload d
ata to the S
ATN
OG
s g
roun
d station
. Usin
g th
e g
roun
d station
and
tran
sceiver, our team
will b
e ab
le to make ch
ang
es to the
payload
experim
ent rem
otely.
THER
MA
L MA
NA
GEM
ENT:
Du
ring
its orbit th
e Cu
beS
at will
un
derg
o temp
eratures ch
ang
es from
-39
to 60
deg
rees Celsiu
s. In ord
er tom
aximize th
e perform
ance of th
eb
attery, each cell m
ust stay w
ithin
-20
to 60
deg
rees Celsiu
s. To achieve
this, th
e battery p
ack will b
e wrap
ped
in a h
eating
elemen
t mad
e fromn
ichrom
e wire an
d kap
ton p
olyimid
etap
e.
PA
YLO
AD
:Th
e payload
is a variable
emissivity d
evice (VED
). The
VED
can ch
ang
e its emissivity
value to reg
ulate th
e tem
peratu
re of the C
ub
eSat
du
ring
the 9
0 m
inu
te orbital
period
.
NEX
T STEP
S:
Fall 20
19
Win
ter 20
20
Sp
ring
20
20
-Grou
nd
stationtestin
g-S
ub
systemtestin
g-
Man
ufactu
resu
bsystem
PC
Bs
-Vib
ration, th
ermal
vacuu
m, an
d sh
ocktestin
g-
Day in
the life
-Com
plete an
yred
esign
s-
Final
prep
arations for
laun
ch