Spacecraft Engineering Course (Fall 2021)

Dr. Rehan Mahmood

Director SSTRL (Small Satellite Technology and Research Lab)

MONTHLY PRESENTATION #
1
Supervisor: Arooj Shafique
Team:
Kashaf Sajjad 190401013 Tanveer Hussain 190401064
Mehza Syed 190401052 Zonish Imran 190401059
M.Meheryar Khan 190401072 Afaq Ahmad 190401038
Naqi Mehdi 190401055 Ahmed Owais 190401046
 CONTENT

• Intro to CubeSat
• Into to Systems Engineering
• CubeSat Examples
• Intro to Orbits
• Radiation in Orbits and it’s effect on spacecraft
• Orbit Selection criteria for CubeSat
• Intro to CubeSat Structure
• Criteria for structure material selection
• Mission goals
• Conclusions and decisions
• Block diagram
• Flowchart
• References
 INTRO TO CUBESAT:

• A standard of small satellites.

• They’re standard dimension is 1U
(10x10x10cm) but they are scalable.
• They have low life span and are
commonly deployed in Low earth orbit
(LEO).
• Commonly used for simple experiments
and student learning.
 INTRO TO SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING:

• The main job on a systems engineer is to identify requirements, technical

management, deciding the standards, design and operations of a technical project.

• All the major design decisions are made by the systems engineers.

• We expected to support the design and building of ICUBE-CSAT.

 CUBESAT EXAMPLES:

• University of Tokyo’s CubeSat project XI

• Arizona State University’s 3U Phoenix

CubeSat

• ICUBE-1 by Institute of Space

Technology, SSTR Lab
 INTRO TO ORBITS:

• A closed path in which a planet/satellite

moves around a central body.

• Orbits are actually elliptical not circular.

• Orbits are decided are even before

spacecraft design as our mission goal
largely depends on reaching the correct
orbit.
 RADI ATION I N ORBITS AND I T’ S EFFECT ON
SPACECRAFT :

• Understanding different type

of radiations

• Effect of radiation on
Spacecraft

• Protection against radiation

 ORBIT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR
CUBESAT:

• Orbit selection mainly depends on our

mission goal

• Practically we select an orbit which best

fits our mission goal and budget

• Other factors which come into play when

selecting orbit are communication time
with ground station, temperature
variations, and amount of radiation
 INTRO TO CUBESAT STRUCTURE:

• As discussed earlier the CubeSat standard

is set mainly because its 1U structure.

• 1U CubeSat is of dimensions 10x10x10cm

which can be stacked for scalability.

• This structure standard is widely

researched and documented so it is best
suited for learning / amateur research
purposes.
 CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURE
MATERIAL SELECTION:

• CubeSat have to be lightweight and below a certain weight threshold

• Lightweight and tough materials are chosen to build the structure

• The structure also needs to be coated with non-conductive coating to protect from radiation.

• Safety precautions to prevent outgassing also need to be taken into account.

 MISSION GOALS:

• Our primary mission goal is establish a communication link

with our ground station.

• Secondly we plan to implement a camera to perform some

geo-spatial photography.
 CONCLUSIONS AND DECISIONS:

• Keeping in view all the previous research, our mission goal and budget constraint we
have taken the following decisions:
• 1. Orbit altitude: 350Km
we have chosen this altitude as we have low radiation here and protected from
cosmic radiation due to LEO being inside earths magneto sphere. Our deployment cost
will also be less as 350Km is not a very high altitude.
• 2. Structure: 1U
We selected this standard of 1U as it matches our mission requirements, is the most
cost friendly, and can be conveniently assembled as it’s components are readily
available.
 BLOCK DIAGRAM

Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) 

Magnetometer Actuators Gyroscope

Camera
Temperature
Accelerometer Control Temperature Sensor Module

Communication Subsystem
Onboard Computer(OBC)
433 MHz
Time Memory Inter subsystem Antenna
Electrical Power Subsystems (EPS) Keeping Module Module
communication
& Sync
Power Selection   433 MHz
and regulation Power Charging
COMM Module
and Control
 
Current and
Voltage
Telemetry Solar Panel and Antenna Deployment

Solar Panels Antenna Deployment

Mechanism

433 MHz Antenna

F L O W C H A RT
 REFERENCES

• Cube Sat – A Smart Device in Space Technology, Pratik Badagavi, Shipha Nanadi
• Cubesats in Low Earth Orbit: Perils and Countermeasures Gianmario Broccia*a
• CubeSat Mission: From Design to Operation Cristóbal Nieto-Peroy and M. Reza Emami
• CubeSat101 Basic Concepts and Processes for First-Time CubeSat Developers NASA CubeSat
Launch Initiative
THANK YOU!