 An Kim  Cian Branco  David Warner  Edwin Billips  Langston Lewis  Thomas Work  Mackenzie Webb  Benjamin Cawrse (CS)  Jason Harris (TCC)

 Thousands of man made object in earth orbit (mostly junk).  Debris can be a serious hazard to satellites.  A paint flake threatened the Space Shuttle; dead Russian Satellite disabled an Iridium satellite

 CubeSats are a common picosatellites used by universities and institutions for research in space.  Pending international treaty will require future launch stages and LEO satellites to deorbit within 25 years of mission completion.  Objective: design and test a de-orbit system to de- orbit CubeSats within 25 years of mission completion.

 Demonstrate commercial viability  Prove it is a robust and viable system  Achieve these objectives with a minimum cost ◦ Orbital demonstrator ◦ Suborbital flight ◦ High altitude balloon flight

 Demonstrate commercial viability  Prove it is a robust and viable system  Achieve these objectives with a minimum cost ◦ Orbital demonstrator ◦ Suborbital flight ◦ High altitude balloon flight

 The RockSat-X program out of Wallops Flight Facility is currently considered the best option for our test flight  RockSat-X utilizes the Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket  The sounding rocket will reach apogee at approximately 160 km altitude from the Earth.

 300 seconds of microgravity flight  Power and telemetry on deck provided for timing devices, communication between ground and payload, and data storage  Direct access to orbital space after second stage burn-out when the skin of the sounding rocket is ejected.  Adequate space and weight capacity available to mount the deployment device and necessary telemetry for the mission of our CubeSat