MIDN 2/C Lange United States Naval Academy
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“You can only act on the data you have.” SS/L President John Celli__ 3USNA | Proprietary
Autonomous Mobile On-Orbit Diagnostic System (AMODS) The goal of the AMODS program is to assure the ability to provide the physical on-orbit interaction needed to generate diagnostic data. AMODS employs a modular, CubeSat style design approach to overcome traditional cost and technological hurdles. USNA | Proprietary4
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RSat RSat must meet the following qualifications: Locomote: RSat must be able to interact with every area of the host spacecraft. Investigate: The data returned must be useful to facilitate maintenance and failure analysis. Cost: In order to be competitive, an entry level RSat shall cost no more than $25,000. Accurate: RSat manipulators must be accurate enough to “do no harm.” USNA | Proprietary13
USNA | Proprietary14 BRICSat Cold Gas Thruster µCat Thrusters
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BRICSat-P (Prototype) Delivery: November 2014 Launch: May 2015 Mission: Validate GWU electronic propulsion by demonstrating: Detumbling Spin-up/down deltaV 20USNA | Proprietary
BRICSat-D (Demonstrator) Delivery: December 2016 Launch: March 2017 Mission: Initial phases identical to BRICSat- P. Added objectives include: Integrate navigation components. Validate rendezvous design philosophy. Characterize RSat flight motor. 21USNA | Proprietary
RSat-P (Prototype) Delivery: Winter 2016 Launch: Spring 2017 Mission: Demonstrate the feasibility of using CubeSats to diagnose malfunctions or failure in – and perform on-orbit repairs on – conventional satellites. 22USNA | Proprietary
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