USNA Standard CubeSat Bus USNA-P1 CubeSat (USNA-14) Jin Kang kang@usna.edu

United States Naval Academy Specifications EA 470 United States Naval Academy

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

United States Naval Academy Mission Objectives 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

Goal of Project Develop USNA standard bus Demonstrate functionality 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 6 months 90 days Your Idea Here Charged Particle Detector Additional Radio IR Sensor Interface Electrical Power Helium Radio Thrusters Motherboard and Processor EA 470 United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy Stack EA 470 United States Naval Academy

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)