1. USNA Standard CubeSat Bus USNA-P1 CubeSat (USNA-14)
Jin Kang

2. United States Naval Academy
Specifications
EA 470
United States Naval Academy

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. United States Naval Academy
Stack
EA 470
United States Naval Academy

8. 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

9. Propulsion Integration
Performance analysis using Simulink
Three Maneuvers:
De-tumbling, pointing control, and delta-V
Propulsion system integration testing
STK mission planning

10. 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)