1. CUBESATS
Karla Vega
Mechanical Engineering Department, Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley

2. What is a CubeSat?
The CubeSat Project was developed by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Stanford University's Space Systems Development Lab.
Purpose:
Provide universities with cost-effective access to space
Provide uniform standards for picosatellite design
Launch vehicle flexibility
CubeSat Standard – 1U
Dimensions: 10cm x10cm x10cm
Mass: 1kilogram
One or two year satellite production
Prof. Robert Twiggs

3. Launches to Date June 2003: Rockot (6)
October 2005: SSETTI Express (3)
February 2006: M-V-8 (1)
July 2006: Dnepr Failure (14)
December 2006: Minotaur I (1)
April 2007: Dnepr (7)
April 2008: PSLV-C9 (5)
August 2009: Falcon-1 Failure (2)
May 2009: Minotaur I (4)
September 2009: PSLV C9 (4)
47 CubeSats in the past 6 years (31 CubeSats in LEO)

4. 1U/2U/3U
1U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 1 kg in mass. CP1-X, XI-V, and many more!
2U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 2 kg in mass.
3U CubeSat : PicoSatellite, ~ 3 kg in mass. GeneSat, Delfi-C3, CANX-2

5. Launch Mechanism/Providers: Then
Kosmotras
Collaboration between the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and National Space Agency of Ukraine
Established in 1997 for development and commercial operation of the Dnepr Space Launch System
Based on SS-18 ICBM technology
12 satellites deployed to date
Cal Poly
Provides testing facilities and procedures
Arranges launches
Facilitate communication between CubeSat developers
Designed the Poly Pico Satellite Deployer (PPOD)

6. Launch Providers Now Overseas ISIS (PSLV-C9) (own deployment system)
UTIAS/SFL (PSLV-C9) (own deployment system)
United States
CalPoly/SRI International/NPS
Provide CubeSat access to US launch vehicles
Support university launches
Support US government activities
$40K for 1U in 2005, up to $80K for 1U now
RocketPod
UTIAS/SFL
ISIS Deployer

7. The Standard – 1U

8. The Standard – 3U

9. Mission Evolution Over 100 Universities building CubeSats worldwide
Not high success rate, however CubeSat proved to be a great teaching tool!
Dedicated Workshops/Meetings
CubeSat Suppliers
National Science Foundation Missions:
Radio Aurora Xplorer (RAX), study formations and distributions of magnetic field-aligned plasma irregularities (FAI) located in the lower ionosphere
Firefly (Gamma Ray connection to lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes)
FIREBIRD: A CubeSat science mission for focused radiation belt studies
Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment (DICE)
CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons and MAgnetic fields (CINEMA)

10. Always Fun!