1. Lesson 1: Welcome to Mission 1! Your journey to explore space

2. Space

3. Space is… Challenging: – Empty and full (fast moving objects) – Hot and Cold – Radiation – Far away – Unknown… lots to discover

4. Why to go to Space? Remote sensing for agriculture Communications Weather forecasting

5. How to explore space? Normal Satellites – Can be large – size of bus – Can be expensive Multi-million to billions of dollars for interplanetary missions – Usually has its own rocket for launching CubeSats – Small – cube 10cm on one side, usually weighs about 1kg – Made of Off-The-Shelf electronics – A full space launch of a CubeSat is very cheap! – Piggy-backs on launch vehicles

6. Your CubeSat: Mission 1 What will you discover about Space or Earth? – How will you do that? Mission 1 CubeSat: – Hardware: processor (brain)sensors (to sense) – Software: Your Mission 1; have fun!

7. How to design for Space? Space is a challenge: plan ahead Concurrent design process: