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Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #240 on: 03/22/2018 10:02 pm »

Cubesat laser communications development by MIT. See 3rd presenter.

https://www.media.mit.edu/videos/beyond-the-cradle-2018-03-10-a/

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #241 on: 04/17/2018 06:02 am »
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2018-072&rn=news.xml&rst=7097

The ASTERIA satellite, which was deployed into low-Earth orbit in November, is only slightly larger than a box of cereal, but it could be used to help astrophysicists study planets orbiting other stars.

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #242 on: 04/19/2018 09:51 pm »
On March 22th and 23th the second PocketQube Workshop was organised by TU Delft. Most of the presentations can be viewed on Alba Orbital youtube channel.

Some of the interesting stuff about pocketcubes.
At TU Delft they are developing a new PQ9 Interface standard. On the website of GauseSrl there are presentations from the 4th IAA University Satellite Missions & CubeSat Workshop. This presentation is about the PQ-9 interface standard.

Another interesting development from Delft University of Technology is the satellite component search engine:
satsearch.co
It's explained in this presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5wKk-hYBY&feature=youtu.be
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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #244 on: 05/04/2018 08:32 pm »
www.parabolicarc.com/2018/05/04/nasas-dellingr-spacecraft-baselined-pathfinding-cubesat-mission-van-allen-belts/

Dellingr-X’s all-important command and data handling and electrical power systems will be radiation tolerant;

This is a must for BLEO missions using  cubesats and smallsats.

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #245 on: 05/05/2018 08:33 pm »
We just saw the first launch of CubeSats into deep space!  MarCO A/B launched together with Insight on a flyby trajectory of Mars.  In addition to their pioneering path and operations, they are also demonstrating quite a lot of new tech for CubeSats--a deployable reflectarray antenna for high gain X-band communications (it's a passive phased array), a software defined radio capable of full communications with DSN, and a new cold-gas propulsion system. 


https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/insight/appendix/mars-cube-one/
Shouldn't reality posts be in "Advanced concepts"?  --Nomadd

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #246 on: 05/07/2018 02:55 pm »


Explore Deep Space (@XploreDeepSpace) tweeted at 11:45 PM on Mon, May 07, 2018:
Now that @NASA has shown the viability of auto X-ray navigation in space, plans are in work to include the tech on a CubeSat mission to the #Moon & engineers are now studying the possibly of adding the capability to human-exploration spacecraft. MORE: https://t.co/mxhwVRIURm https://t.co/g28shub1qM


The system works by detect X-ray emissions of pulsar stars, kind of like X-ray version of optical star tracker system.


Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #248 on: 05/25/2018 06:08 pm »


spacenews.com/smallsats-driving-innovation-in-propulsion-technologies/

During a panel session at the Space Tech Expo conference here May 23, executives with several propulsion startups said that the demands for propulsion that can meet mass, volume and power constraints of small satellites were helping drive innovation in this field.



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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #249 on: 05/25/2018 06:10 pm »
spacenews.com/phase-four-wins-nasa-and-commercial-deals-for-electric-propulsion-system/

Its nice to see this propulsion system fly, I've been following them for years, see earlier posts on CAT thruster.

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #250 on: 05/25/2018 06:51 pm »
spacenews.com/phase-four-wins-nasa-and-commercial-deals-for-electric-propulsion-system/

Its nice to see this propulsion system fly, I've been following them for years, see earlier posts on CAT thruster.

Also see https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38551.msg1810180#msg1810180 for this one (test sat on SSO-A)

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #251 on: 06/08/2018 09:11 pm »
The MagTag concept has few applications for cubesats but also any satellite or in space, especially persistent platforms.With something like this Lego satellites maybe real possibility.

If I understand it correctly its magnetic coupling which can can electrical connections and lower pressure fluids. Ideal for refuelling but may also be capable of cooling fluid transfer. Think it uses electromagnet to active and deactive magnetic couple, once coupled no power is needed.

www.parabolicarc.com/2018/06/08/altius-space-machines-selected-2-sbir-phase-1-awards/

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #252 on: 06/19/2018 03:46 pm »
0476-EX-CN-2018 AAReST

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The AAReST mission has been developed to meet the goals and objectives above. The satellite is a prime
focus design (1.2 m focal length, 0.3°field-of-view) with the primary mirror divided up into a sparse aperture
consisting of an arrangement of 10 cm diameter circular mirrors. The primary mirror segments are attached to
a cluster of CubeSats, two of which are able to undock from the cluster and navigate independently. The
telescope would launch as a small secondary payload in a stowed state. The stowed volume of the telescope is
approximately 0.3 m x 0.4 m x 0.5 m. After separation from the primary payload, the telescope would deploy its
camera package at the end of a 1.2 m long hinged composite boom to the focus of the mirror array.

Using wavefront sensors, the deformable mirrors would be adjusted and calibrated in order to
minimize the size of the mirrors’ individual point spread function (PSF). The mirrors would not be co-phased
down to subwavelength levels, as would be required for a more advanced science mission, as this would require
an additional metrology system that is prohibitively expensive for a small mission such as this. Instead, images
would be taken to demonstrate the ability of the mirrors to self-correct their shape, as well as the ability to repoint
and correct the individual PSFs.

Once the initial calibration and imaging demonstration is completed, two of the mirror segments, which
are carried by independent CubeSats, would detach from the mirror cluster and then re-dock to the cluster in a
different configuration. This would demonstrate on-orbit assembly of the mirror segments. Once the cluster is
reassembled, the mirror calibration and imaging would be performed again in order to show the capability of
calibration in two mirror configurations.

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #253 on: 06/29/2018 07:32 pm »
Developed under a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, the SWIFT-KTX transmitter builds upon TUI’s high-maturity SWIFT software defined radio platform to enable satellites as small as a loaf of bread to transmit data at rates exceeding 100 megabits per second (Mbps).


www.parabolicarc.com/2018/06/29/tethers-unlimited-delivers-swift-kband-cubesat-transmitter/

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #254 on: 06/30/2018 09:39 pm »
I've been following TU and there HYDROS-C tbruster development for while, nice to see it fly. Can generate high thrust for very short time if need ie 1.5N for about 1sec before recharging its H and O gas storage by electrolysis of water. Most of time it would use lot lower thrust levels, but nice to have extra boost on tap if needed.

www.parabolicarc.com/2018/06/30/nasa-selects-tuis-hydrosc-thruster-ptd-cubesat-mission/

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #255 on: 08/10/2018 03:30 pm »
Smallsat Launch U standard.

www.parabolicarc.com/2018/08/09/launch-unit-standards-announced-smallsats/

This sizing standard was to help simplify an lower launch costs for smallsat. Much same as U sizing standard has done for cubesats and containers for goods shipping.

Unlike cubesats smallsats come in lots of different shapes and sizes. The standard still allows for this but limits their outer dimensions for launch.
The physical limits are 45 cm x 45 cm x 60 cm and 60-80kg.

As long as they meet these standards and usual LV safety standards, switching between LVs at short notice shouldn't be issue.



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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #256 on: 08/27/2018 08:24 am »

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Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #257 on: 08/27/2018 07:51 pm »
Smallsats and cubesats for planetary missions BLEO.

www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/tiny-spacecraft-are-breaking-out-earth-s-orbit

We just presented our paper (mentioned in the depot thread in this NSF category) on using micro depots to enable smallsat launch vehicles to do dedicated deep space launch. I'll link to the article and the writeup in another thread once we've put our finishing touches on it, but it's relevant to this planetary/BLEO smallsats discussion--we were getting results suggesting you could use a LauncherOne (refueled on-orbit with a dry-launched/LEO-fueled storable biprop kick stage) to send an 90-450kg net payload almost anywhere in the inner solar system, out to Jupiter.

~Jon

Offline mtakala24

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #258 on: 08/29/2018 01:07 pm »
I'm also involved in a conceptual project, currently we are trying to get it funded as-is, or with collaboration with other instruments.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.01750 (accepted in Advances in Space Research)
and
https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04309 (accept decision from IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems arrived today)
« Last Edit: 08/29/2018 01:07 pm by mtakala24 »

Offline TrevorMonty

Re: CubeSat and NanoSat Technology
« Reply #259 on: 08/29/2018 07:07 pm »
Smallsats and cubesats for planetary missions BLEO.

www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/tiny-spacecraft-are-breaking-out-earth-s-orbit

We just presented our paper (mentioned in the depot thread in this NSF category) on using micro depots to enable smallsat launch vehicles to do dedicated deep space launch. I'll link to the article and the writeup in another thread once we've put our finishing touches on it, but it's relevant to this planetary/BLEO smallsats discussion--we were getting results suggesting you could use a LauncherOne (refueled on-orbit with a dry-launched/LEO-fueled storable biprop kick stage) to send an 90-450kg net payload almost anywhere in the inner solar system, out to Jupiter.

~Jon
The alternative to refuelling is to deliver earth departure stage on separate flight, rendezvous in orbit and move satellite to earth departure stage. Mission complexity is not lot different, still need to rendezvous, just trade between swapping fuel and payload(satellite).

If done at an unmmanned robotic station, then robotic capabilities of station could help reduce risk. Checkout the satellite before sending BLEO or do minor repairs. The station would also allow for assembly of satellite, eg add large lite weight solar array built at station.


 

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