Satellite Design Project Bruce Burlton mailto:bruceburlton@sympatico.ca Carleton University February 2015 Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 1 / 12
The Satellite Design Project (SDP) What is the Satellite Design Project What have we done in past years What are we planning for next year Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 2 / 12
What is the project A largely student run Design Project tasked with the Preliminary Design of a Space Vehicle. Several of the Lead Engineers have significant related Industrial Experience; the project runs much as it would in industry. In past years we have attracted a great deal of interest from industry, both in the satellite manufacturing sector and the user community. Several of our alumni have found employment in the space industry, sometimes as a direct result of the PDR presentations. If you want to work in space, come and see us. Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 3 / 12
Previous Projects Over the past several years, we have worked projects, including: AEGIS was targeted at the Boreal Forest region of Canada (and by extension the World). NORSAT was a Northern Canada sovereignty and surveillance mission suggested by DRCD at Shirley Bay. The AEGIS used a single satellite, while NORSAT utilized a constellation of twelve satellites. Culprit was a Lunar Penetrator system, targeted at the Lunar South Pole in search of subsurface water. SISS was a satellite constellation designed to take visible spectrum stereo images of Earth EODM is a satellite designed to remove Space Debris from Low Earth Orbit Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 4 / 12
New Satellite Design Project In 2015-2016, we are undertaking a New Project Figure 1: Original CubeSat Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 5 / 12
New Satellite Design Project In 2015-2016, we are undertaking a New Project Will undertake the Design and Implementation of a CubeSat Figure 1: Original CubeSat Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 5 / 12
New Satellite Design Project In 2015-2016, we are undertaking a New Project Will undertake the Design and Implementation of a CubeSat A miniaturized satellite: volume of exactly one liter (10 cm cube), mass of less than 1.33 kilograms Figure 1: Original CubeSat Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 5 / 12
New Satellite Design Project In 2015-2016, we are undertaking a New Project Will undertake the Design and Implementation of a CubeSat A miniaturized satellite: volume of exactly one liter (10 cm cube), mass of less than 1.33 kilograms Originated by CalPoly in 1999 Figure 1: Original CubeSat Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 5 / 12
Possible Missions Two candidate missions Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 6 / 12
Possible Missions Two candidate missions Arctic Surveillance Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 6 / 12
Possible Missions Two candidate missions Arctic Surveillance Satellite Formation Flying or Tethered Operation Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 6 / 12
Possible Missions Two candidate missions Arctic Surveillance Satellite Formation Flying or Tethered Operation Probably a 3U Configuration Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 6 / 12
Possible Missions Two candidate missions Arctic Surveillance Satellite Formation Flying or Tethered Operation Probably a 3U Configuration Will draw on designs, development and reports of many previous SDP projects Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 6 / 12
CubeSat Figure 2: Original CubeSat Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 7 / 12
3U Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 8 / 12
Project Schedule First year - Conceptual design tradeoff (mission, bus, payload) Second year - Detailed design Third year - Prototype manufacturing, assembly with COTS components and preliminary testing in a lab environment Fourth year - Assembly with rad hard components and final assembly, integration and testing Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 9 / 12
Rules and Innovation Rules Strict Interface definition for LV and Communications Needed in order to get launched Innovation What you chose as a mission How you go about accomplishing the mission Room for Design Innovation Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 10 / 12
Launch Figure 4: Launched From ISS Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 11 / 12
Invitation Our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) is on Saturday, March 28 If you are interested in Space, please join us. We will be pleased to have you. Bruce Burlton (Carleton University) Satellite Design Project February 2015 12 / 12