CubeSat Status
*HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS DOCUMENT*
INSTRUCTIONS:
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Please think about where your subgroup is at with your piece of the cubesat and add to the list of things we need to find out/create a new list to add the info you still need to complete your designs!
Below is a document made by students showing the connections between different subgroups for information (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlfCafDvZZr3dtDYSnGspkgO1cfMbwMm/view?usp=sharing)
If we break it down further, here is a working list of info needed for us to finalize all of our designs:
Sizes:
Electrical: powercore, voltage regulator, battery pack
Radio: Antenna, Tracking radio
Software: UART to USB connection
Sensors: Lens, altitude sensor, breakout board
Mechanical: screws, wires, connectors
Mass:
Electrical: powercore, voltae regulator, battery pack
Software: UART to USB connection
Sensors: gyroscope, altitude sensor, breakout board
Mechanical: screws, wires, connectors
Wattage:
Sensors: GoPro, breakout board
Electrical: voltage regulator
Temperature
Radio: Tracking radio, GPS
Electrical: Voltage regulator, battery pack
Sensors: GoPro, breakout board
Parts Still Needed Through Ordering:
Breakout board (once received it will go with the lepton IR camera)
Second battery pack (is it needed?)
Parts Still Needed Through Machining:
1. Body of CubeSat (depends on size info and power requirements)
Established Constants:
Overall size: 30cm x 10cm x 10cm
Max weight: 2.5kg
Total surface area: ~1500 cm2
Total volume: ~ 9000cm3
Temperature Commitments (doesn’t include GoPro and is incomplete):
Highest low operating: 0°C
Lowest high operating: 50°C
Highest low survival: -45°C
Lowest high survival: 80°C
Operating range: 0-50°C
Survival range: -45-80°C
Things Still Needed to be Figured Out:
Software/sensors code connection
How to work the ground station?
Does our math make sense with reality? (sensor res)
Wire connections
Needs to be Discussed:
CubeSat Orientation
If testing for real orbit, the orientation should be how we want it to be in the final orbit
Placement of subsystem-weight distribution
Inside Components:
Radio: GPS, tracking radio, telemetry
Electrical: powercore, voltage regulator, battery pack?
Sensors: gyroscope, altitude sensor
Software: UART to USB connection, RPi
Mechanical: wiring
Outside Components:
Radio: antenna
Sensors: VIS camera, IR Camera and breakout board, GoPro
Radio- on the inside and antenna on the outward
Electrical- on the inside
Insulation
Where do we need insulation to protect from both heat and cold?
GoPro or not?
Temperature endurance?
Attachment to HAB structure?
Coding platform/connect to Pi?
Memory?
Power?
Launch pre-testing of system?
Launch Figures:
CubeSat orientation
Where tether is connected
Length of tether
Link
Force tolerance
Placement of tether
Student learning how to properly launch balloon
Draw out possible balloon rates
Draw out possible trading routes
Deciding launch/tracking teams
Materials/tools possibly needed for retrieval
What would be needed for different environments
Possible environments:
Woodland
Water
Field
House/backyard
Urban area
Others??
Possibly look at days that we hope to launch for airline paths at the closest airports and scope a few potential dates