Research Summaries

Back Asterias Risk-Reduction CubeSat Flights

Fiscal Year 2020
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Space Systems Academic Group
Investigator(s) Lan, Wenschel D.
Minelli, Giovanni
Sponsor Department of Defense Space (DoD)
Summary This proposal describes the effort associated with preparing and deploying two 6U CubeSats to provide the Square Dance (SD) program orbiting test platforms. These CubeSats will enable continued International SmallSat Command and Control Network (ISC2N) ground station development in the UHF, S, and X-bands, and international payload/bus interface standardization. Specifically, this research and development effort for two staggered risk-reduction flights within a 24-month period will benefit the SD FVEY partners in developing technologies such as payload capabilities, payload/bus interface protocols, space-to-ground RF standardization, military workforce hands-on training, and research for follow-on missions. This supports DoD Space efforts in the emerging field of very small satellites. The growing acceptance of the SmallSat/CubeSat, a very small satellite, as a means of accomplishing focused research objectives of national interest makes this project of great interest to the Space Systems Academic Group at NPS. The Naval Officers and other students in the NPS Space Systems Engineering and Operations curricula have the opportunity to participate in Directed Studies and Thesis research related to this proposal. The Space Systems curricula benefit from the opportunity to integrate laboratories which use active satellites in orbit and an active network of ground stations. In addition, this work supports the development of national capabilities in space to ultimately benefit the Naval Service and the warfighter.
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