Research Summaries

Back Ground Stations, CubeSat Buses, and CubeSat Launchers: Sustaining and Advanced Development and Support

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Space Systems Academic Group
Investigator(s) Newman, James H.
Sponsor National Reconnaissance Office (DoD)
Summary This proposal describes the effort associated with the continued development, coordination, and operation of Cube Sat ground station systems, CubeSat buses, and CubeSat launchers in support of the NRO Colony Bus program. Specifically, the NPS development and support effort includes the Experimental (Government I University) ground station network, called the Mobile CubeSat Command and Control (MC3), the Colony II Bus and the Next Generation Bus, and the NPS CubeSat launcher systems. The growing acceptance of the 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. It combines opportunities for student thesis work, university outreach, and the development of useful national capabilities. This proposal addresses the NRO Key Functional Capability (KFC) #6, Innovative Capabilities.
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