CubeSat evolution: Analyzing CubeSat capabilities for conducting science missions

Poghosyan, Armen H.; Golkar, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.paerosci.2016.11.002

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“…Agencies, universities, and corporations have proved that micro‐ and nanosatellites are cost‐effective platforms that reduce development times and present moderate performances. Their technologies, capabilities, and suitability has been explored in several relevant survey papers, concluding that these types of platforms are capable of delivering data with scientific value. Most authors have pointed out that despite power, size, and mass constraints, small spacecraft have turned into extremely low‐cost remote sensing platforms.…”

Section: Distributed Satellite Systemsmentioning

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Applying autonomy to distributed satellite systems: Trends, challenges, and future prospects

Araguz

Bou-Balust

Alarcón

2018

Systems Engineering

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While monolithic satellite missions still pose significant advantages in terms of accuracy and operations, novel distributed architectures are promising improved flexibility, responsiveness and adaptability to structural and functional changes. Large satellite swarms, opportunistic satellite networks or heterogeneous constellations hybridizing small-spacecraft nodes with high-performance satellites are becoming feasible and advantageous alternatives requiring the adoption of new operation paradigms that enhance their autonomy. While autonomy is a notion that is gaining acceptance in monolithic satellite missions, it can also be deemed an integral characteristic in Distributed Satellite Systems. In this context, this paper focuses on the motivations for system-level autonomy in DSS and justifies its need as an enabler of system qualities.Autonomy is also presented as a necessary feature to bring new distributed Earth observation functions (which require coordination and collaboration mechanisms) and to allow for novel structural functions (e.g. opportunistic coalitions, exchange of resources or in-orbit data services).Mission Planning and Scheduling frameworks (MPS) are then presented as a key component to * Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: {carles.araguz, elisenda.bou, eduard.alarcon}@upc.edu 1 implement autonomous operations in satellite missions. An exhaustive knowledge classification explores the design aspects of MPS for DSS, and conceptually groups them into: components and organizational paradigms; problem modeling and representation; optimization techniques and metaheuristics; execution and runtime characteristics; and the notions of tasks, resources and constraints. This paper concludes by proposing future strands of work devoted to study the tradeoffs of autonomy in large-scale, highly dynamic and heterogeneous networks through frameworks that consider some of the limitations of small spacecraft technologies.

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Section: Distributed Satellite Systemsmentioning

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Applying autonomy to distributed satellite systems: Trends, challenges, and future prospects

Araguz

Bou-Balust

Alarcón

2018

Systems Engineering

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“…Several existing CubeSat databases are published online [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. However, these databases lack precise and updated information about the compiled missions.…”

Section: Cocube Databasementioning

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Design of a Lebanese Cube Satellite

Ghandour

Abdallah

2018

The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing

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Nowadays, nanosatellites are widely used in space technology due to their small size, ease of deployment, and relatively short development period. CubeSat specifications have been suggested as an effort to standardize nanosatellite mission design. Standardization opens the door for inter-CubeSat communications that can be used to form a CubeSat Cloud and mimic regular large multifunctional satellites with wide range of features, measurements, and sensing capabilities. In this paper, we introduce a Comprehensive CubeSat (CoCube, Gurgaon, India) online database. CoCube database focuses mainly on the different subsystems used during the design and implementation stages of existing CubeSat missions. Based on the lessons learned by comparing various CubeSat design alternatives and components' structures and analyzing the best practices of CubeSat development, LibanSAT design is introduced. LibanSAT is a 1U CubeSat that serves two main objectives: (i) greenhouse gases observation and (ii) educational purposes. We benchmarked off-the-shelf subsystems from various suppliers and chose the most suitable for our target mission based on cost, size, weight, and power consumption. Finally, we introduce a new CubeSat security algorithm based on predefined anomaly detection baseline that serves as intrusion prevention system for the control channel.

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“…This, in turn, impels the improvement of small satellites of the CubeSat standard. [10,11] In spite of the noteworthy advancements made in CubeSat and the innovative work in the development of small satellites during the recent decade, some principal materials-related issues still remain. [10,11] In spite of the noteworthy advancements made in CubeSat and the innovative work in the development of small satellites during the recent decade, some principal materials-related issues still remain.…”

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“…[6][7][8][9] As an outcome, more complex CubeSat and small satellite missions have been proposed, showing that CubeSats are transforming from being exclusively efficient systems to offer possibilities for broader space exploration. [10,11] In spite of the noteworthy advancements made in CubeSat and the innovative work in the development of small satellites during the recent decade, some principal materials-related issues still remain. These issues could compromise the CubeSat abilities, due to the intrinsic small sizes of these satellite assets.…”

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3D‐Printed Multilayered Reinforced Material System for Gas Supply in CubeSats and Small Satellites

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Further development of the near-Earth satellite infrastructure as well as plans for colonization of the Moon and Mars require innovative materials and technologies to produce efficient space assets capable of active functioning for several years. Therefore, the development of compact and efficient devices has bloomed exponentially. Critical components of such devices, propulsion systems that include thrusters, and feed and power systems, have to be efficient and compact. Moreover, these systems shall be simple and cheap, to satisfy the need for thousands of small satellites planned to be launched in the near future. Herein, the design of a 3D-printed, reinforced multilayered material system for gas supply to be used in CubeSats and small satellites of a 1U (10 Â 10 Â 11.3 cm) form factor is described. The main objective of the system is to provide 0.1 standard cubic centimeter per minute (sccm) of propellant to the thruster. To achieve that, a material system is designed for a propellant tank of %50 Â 100 mm.

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CubeSat evolution: Analyzing CubeSat capabilities for conducting science missions

Cited by 385 publications

References 26 publications

Applying autonomy to distributed satellite systems: Trends, challenges, and future prospects

Applying autonomy to distributed satellite systems: Trends, challenges, and future prospects

Design of a Lebanese Cube Satellite

3D‐Printed Multilayered Reinforced Material System for Gas Supply in CubeSats and Small Satellites

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