OpenOrbiter: A Low-Cost, Educational Prototype CubeSat Mission Architecture

Straub, Jeremy; Korvald, Christoffer; Nervold, Anders; Mohammad, Atif Farid; Root, Noah; Long, Nicholas; Torgerson, Donovan

doi:10.3390/mach1010001

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“…In addition to CubeSat design specifications, the OPEN framework imposes several other constraints [11]. It includes two different board form factors and two ways to mount items in the payload area.…”

Section: An Overview Of Openedgementioning

confidence: 99%

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Automating software design and configuration for a small spacecraft

Straub

2014

SPIE Proceedings

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The Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats (OPEN) is a framework for the development of low-cost spacecraft. It will allow users to build a 1-U (10 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm, 1.33 kg) CubeSat-class spacecraft with a parts budget of approximately $5,000. Work is underway to develop software to assist users in configuring the spacecraft and validating its compliance with integration and launch standards. Each prospective configuration requires a unique software configuration, combining pre-built modules for controlling base components, custom control software for custom developed and payload components and overall mission management and control software (which, itself will be a combination of standard components and mission specific control logic). This paper presents a system for automating standard component configuration and creating templates to facilitate the creation and integration of components that must be (or which the developer desires to be) custom-developed for the particular mission or spacecraft.

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Section: An Overview Of Openedgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper provides an overview of the OPEN platform (presented in [11]), its software architecture model and the OpenEdge system. It then describes the software development and configuration augmentation for the OpenEdge system and provides a qualitative of it.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2014

SPIE Proceedings

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“…The OpenOrbiter program [15,16], at the University of North Dakota, was created to reduce the development costs of CubeSats (which already enjoyed no-cost-to-qualified-developer [17,18] and are poised to enjoy low-cost [19,20] space access). It is poised to do this through the development and public release of designs [21] and documentation that will facilitate the development of a 1-U (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, 1.33 kg) CubeSat with a parts budget (excluding mission payload components) of under $5,000 [22].…”

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A suborbital IMU test mission

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This paper presents work conducted in preparation for a suborbital test flight to test an inertial measurement unit's (IMU's) ability to serve as a position determination mechanism in a GPS-denied environment. Because the IMU could potentially be used at several points during flight, it is not guaranteed that a GPS fix can be used to reset the IMU after the stresses of launch. Due to this, the specific goal of this work is to characterize whether a rocket launch disrupts the IMU-based position knowledge to the extent that it is unusable. This paper discusses preparations for a sub-orbital launch mission to this end. It include a description of the hardware and software used. A discussion of the data logging mechanism and the onboard and post-flight processing which is required to compare the GPS fixes and IMU-generated positions is also presented. Finally, the utility of an IMU capable of maintaining position awareness during launch is discussed.

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“…In addition to technical development activities, OpenOrbiter has also had a particular focus on providing and assessing educational benefit to student participants [45][46][47][48]. The initial OPEN/OpenOrbiter designs [49] have been interactively refined, the concept's societal value assessed [36,50] and its parts costs evaluated [33]. Software design and development work [51,52], development work on a software designed radio [53] and other systems have been previously presented.…”

Section: Openorbiter Conceptmentioning

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OpenOrbiter Mechanical Design: a New Approach to the Design of a 1-U CubeSat

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2015

53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

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The OpenOrbiter Small Spacecraft Development Initiative is working to create a set of designs and implementation instructions for a 1-U CubeSat, called the Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats. These designs target a total parts cost of below USD $5,000. This design will be made publically available to facilitate its use by others, with or without modification. A 'side slotted' CubeSat design (where main circuit boards are placed in slots between the rails on the outside) has been developed for OpenOrbiter. This paper discusses the design choices that were made during the mechanical structure development of the OpenOrbiter CubeSat design, required to keep it within the mass, volume and monetary budgets. Choices like the design of the aluminum support structure, fastener mechanisms, circuit board layout and science package support structure are all discussed and their ease of construction and efficacy are considered. A discussion of ongoing work on the spacecraft's mechanical fabrication and other subsystems is also presented. The paper also discusses how the design can, prospectively, be utilized by others and the 'bigger picture' benefits provided by the design approach and open hardware concept.

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OpenOrbiter: A Low-Cost, Educational Prototype CubeSat Mission Architecture

Cited by 48 publications

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Automating software design and configuration for a small spacecraft

Automating software design and configuration for a small spacecraft

A suborbital IMU test mission

OpenOrbiter Mechanical Design: a New Approach to the Design of a 1-U CubeSat

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