Communications link analysis. Trade studies. CubeSat mission planning. The CubeSat Toolbox is applicable to any small satellite project. 1. Many missions that were tought to be impossible with CubeSats even five years ago are now being demonstrated or planned. Power and thermal analysis.

PyCubed is an open-source, radiation-tested CubeSat avionics platform that integrates power, computing, communication, and attitude determination and control functionality into a single low-cost PC104compatible module programmable entirely in Python. Namely, consolidating functionality that has historically been performed in dedicated hardware into a more sophisticated flight software system. 2.
Generate attitude profiles with sequences of primary and secondary alignments. 3. Visualization. 8. For instance, a 3-unit CubeSat has dimensions of 10x10x30 cm and weighs about 3-4 kg. 6. Cal Poly CubeSat is now offering CubeSat Services for developers Click below to find out more! 10. The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research … Conforming fully to the CubeSat specification, Pumpkin's CubeSat Kit is an affordable off-the-shelf hardware and software development and deployment solution that includes: Complete, finished and ready-for-launch CubeSat structure (in 0.5U, 1U, 1.5U, 2U or 3U size) with high strength, low mass, and exceptionally large internal volume Control system design. Disturbance modeling. 5.

9. 4. Relative orbit simulations and coordinate transformations. Being bound to fit into a (CubeSat) box empowers creativity and innovation. 11. 7. Project Description • Flight Control Software for Vermont Techs CubeSat • Scheduled to launch in September of 2013 • Purpose: Test onboard subsystems & a SPARK implementation of GEONS • Future Goal: Send a CubeSat to the moon to either orbit or land on it. Abstract The key ingredients to the miniaturization of CubeSats is software. Orbit modeling and simulation. These nanosatellites typically weigh between 1 and 10 kilograms and follow the popular ‘CubeSat’ standard, which defines the outer dimensions of the satellite within multiple cubic units of 10x10x10 cm. Kubos (Disclaimer: I work at Kubos) will send a linux-powered cubesat to orbit in Q3 of 2018. It is easy to switch to a larger (custom) platform and even cheaper in some cases, but advanced R&D will benefit in the long-term.
Stability analysis of gravity gradient and passive magnetic satellites. We're using an Innovative Solutions in Space iOBCrunning our Linux, but we also support Linuxes on Pumpkin's cubesat boards and a few other CPUs. The old adage that software has no mass or volume rings true here. • The completed CubeSat design will be used to replicate additional CubeSats for future missions.