So Arisssat or suitsat 2 whatever it is called is now going to be ready at the end of 2010?
Robert WB5MZO > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:17 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT NextGen Program Progress > > Just to give everyone a little update on how the AMSAT NextGen Program > is doing @ Binghamton University . . . > > (a) CONTROL & EXPERIMENT SYSTEMS > - The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat > documentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT > engineering contact to discuss documentation questions. > > - Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen: > * The Control/Safety Timer needs to be adapted to conform with the > CubeSat deployment switch standard > * Consolidation of Camera functionality into a separate camera payload > board (functionality is currently spread across a number of boards in > the stack) > > > (b) RF SYSTEMS > - The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat > documentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT > engineering contact to discuss documentation questions. > > - Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen: > * Antenna design choice - single dual-band vs dual mono-band > * New RF container design needed > > > (c) POWER & STRUCTURE SYSTEMS > - The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat > documentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT > engineering contact to discuss documentation questions. > - The Hardware Engineering students have been busy creating a > preliminary design for solar panel deployment and use of supercapacitors > to replace the battery. A Preliminary Design Review is being scheduled > in mid-November with the AMSAT Engineering Team. > > - Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen: > * Replace Battery with modular stacks of Supercapacitors in parallel to > the Solar Panels > * Shrink ICB (Interconnect Board) to fit within CubeSat frame > * Reduce PSU footprint by moving camera power function to a Camera > Payload Board (CPB) > * Slight PSU voltage supply design change > * Remove test/program load functionality from ICB to external test board > (XTB) via standard CubeSat & PPOD maintenance ports (per CubeSat spec.) > > > We are still on-target to have an engineering model ready for the AMSAT > table at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention with readiness for launch later in 2010. > > > Alex Harvilchuck, N3NP > NextGen Program Manager > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
