Session
Technical Session IX: The Year In Retrospect
Abstract
California Polytechnic State University is coordinating the launch of multiple CubeSats on a DNEPR LV in the fall of 2004. This launch will include 14 CubeSats being developed by 7 U.S. and 4 international universities. At a cost of $40,000 per CubeSat, this launch will provide universities with affordable and reliable access to space. 5 standard CubeSat deployers (P-PODs) will transport and eject the CubeSats into orbit. This paper describes Cal Poly’s role in coordinating this launch including the interface with both the launch provider and the CubeSat developers. The Cal Poly CubeSat team benefited greatly from the experience acquired during the first CubeSat launch coordinated by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory in June 2003. This paper discusses how lessons learned during that launch influenced the current launch activities.
Presentation Slides
Cal Poly Coordination of Multiple CubeSats on the DNEPR Launch Vehicle
California Polytechnic State University is coordinating the launch of multiple CubeSats on a DNEPR LV in the fall of 2004. This launch will include 14 CubeSats being developed by 7 U.S. and 4 international universities. At a cost of $40,000 per CubeSat, this launch will provide universities with affordable and reliable access to space. 5 standard CubeSat deployers (P-PODs) will transport and eject the CubeSats into orbit. This paper describes Cal Poly’s role in coordinating this launch including the interface with both the launch provider and the CubeSat developers. The Cal Poly CubeSat team benefited greatly from the experience acquired during the first CubeSat launch coordinated by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory in June 2003. This paper discusses how lessons learned during that launch influenced the current launch activities.
