Session
Session 10: A Look Back: Lessons Learned
Abstract
The student-built satellite swarm ANDESITE was chosen to launch on ELaNa XIX. Here we will discuss what has happened and the challenges of delivering a small fractionated satellite system. Tightly coupled with a science mission and customer, this system demonstrated the ability to design simple satellite swarms that provide valued multipoint data to the auroral physics community. We discuss that goal and show that missions can achieve relevant science data by starting with scientific needs first. Beginning there, we consider regimes that are not accessible with the larger space-based science laboratories, such as a scalable mission success criteria based on redundant spacecraft. Finally, we discuss some follow-on concepts such as creating larger dense magnetometer networks through commercial collaborations and the benefit of a maneuvering swarm.
ANDESITE: A Student Built Swarm from Concept to Launch and Beyond
The student-built satellite swarm ANDESITE was chosen to launch on ELaNa XIX. Here we will discuss what has happened and the challenges of delivering a small fractionated satellite system. Tightly coupled with a science mission and customer, this system demonstrated the ability to design simple satellite swarms that provide valued multipoint data to the auroral physics community. We discuss that goal and show that missions can achieve relevant science data by starting with scientific needs first. Beginning there, we consider regimes that are not accessible with the larger space-based science laboratories, such as a scalable mission success criteria based on redundant spacecraft. Finally, we discuss some follow-on concepts such as creating larger dense magnetometer networks through commercial collaborations and the benefit of a maneuvering swarm.
