Session
Technical Poster Session 4: Education
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
The National Center for Space Technologies (NCST) of Technical University of Moldova (TUM) has been oriented towards a series of nanosatellites, according to the international standard CubeSat. In 2019, NCST participated in the fourth round of the KiboCUBE Program with the nanosatellite "TUMnanoSAT".
KiboCUBE Program is a collaboration between UNOOSA and JAXA that aims to provide to the United Nations Organization members opportunity to launch CubeSat satellites developed for educational and research purposes.
The NCST team was selected by the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) for the fourth round of the KiboCUBE Program for the launch of the TUMnanoSAT nanosatellite from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021, with the Japanese experimental Kibo module.
The Japanese Space Agency's Kibo module on the ISS was designed to be used as both a microgravity laboratory, as well as a launch pad for low-Earth-orbit services. This ISS module includes a small satellite-deployment system called the J-SSOD. Deploying nanosatellites from ISS has a number of benefits. Launching the vehicles aboard the logistics carrier of ISS visiting vehicle reduces the vibration and loads they have to encounter during launch. In addition, they can be packed in protective materials so that the probability of CubeSat damage during launch is reduced significantly. In addition, the lower orbit allows a natural decay of the satellites, thus reducing the build-up of orbital debris.
KiboCube program for The National Center for Space Technologies (NCST) of Technical University of Moldova (TUM) has a major impact on the improvement of the quality of engineering studies based on modern space technologies, attracting young students to develop and strengthen scientific research in space exploration, The scope of this poster is to present the conceptual architecture and overall system overview of TUMnanoSAT, to describe software and hardware modules for the implementation of nanosatellite.
TUMnanoSAT, 1U KiboCube Nanosatellite Developed at the Technical University of Moldova
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The National Center for Space Technologies (NCST) of Technical University of Moldova (TUM) has been oriented towards a series of nanosatellites, according to the international standard CubeSat. In 2019, NCST participated in the fourth round of the KiboCUBE Program with the nanosatellite "TUMnanoSAT".
KiboCUBE Program is a collaboration between UNOOSA and JAXA that aims to provide to the United Nations Organization members opportunity to launch CubeSat satellites developed for educational and research purposes.
The NCST team was selected by the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) for the fourth round of the KiboCUBE Program for the launch of the TUMnanoSAT nanosatellite from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021, with the Japanese experimental Kibo module.
The Japanese Space Agency's Kibo module on the ISS was designed to be used as both a microgravity laboratory, as well as a launch pad for low-Earth-orbit services. This ISS module includes a small satellite-deployment system called the J-SSOD. Deploying nanosatellites from ISS has a number of benefits. Launching the vehicles aboard the logistics carrier of ISS visiting vehicle reduces the vibration and loads they have to encounter during launch. In addition, they can be packed in protective materials so that the probability of CubeSat damage during launch is reduced significantly. In addition, the lower orbit allows a natural decay of the satellites, thus reducing the build-up of orbital debris.
KiboCube program for The National Center for Space Technologies (NCST) of Technical University of Moldova (TUM) has a major impact on the improvement of the quality of engineering studies based on modern space technologies, attracting young students to develop and strengthen scientific research in space exploration, The scope of this poster is to present the conceptual architecture and overall system overview of TUMnanoSAT, to describe software and hardware modules for the implementation of nanosatellite.
