Session
Weekend Session 6: Advanced Concepts - Research & Academia III
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
VISORS (Virtual Super-resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms) is a space physics mission for solar corona investigation that will help observe and study the heat release regions. The pair of two formation flying CubeSats containing the observatory and detector will capture the extreme ultraviolet features on the Sun with an unprecedented resolution of 0.2 arcseconds. The strict six-month mission challenges include relative orbit requirements during science observations with several advanced technologies for precise formation flying. For a successful mission, one needs to make sure all the components of the CubeSats' payload meet the thermal requirements. This work performs the thermal analysis of the CubeSat swarm for several mission modes using Thermal Desktop software. Several challenges related to the temperature requirements of specific components are addressed, and solutions are demonstrated.
Thermal Analysis and Design for VISORS CubeSat Formation
Utah State University, Logan, UT
VISORS (Virtual Super-resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms) is a space physics mission for solar corona investigation that will help observe and study the heat release regions. The pair of two formation flying CubeSats containing the observatory and detector will capture the extreme ultraviolet features on the Sun with an unprecedented resolution of 0.2 arcseconds. The strict six-month mission challenges include relative orbit requirements during science observations with several advanced technologies for precise formation flying. For a successful mission, one needs to make sure all the components of the CubeSats' payload meet the thermal requirements. This work performs the thermal analysis of the CubeSat swarm for several mission modes using Thermal Desktop software. Several challenges related to the temperature requirements of specific components are addressed, and solutions are demonstrated.
