Session
Weekday Poster Session 2
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
The Starling mission consists of four 6U CubeSats launched in July 2023 to test several technologies that could enable future swarm missions. The Starling experiment payload is comprised of a Xiphos Q7S processor, a C&DH/power board called the Bus Interface Card (BIC), and CesiumAstro's CommPack radio that enables crosslink communication amongst the spacecrafts in the swarm. The CommPack radio is itself comprised of an S-band Software Defined Radio (SDR) and two Transmit Receive Modules (TRMs) with integrated patch antennas.
Thermal Performance of Starling Spacecrafts and Comparison to Thermal Model Results
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The Starling mission consists of four 6U CubeSats launched in July 2023 to test several technologies that could enable future swarm missions. The Starling experiment payload is comprised of a Xiphos Q7S processor, a C&DH/power board called the Bus Interface Card (BIC), and CesiumAstro's CommPack radio that enables crosslink communication amongst the spacecrafts in the swarm. The CommPack radio is itself comprised of an S-band Software Defined Radio (SDR) and two Transmit Receive Modules (TRMs) with integrated patch antennas.
