Session
Poster Session 1
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
PEARL (Propagation Experiment using kurz-Above-band radio in Low earth orbit) -1A and PEARL-1B are two 6U XL CubeSats integrated by National Central University (NCU) are designed to perform space-to-earth and inter-satellite radio propagation channel experiments over Taiwan for educational training and scientific research. Both CubSats have the same structures and configurations. Each CubeSat will carry three payloads, an Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) payload, a Compact Ionospheric Probe (CIP), and a Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) payload. The ISL enables over-the-horizon radio communication experiments, utilizing the Ka-band for both inter-satellite communication and space-to-ground communications. The CIP is an all-in-one in-situ ion sensor developed by NCU to measure global ionospheric ion concentration, velocity, and temperature especially to monitor ionospheric plasma irregularities resulted in radio scintillations. The PSC consists of perovskite solar cells designed to verify power efficiency by measuring their characteristics of I-V curves in space. Additionally, the CubeSats will be equipped with camera modules, which have been successfully tested on PEARL-1C and PEARL-1H missions. These two CubeSats are planned to deploy one by one almost in the same launch and are scheduled for Q1 2026, the Transporter-16 rideshare mission.
Document Type
Event
An Inter-Satellite Link Experiment on PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B CubeSats
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
PEARL (Propagation Experiment using kurz-Above-band radio in Low earth orbit) -1A and PEARL-1B are two 6U XL CubeSats integrated by National Central University (NCU) are designed to perform space-to-earth and inter-satellite radio propagation channel experiments over Taiwan for educational training and scientific research. Both CubSats have the same structures and configurations. Each CubeSat will carry three payloads, an Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) payload, a Compact Ionospheric Probe (CIP), and a Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) payload. The ISL enables over-the-horizon radio communication experiments, utilizing the Ka-band for both inter-satellite communication and space-to-ground communications. The CIP is an all-in-one in-situ ion sensor developed by NCU to measure global ionospheric ion concentration, velocity, and temperature especially to monitor ionospheric plasma irregularities resulted in radio scintillations. The PSC consists of perovskite solar cells designed to verify power efficiency by measuring their characteristics of I-V curves in space. Additionally, the CubeSats will be equipped with camera modules, which have been successfully tested on PEARL-1C and PEARL-1H missions. These two CubeSats are planned to deploy one by one almost in the same launch and are scheduled for Q1 2026, the Transporter-16 rideshare mission.
