Session
Poster Session 1
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
CubeSat launches continue to increase yearly, yet over 51% of missions from 2002–2016 failed. Primary faults were often due to power, mechanical, or design issues. Costs still remain high in a market driven by expensive flight-heritage hardware with proprietary designs. In order to counteract such costly practice, Sun Devil Satellite Lab (SDSL) at ASU has developed an open-source, modular 3U CubeSat bus built for low cost reliability. Unlike other bus architectures, SquidSat distributes control across independent microcontrollers linked via a CAN bus. CAN is commanded by the OBC but is capable of independent operation for fault isolation and easier testing. ASU's first mission will fly multiple internal and external payloads in order to demonstrate the bus architecture, and establish a reusable, affordable platform for future small satellite missions.
Document Type
Event
Paper
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SquidSat: A Modular, Open-Source 3U CubeSat Bus for Low-Cost CubeSat Missions
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
CubeSat launches continue to increase yearly, yet over 51% of missions from 2002–2016 failed. Primary faults were often due to power, mechanical, or design issues. Costs still remain high in a market driven by expensive flight-heritage hardware with proprietary designs. In order to counteract such costly practice, Sun Devil Satellite Lab (SDSL) at ASU has developed an open-source, modular 3U CubeSat bus built for low cost reliability. Unlike other bus architectures, SquidSat distributes control across independent microcontrollers linked via a CAN bus. CAN is commanded by the OBC but is capable of independent operation for fault isolation and easier testing. ASU's first mission will fly multiple internal and external payloads in order to demonstrate the bus architecture, and establish a reusable, affordable platform for future small satellite missions.
