Session
Poster Session 1
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
As part of the Dream Big Phase I mission, Valpo Space Program’s (VSP) satellite BCON-2 is a 0.5U ThinSat CubeSat designed by NearSpace Launch (NSL).
Dimensions: 0.5U ThinSat (10 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm).
- Comms/MCU Board: STM-32 based PocketQube satellite board that utilizes an AX5043 transceiver to manage VHF/UHF radio communications and subsystem connectivity via CAN bus.
- ADCS Payload: Collaborative flight of the University of Luxembourg’s (UniLu) Space Systems Engineering (SpaSys) system; features their PCB-embedded tri-axial magnetorquer coils Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS).
- Square Koch Fractal Antenna: The RF systems remain inactive for this mission due to firmware time constraints.
Document Type
Event
Included in
Aug 23rd, 12:00 AM
BCON-2 Operations and Pre-Flight Testing
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
As part of the Dream Big Phase I mission, Valpo Space Program’s (VSP) satellite BCON-2 is a 0.5U ThinSat CubeSat designed by NearSpace Launch (NSL).
Dimensions: 0.5U ThinSat (10 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm).
- Comms/MCU Board: STM-32 based PocketQube satellite board that utilizes an AX5043 transceiver to manage VHF/UHF radio communications and subsystem connectivity via CAN bus.
- ADCS Payload: Collaborative flight of the University of Luxembourg’s (UniLu) Space Systems Engineering (SpaSys) system; features their PCB-embedded tri-axial magnetorquer coils Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS).
- Square Koch Fractal Antenna: The RF systems remain inactive for this mission due to firmware time constraints.
