cubesat project rincon research matt bunting mike parker, john jensen university of arizona 4/17/08
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Cubesat Project
Rincon ResearchMatt Bunting
Mike Parker, John JensenUniversity of Arizona
4/17/08
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Rincon Research
• Started in 1983
• DSP Research
• Build FPGA and RF products
• Designed for national security
• Began cubesat research in 1996
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Cubesat
• 10cm*10cm*10cm cube
• Launched in batches
• Launch cost approximately $10k
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Rincon Cubesat History
• 2 original satellites
• RINCON, SACRED
• 6 years to build
• Launched in 2006
• Launch was a failure
• Restarted project
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Proposal
• Build a Cubesat with three dipole antennas
• Measure polarization of EM waves
• Proposal sent in by Mike Parker and John Jensen
• Missed deadline for proposal
• Could not get funding in time for this year
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Related Project
• Cubesats generally use low power antennas
• High gain ground station antenna
• High gain antennas are directional
• Need to point antenna directly at satellite
• Goal: build a tracking system that points an antenna to a satellite in orbit
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Antenna
• Yagi antenna
• Results in high gain
• Highly directional
• Measures polarization
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Rotator
• Control both Azimuth and Elevation
• Controlled through RS-232
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Position rotator
• Convert GPS data to spherical coordinates
• Convert Spherical coordinates to cartesian position
• Determine azimuth and elevation for rotator
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Automatic Packet Reporting System
• APRS
• May be used for Tracking
• Had intention to us APRS for testing
• Receive data through RS-232
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Python
• Easy to program
• Highly used language at Rincon
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Result
• Controlled rotator perfectly
• Received GPS data well
• Calculated rotator position perfectly
• Never could get a computer with two RS-232 ports
• Could never check final code
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Thank You