CubeSat

• 10 X 10 cm Cube

• 1.3 Kg

• Designed to be affordable for students to have hands on experience in the Space Industry

• Still costs millions $$$$$$

Our CubeSat

• Actually be CHEAP!!!

• Do really cool stuff

and this is how we are going to do it

Normal vs OursComponents Uni Adelaide CubeSat Our CubeSat

OnBoard Computer (OBC) $5,000 $50

Power Supply Module $25,000 $200

Communication System $20,000 + $1,000,000 + ground station $600

Payload Processor $10,000 $400

Payload >$100,000 <$1,000

Software $50,000 Free (Open Source)

Solar Panels $10,000 $10,000

Launch $35,000 $35,000

OnBoard Computer

• Raspberry Pi

• Running Linux

• Advanced Computer Programs

Power Supply Module

• Designed by US!!!

• Cost effective

• Using hobbyist level components

Communication System

• Satellite phone network

• Megabytes instead of bytes

• SatPhone orbit at 35,000km

• Connects to the internet

Payload Processor

• Designed by US!!!

• Arduino based

• Between 10 - 17 Arduino’s

Payload• HD Camera

• IR Camera

• GPS

• Geiger Counter

• Gyro & Accelerometer

• Digital Compass

• Magnometer

• Atitude & Pressure Sensor

• Temperature & Humidity Sensor

• Range of Gas Sensors

Challenges of Space

• Temperature

• Getting it up there

• Cost

–Apple Inc, 1997

“While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are

crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

–John F. Kennedy, 1961 “We choose to go to the Moon” speech

“Not because it is easy, but because it is hard”