Fernando Aguado-Agelet University of Vigo - INTA August 10th 2008 2008 Cubesat Summer Developer s Workshop 1
Project Presentation
GENERAL DESCRIPTION University of Vigo: Leader Spanish university in R+D devoted resources 260 research groups, 50 European projects, 25 patents. INTA: Public research organization specialized in aerospace research and technology development. Experience in aerospace with many national and international projects. Both institutions have agreed to collaborate in the development of XATCOBEO. 3
Mission Description XATCOBEO: design & development of a satellite as educational demonstrator based in OPTOS experience XATCOBEO SYSTEM: SPACE SEGMENT (Cubesat 1U) + GROUND SEGMENT + USER SEGMENT University of Vigo s responsibilities: Educational matters Design and development of new technologies INTA s responsibilities: Support in engineering and management AIV facilities and expertise Educational satellite system with professional reliability 4
Mission Description Standards: CubeSAT Design Specification (Rev 10) ESA ECSS standards: Space Project Management (ECSS-M-00) Space Project Engineering (ECSS-E-00) Model Philosophy: PFM Mission objectives: To contribute to the CubeSAT community with: Qualification of a new deployment mechanism Qualification of a 2 payloads To integrate students in a CubeSAT development with high-end requirements Emphasis in working methodology (HOW is more important than WHAT) 5
GENERAL DESCRIPTION XATCOBEO: Objectives Design and development of: - CubeSAT satellite 1U (10x10x10cm) Weight < 1kg - Ground segment (at the University of Vigo) To involve students in a space project To learn work methods based on ESA standards New technologies incorporated (SRAD, RDS, PDM) Launching with VEGA at the end of 2009 6
GENERAL DESCRIPTION SPONSORS Xunta de Galicia/Retegal (DIESTE agreement) Department of Science and Investigation Raminovatech raminovatech 7
PROJECT ORGANIZATION
Project Organization ORGANIZATION PROBLEMS Mixed teams INTA/UVIGO More than 40 people creating software, hardware and documents at the same time. 9
Project Organization SOLUTION Hierarchical organization Electronic Management 10
Project Organization 1. Tasks are split into WorkPackages (WP). 2. Each WP is assigned to a different team. 3. Each team is formed by: 1 supervisor 1 student responsible N members and cooperators HIERARCHY 11
XATCOBEO 10000 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 20000 ENGINEERING 30000 PRODUCT ASSURANCE 40000 AIT 11000 CONFIGURATION 50000 SPACE SEGMENT 60000 GROUND SEGMENT 70000 OPERATIONS 12000 PROCUREMENT 13000 PROJECT CONTROL 21000 FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE 22000 MISSION ANALYSIS 23000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 24000 LAUNCHER 25000 TECHNICAL STUDIES 52000 PAYLOADS 51000 PLATFORM 51100 OBDH 51300 POWER 51400 THERMAL & STRUCTURE 51200 OBSW 52100 SRAD 52300 PDM 51500 TTC 25100 POWER BUDGET 25300 SPACE ENVIRONMENT 25200 LINK BUDGE T 25400 THERMAL ANALYSIS 25500 MASS BUDGET 15000 MANAGEMENT 14000 STUDENT COORDINATION 14200 PHD DEGREE 14100 MASTER DEGREE 31000 HW PA 32000 SW PA 41000 EMC 51510 ANTENNA 51520 TRANSPONDER 52200 RDS WP Distribution
Project Organization ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT AGENDA DOCUMENTS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY CODE 13
SPACE SEGMENT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION XATCOBEO: Subsystems (I) MPPT Power: Lithium battery Solar panels: 2 cells on each side +X, -X S.A. +Y, -Y S.A. MPPT RBF SWITCH BAT. SEP. SWITCH CHARGE CTRL. REG REG Software: C code Modes: Start-Normal-Communications-Safe SRAM FLASH CONF. EEPROM OBDH FPGA XC2V1000 System Clock Watchdog and Latch-up Control Computer: Bus Protocol Transceiver PL/SS Connector POWER Microprocessor embedded in programmable logic device (FPGA) RS232 Debug Power/Debug Connector 15
GENERAL DESCRIPTION XATCOBEO: Subsystems (II) Communications: 4 antennas (TBC), omnidirectional radiation diagram Uplink for telecommands, downlink for telemetry, in ham radio frequencies Thermic: Passive thermic control Paints and insulating materials Conductive materials depending on cases Structure and mechanisms: Structure: CubeSAT 1U Mechanism of deployment of antennas Antenna Deploy System RX TX TNC TC TM 16 ob dh
GENERAL DESCRIPTION XATCOBEO: Experiments Payloads: Software RADio board for communications (SRAD): Software radio that can be configured on board Radiation Dose Sensor (RDS): Sensor to measure radiation Panel Deployer Mechanism (PDM): Try out on board a mechanism of deployment 17
RDS Overview Sensor to measure the total accumulated radiation dose. It is based on commercial RADFET technology
SRAD OVERVIEW RF Frontend A/D D/A Radio Subsystem FPGA Control Logic System Bus ISF RAM / ROM
SRAD Software modules RF Frontend A/C D/C HW Modules (Encoding and modulation) Buffers IP Stack Control Routines SBUS System Bus Soft Processor Reconf. Routines Predefined radio Schemes and Modules (Standard modules & Backup modules) Free Space
GROUND SEGMENT
Ground Segment XATCOBEO: Ground Segment Located at the University of Vigo: Students will be the operators of the satellite Three main parts: System Control Center (SCC) Operation Center (OC) Distribution Center (DC) Additional software required to operate payload SRAD 22
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Ground segment SRAD User interface SRAD Instruction Set Control Routines SRAD IP STACK RF Frontend Software Host
Conclusions Educational development professional results: Two different geographical teams: Managment New technology qualification Improvement in power availability (SPAD) Developing a new TTC kit for CubeSatellites (SRAD) RDS: Radiation Dose Sensor. Main Xatcobeo payload TO TEACH STUDENTS A WORKING METHODOLOGY
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Fernando Aguado-Agelet: faguado@xatcobeo.com University of Vigo - INTA August 10th 2008 2008 Cubesat Summer Developer s Workshop 30