Knightsat Flight Design Review

Abstract

Flight competition report regarding the Knightsat, Nanosat-4 competition for the Air Force Research Laboratory. Knightsat, being a student ran organization, was spilt into three sub-systems, Attitude Determining Control Systems, Structures and Payload, and Power and Communications. Knightsat's primary goal is to obtain a stereo image of one point on the earth's surface. Knightsat's program manager and primary mentor was Dr Roger Johnson, who also coordinated assistance for the project with NASA's prototype shop and the Florida Space Institute. Knightsat's design has been approved and the integration of all of the sub-systems is under way.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 03, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472645

Entities

People

  • Daniel Hand
  • Daniel Stuhr
  • Danielle Grant
  • J. G. Dilworth
  • Jason Dunn
  • Jessica Vega
  • Lashanda Oliver
  • Randal Allen
  • Rebecca Kendall
  • Timothy Young

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Energy
  • Load Monitoring
  • Measurement
  • Nickel Cadmium Batteries
  • Organizational Structure
  • Satellite Buses
  • Solar Panels
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites