NPS Solar Cell Array Tester Cubesat Flight Testing and Integration

Abstract

The Naval Postgraduate School Solar Cell Array Tester (NPS-SCAT) is the first CubeSat for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPS-SCAT mission was designed to measure solar cell performance degradation in low earth orbit. NPS-SCAT serves as a pathfinder for future NPS CubeSat missions. This thesis documents the pre-flight NPS-SCAT battery analysis, power budget, vibration analysis, beacon antenna integration evaluation, and conformal coat study. Some data from the flight is presented, which validates the pre-flight power budget analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA619535

Entities

People

  • Joseph K. Helker

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cells
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flight Testing
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductors
  • Orbits
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Panels
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites