Montana State University students, faculty mentors, and collaborators, designed a microsatellite under the AFOSR/AFRL/AIAA University Nanosatellite Program V. Major motivation for the project was to promote the educational development of students as engineers and scientists in space hardware and space systems engineering. Approximately 100 students participated in the project. The satellite will accomplish substantive scientific, engineering, and technological objectives including the demonstration of a novel payload consisting of two instruments designed by our NRL and AFRL collaborators; demonstration of near-real-time data delivery to users of the GAIM model for ionospheric forecasting; and further application of consumer and COTS devices in the space environment. During the grant period the SpaceBuoy satellite moved through initial design, design freeze, engineering design, prototyping, subsystem testing, and well into hardware fabrication. Strict adherence to proper design methodologies was enforced; internal and external design reviews took place; and a configuration management system, previously developed in our University Nanosatellite Program III program, was improved using a local Wikipedia electronic system, ensuring adequate documentation of the design and tracking of changes following subsystem design freeze. This final report updates progress subsequent to the prior progress report incorporated as an appendix.


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    NanoSat Constellation Mission Design

    Concha, M. / DeFazio, R. / American Astronautical Society et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998


    NanoSat Constellation Mission Design

    M. Concha / R. DeFazio | NTIS | 1998