CubeSat 101: Basic Concepts and Processes for First-Time ...

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CubeSat

Basic Concepts and Processes for

First-Time CubeSat Developers

NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative

For Public Release ¨C Revision Dated October 2017

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CubeSat

Basic Concepts and Processes for

First-Time CubeSat Developers

NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative

For Public Release ¨C Revision Dated October 2017

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Produced under contract by the

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) CubeSat Systems Engineer Lab

Acknowledgements

This guide was produced by the following to support NASA¡¯s CubeSat Launch Initiative:

Writers and Contributors

California Polytechnic¡¯s PolySat Program,

California Polytechnic State University¡ª

San Luis Obispo

Jamie Chin

Roland Coelho

Justin Foley

Alicia Johnstone

Ryan Nugent

Dave Pignatelli

Savannah Pignatelli

Nikolaus Powell

Jordi Puig-Suari

NASA Launch Services Program

William Atkinson, Kennedy Space Center

Jennifer Dorsey, Kennedy Space Center

Scott Higginbotham, Kennedy Space Center

Maile Krienke, Kennedy Space Center

Kristina Nelson, Kennedy Space Center/ai Solutions

Bradley Poffenberger, Kennedy Space Center

Creg Raffington, Kennedy Space Center

Garrett Skrobot, Kennedy Space Center

Justin Treptow, Kennedy Space Center

Anne Sweet, NASA Headquarters

NASA Advanced Exploration Systems Division

Jason Crusan, NASA Headquarters

Carol Galica, NASA Headquarters/Stellar Solutions

NASA Space Communications and Navigation Division

William Horne, NASA Headquarters Space

Communications and Navigation Spectrum

Management

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Charles Norton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Formulation Lead for Small Satellites

NOAA

Alan Robinson, NOAA Commercial Remote Sensing

Regulatory Affairs Office

Editors and Graphic Designer

Communications Support Services Center

Maxine Aldred, NASA Headquarters/Media Fusion

Andrew Cooke, NASA Headquarters/Media Fusion

Tun Hla, NASA Headquarters/Media Fusion

Michele Ostovar, NASA Headquarters/Media Fusion

Jennifer Way, NASA Headquarters/Media Fusion

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

1

Introduction

2

1

1.1

CubeSats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.2

CubeSat Dispenser Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3

Pictured above:

1.2.1 3U Dispensers

5

1.2.2 6U Dispensers

6

NASA mentors and the student launch

team for StangSat and PolySat go

through final checks in the CubeSat lab

facility at Cal Poly. [VAFB/Kathi Peoples]

Launch Vehicles (LVs)¡ªaka: Rockets. . . . . . . . . . 6

Development Process Overview

2.1

Concept Development (1¨C6 months). . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2

Securing Funding (1¨C12 months) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.3

Merit and Feasibility Reviews (1¨C2 months) . . . . . . . 14

2.4

CubeSat Design (1¨C6 months) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.5

Development and Submittal of Proposal in Response

to CSLI Call (3¨C4 months). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.6

Selection and Manifesting (1¨C36 months). . . . . . . . 18

2.7

Mission Coordination (9¨C18 months) . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.8

Regulatory Licensing (4¨C6 months). . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.9

Flight-Specific Documentation Development and

Submittal (10¨C12 months). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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