2001 Annual Conference Proceedings
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--9790
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Spacecraft Design, Development and Operations in Just Five Hours per Week: Experience from the USAF Academy FalconSAT Program

Abstract: The paper describes overall experience and lessons learned from the USAF Academy's small satellite research program-"FalconSAT"-and the challenges faced by undertaking serious space mission development in a highly-constrained undergraduate environment. The goal of the program is to give students the opportunity to "learn space by doing space." Background on the program is first presented including successes and failures since the program's inception. Discussion begins by focusing on specific curriculum changes… Show more

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“…By buying into this SNAPSat architecture, the Academy program has achieved an "out-of-the-box" solution for several critical subsystems; including power, communications and, most important, data handling [3].…”
Section: A More Standardized Programmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…By buying into this SNAPSat architecture, the Academy program has achieved an "out-of-the-box" solution for several critical subsystems; including power, communications and, most important, data handling [3].…”
Section: A More Standardized Programmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…FAST provides both a long-term facility for cadets to gain hands-on experience with spacecraft hardware and software, as well as overall program risk reduction by providing a facility for subsystem, software, and operational procedures development and testing. While the use of commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware such as SNAP has eased the design problem in many respects, considerable effort still remains in the areas of payload design and development, structures, attitude control, thermal control, solar panels, testing and operations-more than enough to challenge even the most ambitious undergraduate students [3].…”
Section: A More Standardized Programmentioning
confidence: 99%
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