The AFRL/STP Nanosat-2 Mission on Delta IV Heavy: A Demonstration of Current Responsive Space Capabilities

Hunyadi, G.; Ganley, Jeff; Berenberg, Lisa; Henrikson, Erik

doi:10.1109/aero.2005.1559582

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“…On the other hand, the design and development of small satellite missions does not entail all aspects traditionally associated with large spaceflight projects, such as the financial and risk consequences. This calls for a shift in the SE philosophy towards a "lean thinking" approach so the missions can benefit from formal SE rigour by appropriately adapting them to the needs of the small mission environment without excessive overhead (Robertson, 2004;Hunyadi et al, 2005).…”

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A Framework for Small Satellite Architecture Design

Qaisar

Ryan

Tuttle

2016

INCOSE International Symp

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The availability of miniaturized, commercial‐off‐the‐shelf (COTS), low‐cost satellite components has encouraged the design and development of “small” satellites by relatively inexperienced organizations and individuals seeking low‐cost and fast‐delivery missions with “good enough” reliability requirements, through non‐traditional risk‐taking approaches. Currently, there are no standards or guidelines for optimal architecting of such plug‐and‐play satellites. Consequently, the accepted trade‐off, between the available limited resources and the reliability compromise, in the architectural design space, is likely to be sub‐optimal, resulting in a sub‐optimized capability. In this paper, we propose a systematic framework for informed and optimal decision making which allows the designer to dynamically explore a multitude of solutions derived from relevant COTS databases, to determine an architecture that optimizes the system reliability under the given constraints. The proposed framework is demonstrated through the presentation of a commercial Cube‐Satellite example based on real data. This work can potentially contribute to small satellite standardization efforts.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%