This project presents the conceptual design of a 6U nanosat carrying a miniature Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (mini-INMS) and Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor (GRIDS), and the development of a Helmholtz cage. The nanosat is designed to measure the composition of the ionosphere on a 180 km by 800 km orbit and uses the NPT-30 I2 thruster for main propulsion. Orbital analysis is performed using Systems Tool Kit (STK) and optimizes the lifetime of the nanosat. Attitude determination and control schemes using magnetic torquers are developed in MATLAB. Mechanical and power analysis are performed using SolidWorks, ANSYS, and STK. The Helmholtz cage is designed and fabricated to provide testing of the nanosat under simulated the magnetic field experienced during orbit.

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Creator

• Durgin, Phillip
• Waring, Samuel
• Karshina, Veronika

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Innovation
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 54161
• E-project-032522-134242

Mot-clé

• Mechanical
• CubeSat
• Power
• Ionosphere
• Aerospace
• Propulsion

Advisor

• Demetriou, Michael A.
• Taillefer, Zachary
• Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2022-03-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright