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Stanford Affiliates Presentation: Team 4 – Quakesat, Robert J. Twiggs Apr 2002

Stanford Affiliates Presentation: Team 4 – Quakesat, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "Stanford Affiliates Presentation: Team 4 – QuakeSat" from April 23, 2002.


Cubesat: Performance Evaluation Of A Deployable Thin Film Solar Array, Michael Forbis, Ian Prager, Matthew Veldhuis Apr 2002

Cubesat: Performance Evaluation Of A Deployable Thin Film Solar Array, Michael Forbis, Ian Prager, Matthew Veldhuis

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Michael Forbis, Ian Prager, and Matthew Veldhuis titled CubeSat: Performance Evaluation of a Deployable Thin Film Solar Array" from April 23, 2002.


Hypercube Team 1: Space Sciences And Technology Demonstration, Jim Albers, Mike Dowler, Kathy Lee, Gordon Maahs, Steve Sears Apr 2002

Hypercube Team 1: Space Sciences And Technology Demonstration, Jim Albers, Mike Dowler, Kathy Lee, Gordon Maahs, Steve Sears

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Jim Albers, Mike Dowler, Kathy Lee, Gordon Maahs, and Steve Sears titled "HyperCube Team 1: Space Sciences and Technology Demonstration" from April 23, 2002.


Stanford Microsats, Robert J. Twiggs Apr 2002

Stanford Microsats, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "Stanford MicroSats" from April 5, 2002.


Microdot - A Four-Bit Microcontroller Designed For Distributed Low-End Computing In Satellites, Anthony R. Woodcock Mar 2002

Microdot - A Four-Bit Microcontroller Designed For Distributed Low-End Computing In Satellites, Anthony R. Woodcock

Theses and Dissertations

Many satellites are an integrated collection of sensors and actuators that require dedicated real-time control. For single processor systems, additional sensors require an increase in computing power and speed to provide the multi-tasking capability needed to service each sensor. Faster processors cost more and consume more power, which taxes a satellite's power resources and may lead to shorter satellite lifetimes. An alternative design approach is a distributed network of small and low power microcontrollers designed for space that handle the computing requirements of each individual sensor and actuator. The design of microdot, a four-bit microcontroller for distributed low-end computing, is …


Evaluation And Mission-Specific Optimization Of Satellite Packet Telemetry Protocol For Use On Dod Flight Test Ranges, Beth A. Trapp Mar 2002

Evaluation And Mission-Specific Optimization Of Satellite Packet Telemetry Protocol For Use On Dod Flight Test Ranges, Beth A. Trapp

Theses and Dissertations

The DoD test range community has come to the realization that its telemetry abilities are obsolete. Efforts are therefore underway to improve telemetry systems at DoD test ranges. The overall objective of this project was to evaluate the practical use of the CCSDS packet telemetry protocol in DoD test ranges and determine the configuration that would maximize performance based on mission requirements. A secondary objective was to compare the CCSDS and ATM protocols in order to substantiate further exploration of using ATM in future DoD telemetry systems. Modeling and simulation of the CCSDS protocol showed a correlation between three CCSDS …


Periodic Methods For Controlling A Satellite In Formation, Erin Y. Carraher Mar 2002

Periodic Methods For Controlling A Satellite In Formation, Erin Y. Carraher

Theses and Dissertations

Precise position determination and control is necessary to accomplish proposed satellite formation flying missions of ground movement target indication and synthetic aperture radar. This thesis combines the estimation and control techniques of past AFIT theses with various time-varying and time-invariant LQG control methods. Linear time-invariant control is ideal for on-board satellite estimation and control applications, freeing-up the satellite's limited computational capacity. Using a dynamics frame transformation from the nodal frame to an orbital frame, a higher fidelity, time-periodic model produced nearly identical results for either time-varying or time-invariant control for many scenarios. Scenarios included initial perturbations in the radial, in-track, …


New Technologies For Rapid Space Experiments: Preliminary Design Review, Robert J. Twiggs Feb 2002

New Technologies For Rapid Space Experiments: Preliminary Design Review, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "New Technologies for Rapid Space Experiments: Preliminary Design Review" from February 25, 2002.


University Space Programs & Collaborative Space Research, Robert J. Twiggs Feb 2002

University Space Programs & Collaborative Space Research, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "University Space Programs & Collaborative Space Research" from February 8, 2002.