Design Project

A&AE 490S Satellite Design
Professor Crossley
Spring 2002

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[Design Reviews]
[Small Satellite Database]
[Industry and Government Involvement]
[Project Teams]
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The Design Project

This page will be used to share information with the class and with our outside collaborators about the progess of the design project.

Electronic versions of the major review presentations, supporting documents, and the written design proposals are available from this page.

Design Reviews

The Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) are Wednesday May 1 from 10:20am - 12:20pm and Thursday May 2 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm.  The teleconference will include participants from Ball Aerospace, NASA Goddard, TRW and The Aerospace Corp.
 
Preliminary Design Review Information
Wednesday May 1
Group
Briefing Presentation
Other Information
SAT2
 PDR presentation
 draft design proposal
PuTEMP
 PDR presentation
 draft design proposal
Preliminary Design Review Information
Thursday May 2
Group
Briefing Presentation 
Other Information
B-B-B
 PDR presentation
 draft design proposal
PI-Sat
PDR presentation
draft design proposal

 

The Conceptual Design Reviews (CoDR) were held Tuesday April 2 from 5:30-7:00pm and Wednesday April 3 from 5:30-7:00pm.  We will again be connected via teleconference with review panelists and consultants from several off-campus locations including NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland; Ball Aerospace in Colorado; The Aerospace Corporation, Lockheed-Martin, and TRW in California.

 
Conceptual Design Review Information
Tuesday April 2
Group
Briefing Presentation
Other Information
PI-Sat  CoDR presentation
C&DH information
SAT2  CoDR presentation
preliminary structure arrangement
Conceptual Design Review Information
Wednesday April 3
Group
Briefing Presentation 
Other Information
B-B-B  CoDR presentation
AD&CS information
Comm System information
PuTEMP  CoDR presentation
link budget (8 Apr 02)
updated spacecraft layout (2 Apr 02)
spacecraft layout page
power and mass budget allocations


The Mission Definition / System Requirements Review was Tuesday, February 5 from 5:30-7:30pm in GRIS 274.  We were connected via teleconference with review panelists / consultants from Ball Aerospace in Boulder, The Aerospace Corportation in El Segundo and TRW in El Segundo.

 
Mission Definition / System Requirements Review Information
Group
Briefing 
System Requirements Document
PI-Sat
group 1 presentation.pdf
group 1 SRD.pdf
B-B-B
group 2 presentation.pdf
group 2 SRD.pdf (updated 8 Mar 02)
SAT2
group 3 presentation.pdf
group 3 SRD.pdf
PuTEMP
group 4 presentation.pdf
group 4 SRD.pdf (updated 8 Mar 02)

Small Satellite Database

The most recent database of small satellites is available here.  The current format is a text description of 18 small satellites, including several student-built satellites.

small satellite database (Jan 18)
link25
 

Industry and Government Involvement

The instructor has been in contact with individuals at TRW, Ball Aerospace, The Aerospace Corporation, Lockheed Martin, and NASA to solicit participation in this semester's AAE 490S course.

The following individuals have volunteered to serve as consultants for the class and/or as contact persons for other experts in their organizations.  More information can be obtained from the instructor.

Ms. Andrea Chavez, Engineering Manager, Spacecraft Subsystems Group, Ball Aerospace
Leads systems engineers and subsystems specialists, can coordinate other resources at Ball
Dr. Lisa Hill, Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department, TRW Space and Electronics
Expertise in spacecraft structures, overall systems
Ms.Mary Kriebel, Propulsion Systems, TRW Space and Electronics
Monopropellant and electric propulsion systems
Mr. Allan McInnes, Vehicle Concepts Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Spacecraft conceptual design, systems engineering
Mr. Tom Lang, Astrodynamics Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Orbital mechanics, coverage calculations
Mr. Frank Bauer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Control Systems, Control-Structure interaction, GPS systems and systems engineering
Dr. Andrew King, Boeing Satellite Systems
Geosyncronous commercial communications satellite design, production, verification; attitude dynamics and control, electric propulsion, project management and operations management

Project Teams

 
PI-Sat (Team 1)
Patterson, Chris grad student
Ramirez, Ramses grad student
Goetz, Giles senior
Hasebe, Marcos senior
Hawkins, John senior
Simmons, Aric senior
Sipe, Colin senior
Burn-Baby-Burn (Team 2)
Dankanich, John grad student
Solmaz, Selim grad student
Covarrubias, Gina senior
Gates, Kristin senior
Mah, Jonathan senior
Schreiner, Michael senior

 
SAT2 (Team 3)
Nankani, Kamlesh grad student
Porras, German grad student
Fosness, Tom senior
Northcutt, Brett senior
Sangngampal, Nat senior

 
PuTEMP (Team 4)
VanY, Stephanie grad student
Bertuccelli, Luca senior
Burnside, Chris senior
Lovera, Javier senior
Martin, Tom senior
Sanders, Timothy senior


Modified April 30, 2002
crossley@purdue.edu