Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission
Presented at the 35th AIAA Small Satellite Conference in Logan, UT. The Lunar Flashlight mission is designed to send a 6U CubeSat into lunar orbit with the aim of finding water-ice deposits on the lunar south pole. The Glenn Lightsey Research Group (GLRG) within Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design L...
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ftgeorgiatech:oai:repository.gatech.edu:1853/74037 2024-05-19T07:48:39+00:00 Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission Cheek, Nathan Daniel, Nathan L. Lightsey, E. Glenn Peet, Sterling Smith, Celeste R. Cavender, Daniel P. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Georgia Institute of Technology. Space Systems Design Lab 2021-08 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1853/74037 unknown Georgia Institute of Technology American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SSDL SSC21-IX-06 https://hdl.handle.net/1853/74037 Unless otherwise noted, all materials are protected under U.S. Copyright Law and all rights are reserved https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en Text Paper 2021 ftgeorgiatech 2024-04-30T23:30:48Z Presented at the 35th AIAA Small Satellite Conference in Logan, UT. The Lunar Flashlight mission is designed to send a 6U CubeSat into lunar orbit with the aim of finding water-ice deposits on the lunar south pole. The Glenn Lightsey Research Group (GLRG) within Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) is developing a low-cost propulsion system controller for this satellite using commercial-o↵-the-shelf (COTS) parts, with an emphasis on overcoming the harsh environment of lunar orbit through careful architecture and testing. This paper provides in-depth coverage of the LFPS controller development and testing processes, showing how an embedded system based on COTS parts can be designed for the intense environment of space. From the high-level requirements architecture to the selection of specific hardware components and software design choices, followed by rigorous environmental testing of the design, radiation and other environmental hardening can be achieved with high confidence. Report South pole Georgia Institute of Technology: SMARTech - Scholarly Materials and Research at Georgia Tech |
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Presented at the 35th AIAA Small Satellite Conference in Logan, UT. The Lunar Flashlight mission is designed to send a 6U CubeSat into lunar orbit with the aim of finding water-ice deposits on the lunar south pole. The Glenn Lightsey Research Group (GLRG) within Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) is developing a low-cost propulsion system controller for this satellite using commercial-o↵-the-shelf (COTS) parts, with an emphasis on overcoming the harsh environment of lunar orbit through careful architecture and testing. This paper provides in-depth coverage of the LFPS controller development and testing processes, showing how an embedded system based on COTS parts can be designed for the intense environment of space. From the high-level requirements architecture to the selection of specific hardware components and software design choices, followed by rigorous environmental testing of the design, radiation and other environmental hardening can be achieved with high confidence. |
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Cheek, Nathan Daniel, Nathan L. Lightsey, E. Glenn Peet, Sterling Smith, Celeste R. Cavender, Daniel P. |
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Cheek, Nathan Daniel, Nathan L. Lightsey, E. Glenn Peet, Sterling Smith, Celeste R. Cavender, Daniel P. Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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Cheek, Nathan Daniel, Nathan L. Lightsey, E. Glenn Peet, Sterling Smith, Celeste R. Cavender, Daniel P. |
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Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controller for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission |
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development of a cots-based propulsion system controller for nasa’s lunar flashlight cubesat mission |
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