Title :
HAVELSAT: A software defined radio experimentation CubeSat
Author :
Baceski, Emre ; Gokcebag, Serhan ; Erdem, Ahmet ; Erbay, Caban Gokhan ; Akyol, Mucahit ; Arslankoz, Kamil ; Arslan, Ismail ; Agca, Muhammed Akif ; Aydin, Yusuf Burak ; Aslan, Alim Rustem ; Ceylan, Osman
Author_Institution :
HAVELSAN A.S., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
Despite the small amount of available volume, CubeSat missions have proven to be quite useful, especially for scientific data gathering, educational purposes and small scale industrial equipment testing. The aim of this article is to discuss the design principles and project goals of a CubeSat that is part of the QB50 project. HAVELSAT is a double-unit CubeSat with one functional and one scientific unit. The scientific payload of HAVELSAT is a Software Defined Radio for communication. The satellite also performs a small scale onboard image processing.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; satellite communication; software radio; HAVELSAT scientific payload; QB50 project; double-unit CubeSat; educational purposes; scientific data gathering; small scale industrial equipment testing; small scale onboard image processing; software defined radio experimentation CubeSat mission; Computers; Payloads; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Software; Software radio; Space vehicles; CubeSat; QB50 Project; Software Defined Radio; double-unit satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2015 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-7760-7
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2015.7208455
