• DocumentCode
    1683655
  • Title

    Mission analysis of a 2U CubeSat, BeEagleSat

  • Author

    Kilic, Cagri ; Aslan, A. Rustem

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    835
  • Lastpage
    838
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the orbital mission analysis of BeEagleSat, one of the participants of QB50 project, double unit CubeSat of Istanbul Technical University and Turkish Air Force Academy. The BeEagleSat will gather science data in the upper layers of the troposphere in the altitude range between 380 km and 200 km. Starting with the proposed launch parameters and restrictions of the project, simulations have been carried out in order to obtain the lifetime, communication ability and sunlight duration of BeEagleSat. The analysis shows that BeEagleSat is able to satisfy the project requirements.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; celestial mechanics; satellite communication; troposphere; 2U CubeSat unit; BeEagleSat; Istanbul Technical University; QB50 project; Turkish Air Force Academy; altitude 380 km to 200 km; orbital mission analysis; troposphere; Atmospheric modeling; Drag; Earth; Orbits; Satellites; Space vehicles; Terrestrial atmosphere; CubeSat; QB50; orbital mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2015 7th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-7760-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAST.2015.7208456
  • Filename
    7208456