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
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;
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.2015.7208456
