Low energy cooling technology for a cubesat mobile ground station

The French South African Institute of Technology (FSATI), under the umbrella of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), are developing small satellites known as CubeSats; and the current satellite system is using a fixed ground station for the ground segment. A satellite mobile ground station (SMGS) is yet to come for a broader use of cubeSats. Thermal problems encountered in the SMGS were discussed in this paper and a controlled solar cooling system was chosen among the existing possible cooling technologies that could suit the SMGS applications. This paper presents the work in progress towards the design of the cooling system. This project will benefit the South African community in the fields of education and space science.