WUSAT-3 2015-16 Team

2015-16 WUSAT-3 Team (Pictured right)

Standing (L-R) -

• Antoni Panczenko (Elect Eng)
• Dr Bill Crofts (Director)
• Rokas Lemesovas (Mech Eng)

• Indira Nagesh (Research Fellow - WMG)

Seated (L-R) -

• Kalen Sabnis Thomas (Elect Eng)

• Stephen Betts (Elect Eng)

• Sean Perry (Mech Eng)

• Thomas Harris (Mech Eng)

2015-16 Overview

Being the first team on the WUSAT-3 mission, the 2015-16 team had the very important task of providing a solid start to the Space Systems Engineering process by carrying out a detailed requirements analysis. Although this is a very iterative process that continues long into the early developmental stages, it was important to carry out detailed discussions with Roke engineers in order to establish exactly what physical form WUSAT-3 was likely to take and what sub-system resources it would need to provide.

From this, they were able to form early concepts on the design features of WUSAT-3. Much of this can be seen in their concluding presentationLink opens in a new window, technical reportLink opens in a new window, and poster made available below. As a summary, they determined that,

• WUSAT-3 would require a 3U format, essentially incorporating
  • Power Supply Unit and power/distribution management
  • Attitude Determination Control System to point payload camera to Earth with maximum stability during data capture
  • Central control, processing, data storage, telecomms circuitry, etc.
• The array of four payload antennas would be provided via deployed mechanisms as would the Tracking, Telemetry and Control (TT&C) antenna.