WUSAT-3 2020-21 Team

2020-21 WUSAT-3 Team (Pictured)

Top Inset (L-R)

• William Pike (Platform Team - Elec)

• Pierre Savare (Platform Team - Mech)

• Safura Colette (3rd Yr Ground Station - Elec)

Main Picture (L-R)

• Back Row
  • Srinivas Calindi (Platform Team - Mech)
  • Anirudh Fatania (Platform Team - Mech)
  • Paul Stinson (Payload Team - Comp Sys)
• 2nd Back Row
  • George Booth (Payload Team - Mech)
  • Hiran Patel (Payload Team - Mech)
  • Joseph Murphy (Payload Team - Mech)
  • Michael Shanta (Platform Team - Comp Sys)
• 3rd Back Row
  • Maksim Makerov (Payload Team - Elec)
  • Megan D'Souza (Payload Team - Mech)
• Front Row
  • David Dewsbury (Platform Team - Elec)
  • Dr Bill Crofts (WUSAT Director)
  • Prof Julia Hunter-Anderson (Systems Director)

WUSAT-3 Exploded Configuration

2020-21 WUSAT-3 Overview

The WUSAT-3 mission was badly affected by the COVID Pandemic (Jan 2020 to May 2023).

This was unfortunate as we'd effectively recruited a larger team to try to move on the mission development following our presentation of the project to ESA (2019-20).

The team was split into two, each to deal with a specialist area - 1. Platform, and 2. Payload.

We also recruited a 3rd Yr Project Student, Safura Colette, to work on the design of a basic telemetry/ground station design. This was primarily for the associated CanSat project that we were supporting with Warwick Aerospace Society, but would also provide a lot of useful information for our planned telemetry links.

2020-21 WUSAT-3 Outcomes

As can be seen from the detailed configuration model (above), despite the limitations in working through Covid lockdown conditions, the team made remarkable progress. They also took on board feedback that we'd received from ESA through our recent FYS Workshop review and built their suggestions into later modifications. Significant detail of their work are provided here.

• 2020-21 Platform Team VideoLink opens in a new window

• 2020-21 Platform Team PresentationLink opens in a new window

• 2020-21 Platform Team Technical PaperLink opens in a new window

• 2020-21 Payload Team VideoLink opens in a new window

• 2020-21 Payload Team Presentation (large download)Link opens in a new window
• 2020-21 Payload Team Technical PaperLink opens in a new window

Safura Colette's telemetry/ground station was also a great success, and was used in the Mach20 CanSat mission that launched in MachrihanishLink opens in a new window. See CanSat Support section

WUSAT-3 in deployed mode