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Mission Design for the CubeSat OUFTI-1

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LIST OF FIGURES4.1 A typical 1-unit <strong>CubeSat</strong> structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.1 Vega launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.2 Vega typical mission profile: altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.3 Vega typical mission profile: relative speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.4 Vega per<strong>for</strong>mances: payload mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.5 Vega: spacecraft preparation and checkout phase . . . . . . . . 295.6 Vega: spacecraft hazardous operations phase . . . . . . . . . . . 305.7 Vega: combined operations phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.8 Orbital Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.9 Eccentric and mean anomalies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.10 <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1 orbit representation <strong>for</strong> 12 hours orbit(STK) . . . . . 375.11 <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1: orbit’s tridimentional view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.12 <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1 orbit: true, eccentric and mean anomaly . . . . . . . . 395.13 Earth oblateness and not uni<strong>for</strong>m mass effect . . . . . . . . . . 415.14 Aerodynamic drag acceleration <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> first day mission. . . . . 425.15 Solar pressure acceleration <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> first day mission . . . . . . . 445.16 Orbit variation over a year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.17 Semi-major axis variation over a year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.18 Eccentricity variation over a year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.19 Perigee and apogee altitude variation over a year. . . . . . . . . 465.20 Inclination variation over a year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.21 Right ascension of ascending node variation over a year . . . . . 475.22 Argument of perigee variation over a year . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.23 Evolution altitude until <strong>the</strong> end of life <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> elliptic orbit . . . 485.24 Evolution of altitude until <strong>the</strong> end of life <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> circular orbit . 495.25 Field of view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515.26 Worst case <strong>for</strong> communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.27 Best case <strong>for</strong> communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.28 Radiation dose <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1 elliptical orbit . . . . . . . . . 555.29 Radiation dose <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1 circular orbit . . . . . . . . . . 556.1 <strong>CubeSat</strong>-Kit structure skeletonized and solid-walls . . . . . . . . 589

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