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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
CubeSail: A low cost CubeSat based solar sail demonstration mission
Advances in Space Research, Volume 48, No. 11, Year 2011
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CubeSail is a nano-solar sail mission based on the 3U CubeSat standard, which is currently being designed and built at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. CubeSail will have a total mass of around 3 kg and will deploy a 5 × 5 m sail in low Earth orbit. The primary aim of the mission is to demonstrate the concept of solar sailing and end-of-life de-orbiting using the sail membrane as a drag-sail. The spacecraft will have a compact 3-axis stabilised attitude control system, which uses three magnetic torquers aligned with the spacecraft principle axis as well as a novel two-dimensional translation stage separating the spacecraft bus from the sail. CubeSail's deployment mechanism consists of four novel booms and four-quadrant sail membranes. The proposed booms are made from tape-spring blades and will deploy the sail membrane from a 2U CubeSat standard structure. This paper presents a systems level overview of the CubeSat mission, focusing on the mission orbit and de-orbiting, in addition to the deployment, attitude control and the satellite bus. © 2011 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lappas, Vaios
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Adeli, Nasir
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Visagie, Lourens
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Fernandez, Juan
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Theodorou, Theodoros
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Steyn, Willem Herman
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Perren, Matthew
Netherlands, Leiden
Airbus Group se
Statistics
Citations: 127
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.asr.2011.05.033
ISSN:
02731177