Abstract
Ready for Launch - SpaceTeamSat1 CubeSat
David Wagner
TU Wien Space Team
Abstract
With “SpaceTeamSat1”, the TU Wien Space Team develops a 1U CubeSat platform from scratch and operates it in low earth orbit at an approximate altitude of 500 km in SSO. The launch will happen later this year from Andøya, Norway, with the second Spectrum rocket from ISAR Aerospace. STS1 will allow pupils of secondary schools, aged between 15 and 19, to run their code on a Raspberry Pi payload in space. The mentioned payload offers a variety of sensors, including but not limited to a radiation dosimeter from Seibersdorf Laboratories, two cameras, and internal satellite health information. This allows the execution of a broad range of experiments. Participating pupils and those who form teams will be supervised by their teachers. In order to teach common industry practices and to maximize the chances of a successful mission, the TU Wien Space Team offers additional guidance in the form of documentation, reviews, and get-togethers. The experiments can be divided into different levels, beginning at entry-level tasks, such as calculating the rotation rate or investigating the thermal behavior of the CubeSat. More advanced tasks may include taking pictures of the earth from a specific location or the moon. At the current stage, ten schools are participating in this project as well as a museum, which will hold workshops that could generate additional experiments that will be executed on the satellite. It is expected that the number of participating schools will increase once the satellite is in orbit and produces the first results.
Acknowledgments
This project receives financial support from many supporters. The TU Wien Space Team especially thanks the Austrian Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) and TU Wien for their support.