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Wright Brothers First Flight, 1903

Chuck Yeager, Bell X-1, First Man to go Faster then Speed of Sound, 1947

Sputnik 1, First Manmade Object in Space, 1957

Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space, 1961

Alan Shepard, First American is Space, 1961

Alexei Leonov, First Space Walk, 1965

Saturn V, Most powerful vehicle ever made, 1966 -1973

Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on Moon, 1969

Skylab, First space station, 1973

Space Shuttle, First Reusable Space Vehicle, 1981

International Space Station, 1998

STS - 135, Last Space Shuttle Mission, 2011

CubeSat

• 10 X 10 cm Cube

• 1.3 Kg

• Designed to be affordable for students to have hands on experience in the Space Industry

• Still costs millions $$$$$$

Our CubeSat

• Actually be CHEAP!!!

• Do really cool stuff

and this is how we are going to do it

Normal vs OursComponents Uni Adelaide CubeSat Our CubeSat

OnBoard Computer (OBC) $5,000 $50

Power Supply Module $25,000 $200

Communication System $20,000 + $1,000,000 + ground station $600

Payload Processor $10,000 $400

Payload >$100,000 <$1,000

Software $50,000 Free (Open Source)

Solar Panels $10,000 $10,000

Launch $35,000 $35,000

OnBoard Computer

• Raspberry Pi

• Running Linux

• Advanced Computer Programs

Power Supply Module

• Designed by US!!!

• Cost effective

• Using hobbyist level components

Communication System

• Satellite phone network

• Megabytes instead of bytes

• SatPhone orbit at 35,000km

• Connects to the internet

Payload Processor

• Designed by US!!!

• Arduino based

• Between 10 - 17 Arduino’s

Payload• HD Camera

• IR Camera

• GPS

• Geiger Counter

• Gyro & Accelerometer

• Digital Compass

• Magnometer

• Atitude & Pressure Sensor

• Temperature & Humidity Sensor

• Range of Gas Sensors

Challenges of Space

• Temperature

• Getting it up there

• Cost

–Apple Inc, 1997

“While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are

crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

–John F. Kennedy, 1961 “We choose to go to the Moon” speech

“Not because it is easy, but because it is hard”