Sandy Antunes

Surviving Orbit the DIY Way (eBook, ePUB)

Testing the Limits Your Satellite Can and Must Match

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Is your picosatellite ready for launch? Can it withstand rocket thrusts and the vacuum of space? This do-it-yourself guide helps you conduct a series of hands-on tests designed to check your satellites readiness. Learn precisely what the craft and its electronic components must endure if theyre to function properly in Low Earth Orbit.The perfect follow-up to DIY Satellite Platforms (our primer for designing and building a picosatellite), this book also provides an overview of what space is like and how orbits work, enabling you to set up the launch and orbit support youll need.Go deep into the numbers that describe conditions your satellite will faceLearn how to mitigate the risks of radiation in the ionospherePick up enough formal systems engineering to understand what the tests are all aboutBuild a thermal vacuum chamber for mimicking environment of spaceSimulate the rocket launch by building and running a vibration shake testUse a homebuilt centrifuge to conduct high G-force testsGet guidelines on scheduling tests and choosing an appropriate lab or clean room

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Make Community, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449356125
• Artikelnr.: 38311792

Autorenporträt

Alexander "Sandy" Antunes (born 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Maryland-area astronomer, author, and role playing game designer. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a dual major in astronomy and physics, received a Masters in astronomy from Penn State in 1992, and received his PhD in computational astrophysics from George Mason University in 2005. He was the Maryland Science Center "Science Person of the Month" for May 2007.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Chapter 1: Life as a Satellite
1.1 Space Is...
1.2 Launch Trouble
1.3 How High Is Space?
Chapter 2: The Measure of Space
2.1 Outgassing
2.2 Orbital Thermal Profiles
2.3 Magnetic Fields
2.4 Orbital Mechanics
2.5 Orbital Debris
Chapter 3: Space Radiation Environment
3.1 Space Weather Events
3.2 Shielding
3.3 History of Damage
3.4 Electronics Noise
Chapter 4: Testing Formalism
4.1 NASA CubeSat Requirements
4.2 Sample Test Schedule
4.3 Solving Problems
4.4 Test Sequence
4.5 Formal Risk Analysis
Chapter 5: Thermal Vacuum Chamber
5.1 Building and Using a Thermal Vacuum Chamber
5.2 The $100 Thermal Vacuum Chamber
5.3 Parts List
5.4 Thermal/Vacuum Testing
5.5 Heating Rates Due to Sunlight and Dark
Chapter 6: Launch Tests
6.1 Vibration Testing
6.2 Vibration Spectra
6.3 Shaker Design
6.4 Acoustic Testing
6.5 Drop Testing
6.6 Static Loading
Chapter 7: G-Force Testing
7.1 G-Force Theory
7.2 Hand-Powered G-force Rig
7.3 The Drill-Powered G-force Rig
Chapter 8: Good Test Procedures
8.1 Flight Spares
8.2 Test Scheduling and Isolated Testing
8.3 Suggested Build-and-Test Schedule for a Typical Picosatellite
8.4 Defects
8.5 Frame Testing
8.6 Clean Rooms
8.7 DIY Clean Room/Box
8.8 The Money Build
8.9 When to Commit
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