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Sarah Walsh
Sarah
Walsh
David Murphy
David
Murphy
Maeve Doyle
Maeve
Doyle
Joseph Thompson
Joseph
Thompson
Rachel Dunwoody
Rachel
Dunwoody
Masoud Emam
Masoud
Emam
Jessica Erkal
Jessica
Erkal
Joe Flanagan
Joe
Flanagan
Gianluca Fontanesi
Gianluca
Fontanesi
Andrew Gloster
Andrew
Gloster
Joe Mangan
Joe
Mangan
Conor O'Toole
Conor
O'Toole
Favour Okosun
Favour
Okosun
Rakhi Rajagopalan Nair
Rakhi Rajagopalan
Nair
Jack Reilly
Jack
Reilly
Lána Salmon
Lána
Salmon
Daire Sherwin
Daire
Sherwin
Paul Cahill
Paul
Cahill
Daithí de Faoite
Daithí de
Faoite
Umair Javaid
Umair
Javaid
Lorraine Hanlon
Lorraine
Hanlon
David McKeown
David
McKeown
William O'Connor
William
O'Connor
Kenneth Stanton
Kenneth
Stanton
Alexei Ulyanov
Alexei
Ulyanov
Ronan Wall
Ronan
Wall
Sheila McBreen
Sheila
McBreen
Assembly Integration and Verification Activities for a 2U CubeSat EIRSAT-1
University of Leicester
2020
CubeSats
EIRSAT-1
Fly Your Satellite!
Assembly Integration & Verification
2020-07-08 11:37:42
Conference contribution
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Assembly_Integration_and_Verification_Activities_for_a_2U_CubeSat_EIRSAT-1/12624083
The Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, is a project developed by students at University College Dublin that aims to design, build, and launch Ireland’s first satellite. EIRSAT-1 is a 2U CubeSat incorporating three novel payloads; GMOD, a gamma-ray detector, EMOD, a thermal coating management experiment, and WBC, a novel attitude control algorithm. The EIRSAT-1 project is carried out with the support of the Education Office of the European Space Agency, under the educational Fly your Satellite! programme.The Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) plan for EIRSAT-1 is central to the philosophy andthedevelopment of the spacecraft. The model philosophy employed for the project is known as the ‘prototype’ approach in which two models of the spacecraft are assembled; an Engineering Qualification Model (EQM) and a Flight Model (FM). The payloads, GMOD and EMOD, and the Antenna Deployment Module(ADM) platform element warranta Development Model (DM)in addition to an EQM and a FM, as they have been designed and developed in-house. The engineering qualification model serves asbotha FlatSat for electrical integration testing and as a representative model for testing of software code, patching and operational decisions during the active mission. The EQM is tested to qualification levels and durations during the environmental test campaign. The flight model contains the flight versions of the payloads, ADM platform element and the procured hardware elements. It undergoes acceptance level testing and it is the final spacecraft to be delivered to ESA for flight.After successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) and Ambient Test Readiness Review (ATRR) phases of theproject, the EQM of EIRSAT-1 will beassembled and integrated in University College Dublin. After assembly and integration of the EQM, the project will beginthe ambient test campaign, in which the EQM undergoesambient functional and mission testing. This work details the preparation and execution of the assembly, integration, and verification activities of EIRSAT-1 EQM.<div><br></div>