FY840: CubeSat 101

Internal Course Code

FY840

Comment

The course is a 2 week all-days intensive course.

The course is held in even years in August at SDU and in odd years in July at AU.

In even years, the specific dates can be found on SDU’s summer school webpage, as the course is part of the summer school and the exact dates are listed there.

In odd years, the specific dates can be found on AU’s summer school webpage.

Entry requirements

At least 2 years of BSc study.

Academic preconditions

Academic preconditions. Students taking the course are expected to:

Have knowledge of Natural or Technical science at the level of 2 years of bachelor study.
Have a basic level of programming experience corresponding to that contained in the first 2 years of a bachelor study in a technical or natural science topic.

Course introduction

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the concept of new space and CubeSat mission and thereby enable them to follow a career within the space science or industry.

Expected learning outcome

The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

Understand the possibilities and limitation with CubeSat missions.
Engage in interdisciplinary collaboration.
Account for the different subsystems on a CubeSat.
Define requirements for a CubeSat mission.
Develop concepts for new CubeSat missions.

Content

In the course the students will be introduced to the basic concepts of designing, building and operating a CubeSat.

The following main topics are contained in the course:

CubeSat mission design.
CubeSat launch opportunities.
CubeSat payloads.
CubeSat on-board data handling.
CubeSat communication.
CubeSat attitude determination and control systems.
CubeSat assembly, integration and verification.
CubeSat operation.
Space entrepreneurship.

Literature

NASA CubeSat101 Guide + handouts. See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Exam element a)

Timing

August

Tests

Portfolio exam

EKA

N510051102

Assessment

Second examiner: Internal

Grading

Pass/Fail

Identification

Full name and SDU username

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

To be announced during the course.

ECTS value

Additional information

The portfolio consists of the following elements:

Two mandatory assignments completed during the course.

These assignments may be carried out within the interdisciplinary groups.

An oral exam (30 minutes) based on a presentation of the portfolio assignments.

It is recommended to prepare a PowerPoint or a similar type of presentation.

Assessment is based on an overall evaluation of all examination components.

Indicative number of lessons

35 hours per semester

Teaching Method

Planned lessons:
Total number of planned lessons: 35
Hereof:
Common lessons in classroom/auditorium 35

Other planned teaching activities:

Group work related to completing the portfolio assignments.
Self-study and group work on selected topics from the textbook.
Independent consolidation of material from the introductory and training phases.

Teacher responsible

Name	E-mail	Department
Mads Toudal Frandsen	frandsen@cp3.sdu.dk	Institut for Fysik, Kemi og Farmaci

Additional teachers

Name	E-mail	Department	City
Christoffer Karoff	karoff@geo.sdu.dk
Mads Juul Ahlebæk	ahle@sdu.dk	Institut for Fysik, Kemi og Farmaci

Timetable

Odense

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Administrative Unit

Fysik, kemi og Farmaci

Team at Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

Recommended course of study

Profile	Education	Semester	Offer period

Transition rules

Transitional arrangements describe how a course replaces another course when changes are made to the course of study.

If a transitional arrangement has been made for a course, it will be stated in the list.

See transitional arrangements for all courses at the Faculty of Science.