FY840: CubeSat 101
The Study Board for Science
Teaching language: English
EKA: N510051102
Assessment: Second examiner: Internal
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Summer school (autumn)
Level: Master
STADS ID (UVA): N510051101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 21-03-2024
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Comment
Entry requirements
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.
In particular, it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Give skills to define requirements for a CubeSat mission and develop concepts for new CubeSat missions.
- Give knowledge and understanding of the possibilities and limitation with CubeSat missions and the different subsystems on a CubeSat.
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
5
Additional information
Portfolio exam consists of:
Mandatory assignments during the course. These assignments may be solved in the interdisciplinary groups.
Oral exam.
Mandatory assignments during the course. These assignments may be solved in the interdisciplinary groups.
Oral exam.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
- Intro phase: 35 hours
- Training phase: 40 hours, hereof tutorials: 40 hours
Activities during the study phase:
- Solution of weekly assignments in order to discuss these in the exercise sections.
- Solving the project assigments
- Self study of various parts of the course material.
- Reflection upon the intro and training sections.
Teacher responsible
Additional teachers
| Name | Department | City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christoffer Karoff | karoff@geo.sdu.dk | ||
| Mads Juul Ahlebæk | ahle@sdu.dk | Institut for Fysik, Kemi og Farmaci | |
| Rene Lynge Eriksen | rle@mci.sdu.dk | Mads Clausen Instituttet (MCI) |
Timetable
Administrative Unit
Team at Registration
Offered in
Recommended course of study
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.