WINCUBE

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WIN-CUBE

• Winnipegs first student satellite

Launch in 2007/2008
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WIN-CUBE

• A unique science and technology project and a
  first for Winnipeg and Manitoba
• A fully operational satellite built and operated
  by students in Winnipeg
• Launched with a modified Russian Intercontinental
  Ballistic Missile
• Operated within the International Amateur Radio
  Union framework
• A project based on local, national, and
  international collaboration

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WIN-CUBE

• WIN-CUBE will be based on the CubeSat
  specification developed by California Polytechnic
  State University - San Luis Obispo and Stanford
  University's Space Systems Development Lab

www.cubesat.org
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CubeSat

• A CubeSat is a 10 x 10 x 10 cm cube with a mass
  of up to 1 kg
• Fully functional pico-satellite

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Goals Objectives

• Have project based learning experiences for
  students to enhance the quality and level of
  their educational training
• Promote international university high school
  collaboration to expand and enhance space
  research
• Provide students with a low cost method of
  building, launching and operating small
  satellites in space
• Provide challenging space applications that
  require international cooperation

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WIN-CUBE

• Partners
• Winnipeg High Schools, Colleges, Universities
• Manitoba Aerospace
• MindSet The Manitoba Network for Science and
  Technology
• MSIG Manitoba Satellite Interest Group
• NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research
  Council of Canada
• University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace
  Studies

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WIN-CUBE

• The emphasis of the project is for the students
  to have fun while discovering the applications of
  the material covered in their math, science, and
  technology classes 

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WIN-CUBE Teams

• Communications (Radio, Antenna)
• Electrical (Power)
• On-Board Processor (Data)
• Structure (Mechanical, Thermal)
• Payload
• Attitude Control
• Scientific Experiment, Sensors
• Ground Station (Mission Control)

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Generic Skills

• Project Management
• Technical Writing
• Teamwork
• Presentation
• Publications

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Timeline

• 2006/2007
• Promotion, establish teams, secure funding
• Background Research
• Project outline, goals and vision
• Design specifications
• Components and Materials
• Preliminary Design Review
• Summer camp
• Secure assembly, testing and ground station
  location
• Acquire hardware, software, development tools

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Timeline

• 2006/2007
• Design
• Subsystem Components
• Science
• Tracking, Telemetry, and Control
• Data and Command Handling
• Sensors
• Mechanical Structures
• Power Generation and Distribution
• Critical Design Review

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Timeline

• 2006/2007
• Assembly/Testing
• Assembly Prototype
• Test Prototype
• Fabricate Final Design
• Test Final Design
• Integration/Testing
• Integration/Testing in Winnipeg
• Ship to CalPoly
• Final Acceptance Test

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Timeline

• 2007/2008
• Launch
• Delivery to Launch Site
• Final Launch Test and Integration
• Launch
• Operation
• Telemetry and Status
• Monitoring and Controlling Satellite
• Scientific Experiment
• Project Review

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WIN-CUBE

• Launched into a Low Earth Orbit ( 700km)
• Six overhead passes each day
• 10 min communication window per pass

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Ground Station

• Radio
• All-mode Multiband Doppler correction
• Antenna
• Azimuth and Elevation Control
• Directional antennas

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Amateur Radio Course

• ½ credit
• Offered Saturdays
• Maples will host
• Sign up
• Cost approx. 70

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High Altitude Balloon Work
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Russia 2007

• First day (Sunday) - Arrival to Moscow,
  accommodation
• Second day (Monday) - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training
  Center. Space Museum of the Center
• Third day (Tuesday) - Arrival toBaikonur.
  Accommodation. Automobile excursion across
  Baikonur
• Fourth day (Wednesday) - Space museum at the
  Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gagarin's Launch Pad (Soyuz
  Launch Pad). Soyuz-Progress spacecraft Assembly
  building. Buran space shuttle. Universal launch
  pad/test stand of Energia-Buran system.
• Fifth day (Thursday) - Proton Launch Pad.
  Proton Assembly building
• Sixth day (Friday) - Visits to Branch of the
  Moscow Aviation Institute and International Space
  school. Returning to Moscow
• Seventh day (Saturday) - Departure from Moscow

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Montreal 2007

• Montreal
• Space Camp - Lavalle