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Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research E ducational C ubesat 0 UNSW Kea Space GPS An experimental GPS board made by ACSER researchers for use in a space environment. It will provide position and velocity for the UNSW EC0 in orbit. It will also be used to carry out ocean remote sensing using GPS-reflectometry. UNSW RUSH Board The primary objective of this experiment is to demonstrate and validate new approaches to rapidly recovering from Single Event Upsets (SEUs) in reconfigurable hardware. Secondary objectives are to map SEU event occurrences in the thermosphere and to demonstrate in-orbit reconfiguration. UNSW RAMSES Rapid Manufacture of Space Exposed Structures The primary objective of this experiment is to demonstrate the use of a rapid prototyped 3D printed structure in the space environment. UNSW EC0 Satellite NICTA seL4 Computer The primary objective of this experiment will be to demonstrate the use of the seL4 operating system in critical system operation in the space environment. The secondary objective is to monitor the fault tolerance of the system in a radiation environment. Von Karman Institute - Common QB50 equipment Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) All QB50 2-unit CubeSats will carry a set of standardised sensors for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration measurements of key parameters and constituents in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere and ionosphere. These multi-point measurements will allow the separation of spatial and temporal variations. Due to atmospheric drag, the CubeSat orbits will decay and progressively lower and lower layers of the thermosphere/ionosphere will be explored without the need for on-board propulsion. Custom interface board designed by UNSW student John Lam UNSW-EC0 with stack assembled inside RAMSES stucture and with Solar Panels affixed UNSW-EC0 with stack assembled inside the RAMSES 3D-Printed Structure Burn resistors used for antenna deployment Off-the-shelf Components GOMSpace • NanoCom (UHF Radio) • NanoCom Antenna • NanoHub (Input/Output Extended) • NanoMind (On-Board Computer) • NanoPower P110 (Electrical Power Supply) • NanoPower P31U (Solar Cells) Electronic Systems Laboratory • Cubesense (sun and earth cameras) Innovative Solutions in Space • iMTQ (magnetorquer)

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UNSW Kea Space GPS An experimental GPS board made by ACSER researchers for use in a space environment. It will provide position and velocity for the UNSW EC0 in orbit. It will also be used to carry out ocean remote sensing using GPS-reflectometry.

UNSW RUSH Board The primary objective of this experiment is to demonstrate and validate new approaches to rapidly recovering from Single Event Upsets (SEUs) in reconfigurable hardware. Secondary objectives are to map SEU event occurrences in the thermosphere and to demonstrate in-orbit reconfiguration.

UNSW RAMSESRapid Manufacture of Space Exposed StructuresThe primary objective of this experiment is to demonstrate the use of a rapid prototyped 3D printed structure in the space environment.

UNSW EC0 Satellite

NICTA seL4 ComputerThe primary objective of this experiment will be to demonstrate the use of the seL4 operating system in critical system operation in the space environment. The secondary objective is to monitor the fault tolerance of the system in a radiation environment.

Von Karman Institute - Common QB50 equipment Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS)All QB50 2-unit CubeSats will carry a set of standardised sensors for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration measurements of key parameters and constituents in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere and ionosphere. These multi-point measurements will allow the separation of spatial and temporal variations. Due to atmospheric drag, the CubeSat orbits will decay and progressively

lower and lower layers of the thermosphere/ionosphere will be explored without the need for on-board propulsion.

Custom interface board designed by UNSW student John Lam

UNSW-EC0 with stack assembled inside RAMSES stucture and with Solar Panels affixed

UNSW-EC0 with stack assembled inside the RAMSES 3D-Printed Structure

Burn resistors used for antenna deployment

Off-the-shelf ComponentsGOMSpace• NanoCom (UHF Radio)• NanoCom Antenna• NanoHub (Input/Output Extended)• NanoMind (On-Board Computer)• NanoPower P110 (Electrical Power Supply)• NanoPower P31U (Solar Cells)Electronic Systems Laboratory• Cubesense (sun and earth cameras)Innovative Solutions in Space• iMTQ (magnetorquer)