System and method for an integrated satellite platform

US9938023B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• Charles E. Clagett · Accokeek, US
• Luis H. Santos Soto · Odenton, US
• Scott V. Hesh · Greenbackville, US
• Scott R. Starin · Washington, US
• Salman I. Sheikh · Silver Spring, US
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Nikolaos Paschalidis · Silver Spring, US
• Michael Anthony Johnson · Chesterfield, US
• Aprille J. Ericsson · Washington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01J49/26
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable storage devices for a 6U CubeSat with a magnetometer boom. The example 6U CubeSat can include an on-board computing device connected to an electrical power system, wherein the electrical power system receives power from at least one of a battery and at least one solar panel, a first fluxgate sensor attached to an extendable boom, a release mechanism for extending the extendable boom, at least one second fluxgate sensor fixed within the satellite, an ion neutral mass spectrometer, and a relativistic electron/proton telescope. The on-board computing device can receive data from the first fluxgate sensor, the at least one second fluxgate sensor, the ion neutral mass spectrometer, and the relativistic electron/proton telescope via the bus, and can then process the data via an algorithm to deduce a geophysical signal.