3Cat-1 project: a multi-payload CubeSat for scientific experiments and technology demonstrators

This article introduces 3 Cat-1, the first project of the Technical University of Catalonia to build and launch a nano-satellite. Its main scope is to develop, construct, assemble, test and launch into a low Earth orbit a CubeSat with seven different payloads (mono-atomic oxygen detector, graphene f...

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Autores: Jové Casulleras, Roger, Araguz López, Carles|||0000-0001-6305-811X, Via Ortega, Pol, Solanellas Bofarull, Arnau, Amézaga Sarries, Adrià, Vidal Mateu, David, Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc|||0000-0002-6441-6676, Marí Barceló, Marc, Olivé Muñiz, Roger, Sáez Hernández, Alberto, Jané Abad, Jaume, Bou Balust, Elisenda|||0000-0002-5853-5900, Iannazzo Soteras, Mario Enrique, Gorreta Mariné, Sergio, Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael|||0000-0001-6577-614X, Pons Nin, Joan|||0000-0002-0356-5678, Domínguez Pumar, Manuel|||0000-0001-5439-7953, Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José|||0000-0001-7663-7153, Ramos Castro, Juan José|||0000-0001-9413-2001, Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/102924
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/102924
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2017.1274568
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Artificial satellites
CubeSat
Nanosatellite
MEMS
Graphene
Satèl·lits artificials
Nanotecnologia
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Satèl·lits i ràdioenllaços
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
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Resumo:This article introduces 3 Cat-1, the first project of the Technical University of Catalonia to build and launch a nano-satellite. Its main scope is to develop, construct, assemble, test and launch into a low Earth orbit a CubeSat with seven different payloads (mono-atomic oxygen detector, graphene field-effect transistor, self-powered beacon, Geiger radiation counter, wireless power transfer (WPT), new topology solar cells and WPT experiment), all fitted in a single-unit CubeSat. On one hand, this is mainly an educational project in which the development of some of the subsystems is carried out by undergraduate and postgraduate students. The satellite demonstrates its capabilities as a cost-effective platform to perform small scientific experiments and to demonstrate some of the new technologies that it incorporates.

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