Orbital Study of MSU CubeSath

Author

Ayoub El Brouzi

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Koenig, Keith

Committee Member

Olsen, Gregory

Committee Member

Janus, J. Mark

Date of Degree

8-12-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

The project is an orbital design study of a proposed CubeSat at Mississippi State University. The launch date is not specified. As for the mission, it is defined as forest fire detection. CubeSats are small satellites that are 10 x 10 x 10 cm in dimension and has a mass no more than 1 kg. They are currently used in different applications in many countries as an easy access to space. The analyses of this project have been carried out using a commercial software package, System Tool Kit (STK), developed by Analytical Graphics, Incorporated. This software provides a tool for performing simulations required for determining the orbit or the trajectory for satellites. In addition, a perturbation orbital study has been conducted and different propagators have been tested.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19998

Comments

Orbital||CubeSat

Recommended Citation

El Brouzi, Ayoub, "Orbital Study of MSU CubeSath" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 3412.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3412