Abstract

The Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, is a project developed by students at University College Dublin that aims to design, build, and launch Ireland's first satellite. EIRSAT-1 is a 2U CubeSat incorporating three novel payloads; GMOD, a gamma-ray detector, EMOD, a thermal coating management experiment, and WBC, a novel attitude control algorithm. The EIRSAT-1 project is carried out with the support of the Education Office of the European Space Agency, under the educational Fly your Satellite! programme. The Assembly, Integration and Verification plan for EIRSAT-1 is central to the philosophy and the development of the spacecraft. The model philosophy employed for the project is known as the 'prototype' approach in which two models of the spacecraft are assembled; an Engineering Qualification Model (EQM) and a Flight Model (FM). The payloads, GMOD and EMOD, and the Antenna Deployment Module (ADM) platform element warrant a Development Model in addition to an EQM and a FM, as they have been designed and developed in-house. After successful completion of the Critical Design Review and Ambient Test Readiness Review phases of the project, the EQM of EIRSAT-1 will be assembled and integrated. After assembly and integration of the EQM, the project will begin the ambient test campaign, in which the EQM undergoes ambient functional and mission testing. This work details the preparation and execution of the assembly, integration, and verification activities of EIRSAT-1 EQM.

Highlights

  • The Educational Irish Research Satellite [1], EIRSAT-1, is a student led project which aims to design, build, launch and operate Ireland’s first satellite

  • These elements are being developed in University College Dublin (UCD) and are most notably the payloads, Gamma-Ray Module (GMOD), ENBIO Module (EMOD), and Wave Based Control (WBC), and the Antenna Deployment Module (ADM)

  • A Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) design was chosen after testing as the final design of the ADM PCB, which will implemented for the Engineering Qualification Model (EQM) and the Flight Model (FM)

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

The Educational Irish Research Satellite [1], EIRSAT-1, is a student led project which aims to design, build, launch and operate Ireland’s first satellite. The Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) plan describes the overall Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) activities and the Verification Plan (VP) of the project. The AIV plan of EIRSAT-1 describes the ‘prototype’ model philosophy that has been adapted for the project, the main activities in the assembly and integration process, and the tests carried out at subsystem and system level. The overall objective of verification is to demonstrate that the deliverable spacecraft meets the specified requirements It demonstrates the qualification of the design and it confirms that the overall system is able to fulfil the mission requirements. This paper details the AIV activities performed in preparation for the launch of EIRSAT-1.

MODEL PHILOSOPHY
Spacecraft
GMOD Payload
EMOD Payload
Antenna Deployment Module
AMBIENT TEST READINESS REVIEW
Assembly and Integration Plan
Mass and Dimension Verification
Phase D Workshop
AMBIENT TEST CAMPAIGN
Functional Test
Mission Test
ENVIRONMENTAL TEST CAMPAIGN
Vibration Test
Thermal Vacuum Test
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