MSI Student Project to Investigate Ionospheric Disturbances

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsa31a1406s&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SA31A-1406

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[0810] Education / Post-Secondary Education, [0855] Education / Diversity, [2435] Ionosphere / Ionospheric Disturbances, [2439] Ionosphere / Ionospheric Irregularities

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Students at the City University of New York are designing a CubeSat, CUNYSAT-1 with the scientific objective of investigating ionospheric disturbances. Using GPS signals, scintillation measurements obtain signals from GPS satellites and are widely used for measuring rapid disturbances of the ionospheric charge densities (ionospheric scintillations). The ionospheric scintillation experiment will include a 12-channel L1 C/A code GPS receiver collecting data with a 50Hz frequency and will measure L1 frequency signal amplitudes and phases. The experiment will be designed by students with faculty mentors. The CubeSAT standard, developed by Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University, provides low-profile, entry-level access to student-based science and engineering investigations in low-earth orbits. CUNYSAT follows the 20x10x10 cm, or “2U” CubeSat-standard form factor and uses passively stable attitude control based on the gravity-gradient effect and magnetic-hysteresis rods. As many as possible of the components and subsystem will consist of off-the-shelf, low-risk components, such as the FM430 flight computer from cubesatkit.com. A rigorous approach to systems engineering, with frequent design reviews, is expected to allow the fabrication of the flight system to be complete in 2010, with system-level verification and environmental test to follow. The CUNYSAT project, led by Medgar Evers College in partnership with Cornell University, expands existing Space Weather research and education initiatives developed by faculty at Queensborough Community College. The project includes an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students from other CUNY colleges including the City College of New York, Hunter College, York College and LaGuardia Community College. Additional CUNY colleges joining the initiative will include New York City Technical College and the College of Staten Island. The presentation describes the preliminary design, curricular integration, student impact and expected outcomes. CUNYSAT is supported by a NASA National Space Program Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Partnership award.

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