On Thursday, March 8, RAX-2 measured radar scatter from irregularities in Earth’s ionosphere! The measurements, shown in the plot below, demonstrate the unique scientific capability of the RAX CubeSat. The RAX measurements will help scientists improve the understanding of and develop forecast models for electron density irregularities in the ionosphere, which are known to Continue Reading »
CubeSat MBSE Paper Presented at IEEE Aerospace Conference
Members of MXL have been working with modeling and systems engineers from Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Systems Tool Kit (STK), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and others to apply Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts to model a CubeSat. We presented our initial work at the IEEE Aerospace Conference in Big Sky, Montana this week. Continue Reading »
RAX attitude determination subsystem design paper now available
A journal paper covering the design of the MXL-developed attitude determination subsystem that’s flown on RAX-1 and RAX-2 is now available online.
MXL Participates in JPL Innovation Jam
Last week members of MXL and students from the AOSS MEng program attended JPL to work through missions which were proposed and selected through the UMich-JPL Design Challenge. This was a fantastic opportunity to hang out in JPL’s Left Field and learn from experienced and energetic JPL scientists and engineers (captured in the image below). Continue Reading »
MXL Members Participate in JPL Workshop
Prof. Cutler and three members of MXL, Sara Spangelo, John Springmann, and Allison Craddock, participated in a workshop at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) last week.
The general scope of the workshop was to identify a wide variety of science applications that take advantage of the flexibility and low cost of small satellites, especially on Continue Reading »