Surviving Orbit the DIY Way
Is your picosatellite ready for launch? Can it withstand rocket thrusts and the vacuum of space? This do-it-yourself guide helps you conduct a series of hands-on tests designed to check your satellite’s readiness. Learn precisely what the craft and its electronic components must endure if they’re to function properly in Low Earth Orbit.
The perfect follow-up to DIY Satellite Platforms (our primer for designing and building a picosatellite), this book also provides an overview of what space is like and how orbits work, enabling you to set up the launch and orbit support you’ll need.
- Go deep into the numbers that describe conditions your satellite will face
- Learn how to mitigate the risks of radiation in the ionosphere
- Pick up enough formal systems engineering to understand what the tests are all about
- Build a thermal vacuum chamber for mimicking environment of space
- Simulate the rocket launch by building and running a vibration shake test
- Use a homebuilt centrifuge to conduct high G-force tests
- Get guidelines on scheduling tests and choosing an appropriate lab or clean room
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Life as a Satellite
Chapter 2. The Measure of Space
Chapter 3. Space Radiation Environment
Chapter 4. Testing Formalism
Chapter 5. Thermal Vacuum Chamber
Chapter 6. Launch Tests
Chapter 7. G-Force Testing
Chapter 8. Good Test Procedures
Book Details
- Paperback: 92 pages
- Publisher: O’Reilly Media / Make (August 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1449310621
- ISBN-13: 978-1449310622
