Universidad Nacional de Ingeniera

Centro de Tecnologas de Informacin y Comunicaciones- CTIC Lima - Per

First steps to establish a small satellite program in Peru The CHASQUI-I project
CHASQUI Team http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe
IEEE Aerospace Conference March 6 13, 2010 Big Sky, Montana - USA

PURPOSE AND MOTIVATION

The objective of the project development is primarily Educational: to educate Peruvian students in space technologies and space engineering

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The Chasqui Team Universidad Nacional de Ingeniera, Lima - Per

CHARACTERISTICS
Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 100 mm Tolerances: 0.1 mm Mass: 1 kg Expected Orbit: Sun-synchronous polar at altitude about 450-850 km (LEO) Expected Lifetime: 6 - 8 months Payload: VGA camera and NIR camera Communications: UHF downlink/UHF uplink
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CHASQUI-I Engineering Model

SUBSYSTEMS
Project Head: Hector Bedn / Jos Oliden

EMEC

CCMI
Input 3.3V MCU MC9S08QE128
Clock 4MHz

Mechanical Structure
MSc Ing Edwin Abreg.

Memory FLASH SD

SPI

I2C

UART

BDM

BDM connector

Main Control and Information Management

Ing. Jos Oliden POWER BUS CONTROL BUS CAMERA BUS

Camera TCS

PCT
Batera ION LITIO

Camera

SICOM

SIMA
Imaging System
Lic. Germn Comina

Camera

SDCA

Power and Thermal Control

MSc. Lic. Fernando Huamn

Communications System
Ing. Daniel Diaz Ing. Roxana Morn

Attitude Determination and Control System

Dr. Ing. Elizabeth Villota

MGP
Project Management
Ing. Carlos Medina

MIP
Integration and Testing
Ing. Enrique Sarmiento

ESTER
Ground Station
Dr. Ing. Glen Rodriguez

SORAT
Orbits and Atmosphere Systems
MSc. Lic. Edgard Vidaln

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MAIN CONTROL & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (CCMI)

Objective: to manage and monitor information of all satellite subsystems Tasks: To define communication features
with other modules. To control functions among the subsystems. To determine the operation modes and manage these modes. To develop the Freescale main controller program.
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3.3V

MCU MCU MC9S08QE128 MC9S0

SCLK MOSI MISO SS

Memories

FLASH
SecureDigital

SPI

I2C

UART

BDM

Conector BDM

SATELLITE OPERATION MODES

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POWER SYSTEM (PCT)

Objectives: to generate, manage and supply energy to the satellite subsystems; to send data to CCMI
PCT
THERMAL SYSTEM POWER SYSTEM

data (current, voltage, temperature and battery state of charge )

5.0 V 3.3 V

SIMA
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SDCA

SICOM

CCMI

POWER SYSTEM (PCT)

PCT diagram
Temperature Sensors Solar Panel Battery Temperature Sensors Battery Charging Circuit Voltage Regulator2 (3.3 V) Boost Converter2 (5.0 V) Voltage Regulator1 (3.3 V)

to CCMI and SICOM

Heaters

Boost Converter1 (5.0 V)

to CCMI and SICOM

to SIMA and SDCA

Voltage sensor Conditioner Circuit

Current sensor

Heaters Control Circuit

Current sensor

to SDCA

Boost Converter3 (5.0 V)

MCU
Control Bus Power Bus Data Bus Page 8

to CCMI and SICOM from CCMI to SICOM and CCMI

THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM (PCT)

Objective: to maintain the temperature of all satellite subsystems within their operating ranges Passive Thermal Control:
Finite Element Method analysis Aluminum 6061-T6 (Structure) Kapton (Insulator) Silicone (Insulator)

Active Thermal Control:

Heaters (Nichrome wire) Space Environment
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SICOM)

Objective: to receive and decode the commands from ground station and, code and transmit data to ground station

Characteristics:
Frequency band: UHF for satellite amateur communications (435-438 MHz) Operation mode: Half duplex Transmit power: 0.5 W Modulation: FSK Downlink Baudrate: 1200 bits/s Uplink Baudrate: 1200 bits/s
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SICOM)

Control Unit

Radio Unit

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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SICOM)

SICOM diagram
Dipole ~ 435-438MHz (TBD) RF signal TNC

Modem/Transceiver MSP430
Uplink

Mod. FSK 1200bps

AX.25

TNC RX

Commands

Switch
RF signal

Amplifier

Downlink

Demo. FSK

AX.25

TNC TX

Data

C C M I

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GROUND STATION (ESTER)

Objective: to track the satellite, receive the satellite's data and send it commands ESTER diagram

Antennas
Amplifier

Rotor (motor)

ARS
Parallel port

TNC
Transceiver
Cable (USB)

(terminal node controller)

Serial R232

Software Computer INTERNET

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SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION (SIMA)

Objective: to obtain Earth pictures from the CHASQUI-I
Visible
.

Multiplex NIR

Main Control

SIMA
OV7640 CMOS VGA 640x480 Pixels Automatic White Balance (AWB) Automatic Gain Control (AGC) NIR Camera
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Memory

NIR

Visible

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION & CONTROL SYSTEM (SDCA)

Objective: to stabilize the satellite after its deployment and orient it for communication and Earth photographing.
conditions after deployment /perturbation torques
actuation torques

estimated attitude
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desired attitude

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION & CONTROL SYSTEM (SDCA)

SDCA Software: Attitude and Control Simulator developed in Simulink

Simulation Results for Stabilization

Definition of Operation Modes

DT

G
Off

UDR

Initialization (Init) DeTumbling (DT) Data Acquisition only Magnetometer (DAM) Data Acquisition All (DAA) Data Estimation (DE) Fail Safe (FS) Power Safe (PS) ORienting (OR) PoinTing (PT) Upside-Down Recovery (UDR)

F
DAM

P O E
PS

C
A*
Init

D*

J
DAA DE

B
FS

H* M

N
OR

L
PT

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ATTITUDE DETERMINATION & CONTROL SYSTEM (SDCA)

SDCA Hardware: Sensing and Actuation Buses
MAGNETIC COILS

A/D

PWM

A/D

MAGNETOMETER: MICROMAG3 SPI I2C MCU: QE128 UART GIROSCOPE: ADIS16265

CURRENT SENSORS SOLAR CELLS

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DSC: MC56F8013 GPS: MN5010HS

MECHANICAL STRUCTURE (EMEC)

Objective: to provide protection to all electronic devices, subsystems and payload, and support the antennas.
Material: Aluminum 6061-T6. Thickness: 1.3 mm. Welding process: TIG. Analysis: Finite Element Method.

Virtual Model
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Mechanical Structure

Centro de Tecnologas de Informacin y Comunicaciones - CTIC

Universidad Nacional de Ingeniera INTEGRATION AND TESTS (MIP)

Objective: to integrate the subsystems and perform environmental tests.

1. PCB with solar sensor and gyroscope (SDCA) 2. Solar Panel (PCT) 3. Electromagnetic Coil (SDCA) 4. Permanent Magnet (SDCA) 5. PCB of Central Control (CCMI) 6. PCB of Power and Thermal Control (PCT) 7. PCB of determination and control of attitude (SDCA) 8. PCB of communication (SICOM) 9. PCB of image acquisition (SIMA) 10.PCB of solar sensor (SDCA) 11. Batteries package (PCT) 12. Tightness Nut (MIP) 13. Structure cover (EMEC & MIP) 14. Satellite structure (EMEC & MIP) 15. Subjection Bars (MIP)
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INTEGRATION AND TESTS (MIP)

Equipment for testing is being designed and fabricated
VACUUM CHAMBER

ELECTRODYNAMIC SHAKER

Design of vacuum chamber. Design of dry ice vessel. Fabrication of vacuum chamber. Fabrication of dry ice vessel. Air tightness test of vacuum chamber. Dry ice temperature test.

Definition of components Conceptual design Revisions and modifications Finite Element Method analysis. Detail drawings

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BALLOON TEST

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The Chasqui Team

http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe
Project Head: E-mail: Hector Bedn / Jos oliden
hbedon@uni.edu.pe
joliden@uni.edu.pe

Module responsibles
CCMI: Eng. Jos Oliden Martnez PCT: M.Sc. Lic. Fernando Huamn Prez SIMA: Lic. Germn Comina Bellido SDCA: Dr. Eng. Elizabeth Villota Cerna SICOM: Eng.Daniel Diaz Ataucuri, Eng. Roxana Morn Morales. EMEC: M.Sc. Eng. Edwin Abreg Leandro ESTER: Dr. Eng. Glen Dario Rodriguez Rafael SORAT: M.Sc. Lic. Edgard Vidaln Vidaln MIP: Eng. Enrique Sarmiento Sarmiento MGA: Ing. Margarita Mondragn Hernndez
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Advisors
Eng. Carlos Fiestas Salazar Eng. Rubn Acosta Jacinto Eng. Alejandro Ramn Vargas Patrn Eng. Milton Ros Julcapoma M.Sc. Sergio Salas Arriarn Eng. Jorge David Taramona Perea M.Sc. Eng. Damin Sal y Rosas Celi Eng. Jaime Alberto Estela Gutirrez Eng. Juan Martn Canales Romero

The Chasqui Team

http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe
Researchers
Fredy Arturo Calle Bustinza Piero Daniel Ardito Ynouye Carlos Eduardo Negrn Montoya Elvis Omar Jara Alegra Pedro Aberga Farro Jhosep Jim Guzman del Rio Ral Montes Melgarejo Lic. Dane Cachi Eugenio Diego Gomero Cruzatt Dante Inga Narvaez Leonardo Sols Vsquez Antonino Espinoza Crdenas Lic. Fredy Miguel Loayza Cordero Sammy Carbajal Ipenzas Renato Miyagusuku Ros Celso Vilca Gavidia Jos Alfredo Durand Cardenas Carlos Delgado Ynga Persing Junior Cardenas Vivanco Rolando Wilder Adriano Pea Eduardo Diaz Escate David Barreto Lara Edgardo Toshiro Tabuchi Yagui Marco Pari Vega
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Jhosep Alan Valenzuela Matutti Manuel Alejandro Ignacio Yaranga Jorge Llantoy Parra Segundo Gerardo Gamarra Quispe Alldrin Uriol Alvino David Vega Diestra Jack H. Dionisio Esteban Vanessa Gamero Sobero Ivn Christian Velsquez Aparco Jesus Alberto Snchez Pacheco Henry Omar Huaroto Ochante Joan Manuel Calzado Canteo Miguel Chicchon Apaza Klebes Arias Quispe John Rojas Paredes Jos Albites Sanabria ntero Castro Nieto Jim West Montoya Len Alvin Mostacero Natividad Javier Quintana Esquivel Miguel Angel Alcntara Pinedo Federico Mlaga Luyo Gustavo Quino Quispe