The Small Satellite Reliability Initiative: A Public-Private Effort Addressing SmallSat Mission Confidence

Johnson, Michael A ; Beauchamp, Patricia M ; Schone, Harald ; Venturini, Catherine ; Jasper, Lee ; Robertson, Robbie ; Moe, Miquel A ; Leitner, Jesse A ; Tan, Florence W

关键词: CUBESATS;    SMALL SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY;    CONFIDENCE;    RELIABILITY;    PARTICLE ACCELERATION;    MISSION PLANNING;    SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS;    ENERGETIC PARTICLES;    ASTROPHYSICS;   

RP-ID  :  GSFC-E-DAA-TN58616

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Presently, most CubeSat components and buses are generally not appropriate for missions where significant or indeterminate risk of failure is unacceptable. This has precluded their use in many cases where their attributes could otherwise enable or enhance mission objectives. However, in the future, CubeSats and SmallSats, which deviate from CubeSat form factors but often incorporate CubeSat components and subsystems, will address challenges that many presently consider to be beyond the platform's capabilities. This growing potential utility, combined with the limited volume of successful CubeSat flight heritage, is driving an interagency effort to improve small satellite mission confidence.