Date of Award
2020-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Computer Engineering
Advisor(s)
Rodrigo Romero
Second Advisor
Joel Quintana
Abstract
Additive manufacturing, which is also known as three-dimensional printing, in space is one of the most promising technologies advancing current capabilities for in-orbit space manufacturing and assembly. Additive manufacturing contributes to the reduction of cost per kilogram and number of launches, thus facilitating extraterrestrial colonization and deep-space exploration. The state of the art includes advancing efforts inside the International Space Station (ISS). However, the ISS is a controlled environment and, to the best of our knowledge, no spacecraft or satellite has performed additive manufacturing tasks in the extreme environment of outer space. In this work a 1U CubeSat named Orbital Factory II (OF2) was developed to perform a technological capability demonstration featuring a 1-D printing mechanism that will deposit conductive ink and simulate repairing of an electric circuit. OF2 was launched on a Northrop Grumman Antares space rocket on November 2, 2019 and it was deployed from the CRS2 NG-12 (Cygnus) on January 31, 2020. This document presents the payload developed and the libraries coded for the on-board computer (OBC) for this OF2 CubeSat. This is the first satellite ever launched by the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2020-05
File Size
66 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Eduardo Macias-Zugasti
Recommended Citation
Macias-Zugasti, Eduardo, "Development Of The Payload System And OBC Microcontroller Coding For A Cubic Satellite Performing An Additive Self-Repair Experiment In Space" (2020). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2999.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2999