Project Tranquility

2. CubeSat
• 10 X 10 cm Cube
• 1.3 Kg
• Designed to be affordable for
students to have hands on
experience in the Space
Industry
• Still costs millions $$$$$$

3. Our CubeSat
• Actually be CHEAP!!!
• Do really cool stuff

4. and this is how we are
going to do it

5. Normal vs Ours
Components Uni Adelaide CubeSat Our CubeSat
OnBoard Computer (OBC) $5,000 $50
Power Supply Module $25,000 $200
Communication System
$20,000 + $1,000,000 + ground
station
$600
Payload Processor $10,000 $400
Payload >$100,000 <$1,000
Software $50,000 Free (Open Source)
Solar Panels $10,000 $10,000
Launch $35,000 $35,000

6. OnBoard Computer
• Raspberry Pi
• Running Linux
• Advanced Computer
Programs

7. Power Supply Module
• Designed by US!!!
• Cost effective
• Using hobbyist level
components

8. Communication System
• Satellite phone network
• Megabytes instead of bytes
• SatPhone orbit at 35,000km
• Connects to the internet

9. Payload Processor
• Designed by US!!!
• Arduino based
• Between 10 - 17 Arduino’s

10. Payload
• HD Camera
• IR Camera
• GPS
• Geiger Counter
• Gyro & Accelerometer
• Digital Compass
• Magnometer
• Atitude & Pressure
Sensor
• Temperature &
Humidity Sensor
• Range of Gas
Sensors

12. Challenges of Space
• Temperature
• Getting it up there
• Cost

13. –Apple Inc, 1997
“While some see them as the crazy ones, we
see genius. Because the people who are
crazy enough to think they can change the
world, are the ones who do.”

14. –John F. Kennedy, 1961 “We choose to go to the Moon”
speech
“Not because it is easy, but because it is
hard”