The remainder of this document will outline the significance of the project and include an analysis of the projects need and user requirements. It will also include a technical description of the developed subsystems and details pertaining to the final product. Finally, the overall budget and discussion for next semester goals will be discussed. Problem, Need, and Significance Aerospace engineering has a need for low cost autonomous rendezvous systems, hence the LoneStar program. In order to test these developing systems two space-borne objects in close proximity need to be able to In prior AggieSat projects, AggieSat2 track one another’s position. in particular, the two satellites did not separate after their deployment. This mission was considered a failure as Bevo-1 and AggieSat2 were unable to separate, establish a communication link, and share relative GPS navigation data. This failure of satellite separation was taken into consideration for the next AggieSat mission and it was concluded that a Visual Data Capture system would be implemented to provide visual data of the separation. This would capture the release event of the two satellites, and would allow the team to tell if and when a problem occurred during separation. Additionally, this camera system would be able to provide visual feedback of their separation to validate the effectiveness of the tracking system. This is a high priority on the AGS4 mission, any failure of the VDCS would be considered a failure for the entire project. The VDCS subsystem be required to capture images before the release event, during the release event and after. Furthermore, this subsystem is to be self-monitoring, checking whether the camera is capable of taking images given its temperature or memory status.
The remainder of this document will outline the significance of the project and include an analysis of the projects need and user requirements. It will also include a technical description of the developed subsystems and details pertaining to the final product. Finally, the overall budget and discussion for next semester goals will be discussed. Problem, Need, and Significance Aerospace engineering has a need for low cost autonomous rendezvous systems, hence the LoneStar program. In order to test these developing systems two space-borne objects in close proximity need to be able to track one another’s position. In prior AggieSat projects, AggieSat2 in particular, the two satellites did not separate after their deployment. This mission was considered a failure as Bevo-1 and AggieSat2 were unable to separate, establish a communication link, and share relative GPS navigation data. This failure of satellite separation was taken into consideration for the next AggieSat mission and it was concluded that a Visual Data Capture system would be implemented to provide visual data of the separation. This would capture the release event of the two satellites, and would allow the team to tell if and when a problem occurred during separation. Additionally, this camera system would be able to provide visual feedback of their separation to validate the effectiveness of the tracking system. This is a high priority on the AGS4 mission, any failure of the VDCS would be considered a failure for the entire project. The VDCS subsystem be required to capture images before the release event, during the release event and after. Furthermore, this subsystem is to be self-monitoring, checking whether the camera is capable of taking images given its temperature or memory status.
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