Title, Date, Location:
Satellite Systems Engineering Intern
May 2023 - July 2023
Albuquerque, NM. - Cape Canaveral, FL. - Melbourne, FL.
Program Summary and Responsibilities:
This summer program taught the involved students the basics of system engineering and how to navigate the process of developing and designing a CubeSat mission.
While in the program, me and three other students worked together as a team to conceptualize a CubeSat mission for our university (Florida Institute of Technology). Since the goal was to learn systems engineering, we focused mainly on ensuring mission relevance and feasibility. After many iterations, budgets, and descopes, our end product was a preliminary mission to demonstrate broad-spectrum remote sensing onboard a CubeSat for possible future lunar applications.
Throughout the program, we attended multiple workshops led by experts in their respective fields. We constructed a mission statement, objectives, requirements, and subsystem requirements for our mission. We also formed preliminary budgets, such as link, power, data, pointing, and mass. During this program, we had two major deliverables: a Systems Concept Review (SCR) and a System Requirements Review (SRR). Once completed, these documents were reviewed by our peers and mentors, and improved upon using their feedback.
The workshops we attended, the guidance we received, and the feedback on our documentation were given by employees from the following organizations:
