MOTIVATION

Ideation

The recent trend in satellite technology is the deployment of a constellation of satellites that are smaller in size and weigh less than conventional single-body satellites.

Passion

We made sure that every part of the mission was covered thoroughly. This ensured that the femto satellite would work in theory, a required outcome for this internship.

Design

Femto-satellites are of different sizes (nano, micro, cube) and their functionality is highly dependent on the topology and remote sensing technology embedded in them.

Support

Our mentors- Mr. Akshay Choudhari, Mr. Vishnuvardhan Shaktibala and Ms. Rashika SN played a huge part in motivating the team towards the correct path.

THE TEAM

Meghana

Meghana Vidyadhar

Team Lead 1

"The only time you should look into the past is when you look up to the sky."

Afreen

Afreen Abdul Khaleel

Asst. Team Lead 1

"Exploration and curiosity are crucial elements towards scientific innovation."

Jhanvi

Jhanvi Rao

Team Lead 2

"Follow the ways of Captain Jack Sparrow and you'll know what to do."

Saurabh

Saurabh Gore

Asst. Team Lead 2

"There's a lot of hope,Don't sit on a couch someplace."

Akshayanivasini

Akshayanivasini R S

Head of Communications

"It isn’t what it is, it’s what it is going to be."

Divya

Divya Seshadri

Head of Electrical

"Life’s all about perception."

Dharini

Dharini

Head of Payload

A math lover and a techonology geek

Manuel

Manuel Ntumba

Head of Astrodynamics

Co-founder & CTO of Tod'Aérs

Harsh

Harsh Shroff

Head of Report

"Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known."

Tanmay

Tanmay Patel

Deployer Design and Integration

"Every new day is another chance to change your life."

Sohail

Sohail Nadaf

Report

"Learn to take advice seriously, even if it is against your believes and desires."

Ananya

Ananya Aggarwal

Member of Electrical Team

Enthusiastic person, fascinated about space science.

Eunice

Eunice Kuraganti

Member of communication

"When I start exploring the space, I came to know that God is infinite."

Gayathri

Gayathri Narayana

Member of communication

Very Very Very Very Very Very Busy

Chirag

Chirag Choradia

Member of the team

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MISSION

TEAM FEMOYER : MISSION TABSAT

TABSAT: THEORETICAL DESIGN APPROACH OF DISTRIBUTED FEMTOSATELLITE SYSTEM
FOR FOREST FIRE MONITORING

Our Mission design.

  1. Femto satellites (TabSat):
    1. Primary objective: Survive- should be able to send telemetry to the hub, confirm it’s position in the configuration.
    2. Secondary Objective-: Imaging- Click images of forest fires in Amazon Rain Forest- this depends on the power, link and memory budget.
    3. Tertiary Objective: Sending Images- Sending the captured images to the hub.
  2. The HUB / DEPLOYER:
    1. Primary Objective: Deploy- Deploy the femto satellites in their respective orbit/configuration.
    2. Secondary Objective: Communication- Communicate with the femto satel- lites
    3. Tertiary Objective: Ground- Communicate with the ground

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OUR WORK

The aim of our research work is to provide a theoretical design of a cluster of distributed femto satellites along with the deployer (hub design) for monitoring forest fire using Remote Sensing .The increasing incidences of unanticipated forest fires are a growing cause of imbalances in various aspects of the biosphere. The use of satellites to detect forest fires at the earliest possible time helps avoid unwanted negative effects of such disasters. Due to their small size and cost, femtosatellites in particular have great potential in preventing disasters. The TabSat equipped with imaging payload and ADCS is effective in monitoring and imaging applications. The femto satellite hub and the deployer are both contained in a 6U CubeSat structure along with a proposed propulsion system. The use of an imaging payload and ADCS on the PCB of the femtosatellite highlights the significance of the TabSat, simultaneously pointing towards the implementation of more efficient trade-offs between parameters such as cost and weight, for the upcoming mission advancements.

SUBSYSTEMS

Astrodynamics

Astrodynamics

  • Orbit Selection
  • Orbit transfer maneuver
  • Propulsion system
Payload Subsystem

Payload Subsystem

  • Payload (Imaging sensor) selection
  • Thermal control
  • Aesthetics
Electrical Subsystem

Electrical Subsystem

  • Power budget
  • Position Determination
  • Attitude determination and Control
Communication Subsystem

Communication Subsystem

  • Link Budget
  • Relay model
  • Antenna selection
Structural Subsystem

Structural Subsystem

  • CAD model
  • Mass budget
  • Volume budget
Deployer

Deployer

  • Design considerations
  • Deployment mechanism
  • Interference analysis

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