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DESCRIPTION:CubeSat\, a modular type of standardized modern small satellite
 s\, have been gaining steady popularity and attention from universities an
 d space industries. In addition to education purpose\, CubeSats have vario
 us promising applications as low-cost space exploration vehicles for techn
 ology demonstrations\, multi-point observations of space environment\, and
  monitoring/reporting proper deployment of expensive deep space instrument
 s.\n\nAntennas are critical components for CubeSat missions. A CubeSat ant
 enna may provide some or all of the following functions: telemetry\, track
 ing\, command (TT\\&C)\, high speed downlink for payload data\, receiving 
 positioning data\, and inter-satellite cross links. Most often\, different
  antennas are required to keep the CubeSat assembly in modular fashion. On
  the other hand\, antenna engineers strive to create solutions that could 
 pack more functionality into one unit. This brings up a need to understand
  basics of CubeSat development cycle and link budget analysis\, so that an
  electrical engineer would have sound knowledge of limiting factors (posed
  by the mechanical system and hardware of a CubeSat) to the antennas desig
 n.\n\nWith rapid advancement of electronics\, novel mechanical design\, an
 d aerospace technology\, new progress in CubeSats is emerging every day. T
 his calls for interests and early involvements of creative young minds. Th
 e objective of this presentation is to convey the basics of CubeSat develo
 pment cycle\, launch methods\, typical CubeSat orbits\, link budget analys
 is\, various antenna solutions\, and feasible classroom projects.\n\nCo-sp
 onsored by: Staracomm Montréal\, IEEE Young Professionals\, IEEE Montréa
 l\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Reyhan Baktur\, \n\n2500 chemin de polytechnique\, 
 Polytechnique Montreal\, Montréal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3T1j4\, Virtual: h
 ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304249
LOCATION:2500 chemin de polytechnique\, Polytechnique Montreal\, Montréal\
 , Quebec\, Canada\, H3T1j4\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304
 249
ORGANIZER:mohammad.sharawi@polymtl.ca
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:CubeSat\, CubeSat Antennas\, and Link Budget Analysis (APS Montréa
 l)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304249
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>CubeSat\, a modular type of standardized m
 odern small satellites\, have been gaining steady popularity and attention
  from universities and space industries. In addition to education purpose\
 , CubeSats have various promising applications as low-cost space explorati
 on vehicles for technology demonstrations\, multi-point observations of sp
 ace environment\, and monitoring/reporting proper deployment of expensive 
 deep space instruments.</p>\n<p>Antennas are critical components for CubeS
 at missions. A CubeSat antenna may provide some or all of the following fu
 nctions: telemetry\, tracking\, command (TT\\&amp\;C)\, high speed downlin
 k for payload data\, receiving positioning data\, and inter-satellite cros
 s links. Most often\, different antennas are required to keep the CubeSat 
 assembly in modular fashion. On the other hand\, antenna engineers strive 
 to create solutions that could pack more functionality into one unit. This
  brings up a need to understand basics of CubeSat development cycle and li
 nk budget analysis\, so that an electrical engineer would have sound knowl
 edge of limiting factors (posed by the mechanical system and hardware of a
  CubeSat) to the antennas design.</p>\n<p>With rapid advancement of electr
 onics\, novel mechanical design\, and aerospace technology\, new progress 
 in CubeSats is emerging every day. This calls for interests and early invo
 lvements of creative young minds. The objective of this presentation is to
  convey the basics of CubeSat development cycle\, launch methods\, typical
  CubeSat orbits\, link budget analysis\, various antenna solutions\, and f
 easible classroom projects.</p>
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