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We want to change the World! Space is the ultimate frontier, if you innovate in space it will trickle down into every other industry. Project Tranquility is the design and construction of the worlds most affordable, fully functioning satellite. We hope that you will join us on our adventure and share the experience with your friends.
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Wright Brothers First Flight, 1903
Chuck Yeager, Bell X-1, First Man to go Faster then Speed of Sound, 1947
Sputnik 1, First Manmade Object in Space, 1957
Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space, 1961
Alan Shepard, First American is Space, 1961
Alexei Leonov, First Space Walk, 1965
Saturn V, Most powerful vehicle ever made, 1966 -1973
Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on Moon, 1969
Skylab, First space station, 1973
Space Shuttle, First Reusable Space Vehicle, 1981
International Space Station, 1998
STS - 135, Last Space Shuttle Mission, 2011
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 $$$$$$
Our CubeSat
• Actually be CHEAP!!!
• Do really cool stuff
and this is how we are going to do it
Normal vs OursComponents 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
OnBoard Computer
• Raspberry Pi
• Running Linux
• Advanced Computer Programs
Power Supply Module
• Designed by US!!!
• Cost effective
• Using hobbyist level components
Communication System
• Satellite phone network
• Megabytes instead of bytes
• SatPhone orbit at 35,000km
• Connects to the internet
Payload Processor
• Designed by US!!!
• Arduino based
• Between 10 - 17 Arduino’s
Payload• HD Camera
• IR Camera
• GPS
• Geiger Counter
• Gyro & Accelerometer
• Digital Compass
• Magnometer
• Atitude & Pressure Sensor
• Temperature & Humidity Sensor
• Range of Gas Sensors
Challenges of Space
• Temperature
• Getting it up there
• Cost
–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.”
–John F. Kennedy, 1961 “We choose to go to the Moon” speech
“Not because it is easy, but because it is hard”