Print Email Facebook Twitter CubeSat constellation deployment strategies Title CubeSat constellation deployment strategies Author Vakaet, Christophe (Student TU Delft) Menicucci, A. (TU Delft Space Systems Egineering) Date 2018-01-01 Abstract CubeSat based constellations are limited by launch opportunities, manoeuvring, and reliability. In this paper, an approach is proposed to determine the performance of a constellation, using different deployment strategies. Due to low maneuverability and limited launch options, CubeSats require deployment strategies that determine the optimal launch method and maneuvers to ensure rapid deployment, and replacement in case of failure. To do so, a model is developed that applies a Monte Carlo method through repeated sampling of the satellite lifetimes. By simulating discrete realizations of the constellation, over the mission lifetime, the probability distribution of the strategies performance is derived. By comparing deployment strategies, the model can be used to design for the optimal deployment strategy. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fbee180d-b814-4040-8521-cad80b2e4112 Publisher Univelt Inc. ISBN 9780877036470 Source University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop, 2017, 163 Event 4th IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop, 2017-12-04 → 2017-12-07, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Roma, Italy Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 Christophe Vakaet, A. Menicucci Files PDF AAS_17_969.pdf 835.5 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fbee180d-b814-4040-8521-cad80b2e4112/datastream/OBJ/view