Getting the Delfi-PQ Ready for Multiple Launch Options
Sevket Uludag (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Erdinc Yakut (GUMUSH Aerospace and Defense)
Stefano Speretta (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Silvana Radu (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Nikitas Chronas Foteinakis (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Jasper Bouwmeester (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Alessandra Menicucci (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Eberhard Gill (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
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Abstract
PocketQubes represent a new type of cube-shaped platforms with dimensions of 50x50 mm and mass of 250 g. Just like the CubeSats, these platforms are also split in units which are referred to as 1P. The Delft University of Technology has been working on Delfi-PQ, a 3P PocketQube with the dimensions of 50x50x178 mm. This miniaturized size brings its own challenges on every subsystem. In this paper, structural design, integration and kill switch mechanisms will be explained.