Structural analysis of the TUMnanoSAT microsatellite

Abstract

Constructive-functional elaboration of the strength structure of the TUMnanoSAT microsatellite. Elaboration of the calculation model and computerized simulation of the load factors according to the operating criteria in the real space conditions; Development and manufacture of microsatellite assembly-transport and vibration testing devices according to the technical and technological requirements of the Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA). Results: • computer simulations based on virtual models have reduced material costs and resources and substantially reduced the terms of research-manufacturing-implementation of results; • elaboration of the technical documentation for the manufacture of the components and nodes of the microsatellite resistance structure; • manufacture of the physical model of the strength structure in accordance with the requirements and restrictions of precision and geometric deviations; • the physical model was vibration tested in the specialized laboratory of the Institute of Space Sciences in Bucharest.