University of Alabama - Huntsville (UAH) ChargerSat

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University of Alabama - Huntsville (UAH) ChargerSat - 2 Parabolic Flight Testing

PI: Francis Wessling, University of Alabama - Huntsville

Overview
Maturation Objectives

The UAHuntsville ChargerSat program is a student satellite development program to design, build, test, and operate orbital Pico/Nano-satellites. The project is conceived and run under the Space Hardware Club, an all-volunteer, all-student aerospace system design group and student organization of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The UAHuntsville ChargerSat program is currently working on its second CubeSat mission, ChargerSat-2. ChargerSat-2 has a primary focus of investigating the heat transfer properties of nucleate boiling in microgravity. This will involve two 1.5U CubeSat satellites (10x10x15cm), each containing two boiling instruments. To support this mission, two primary technologies will need to be tested to ensure a successful orbital mission. The technologies that need to be tested are: 1) the deployment mechanisms for a drag device designed to increase deceleration forces and 2) the microgravity boiling instrument verification and characterization.

Technology Areas (?)

TA09 Entry, Descent and Landing Systems
TA10 Nanotechnology
TA11 Modeling, Simulation, Information Technology and Processing
TA14 Thermal Management Systems

Problem Statement

No additional information available.

Technology Details

Selection Date

AFO5 (Jan 2013)
Program Status

Withdrawn
Current TRL (?)

Unknown

Successful FOP Flights

0 Parabolic

Development Team

PI

Francis Wessling
Organization

University of Alabama - Huntsville
Sponsor

University of Alabama, Huntsville