Extragalactic Background Light (EBL), the cumulative light from outside the galaxy, is a crucial observational target for understanding the history of the universe. We are developing a CubeSat; VERTECS (Visible Extragalactic background RadiaTion Exploration by CubeSat) with a 6U size (approximately 10 × 20 × 30 cm), equipped with Solar Array Wings (SAW). Our mission is to conduct extensive observations of the visible EBL. The satellite is designed to operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500-680 km (approximately 15 orbits per day) and observe the EBL on the shadow side to avoid stray light from the Sun and Earth. To observe EBL, a high-performance CMOS sensor, attitude control devices, and high-speed communication equipment X-band are essential. We should note that these components these components consume a significant amount of power. Therefore, some strategic operational plans are necessary to operate this CubeSat within the limited power resources. In addition, VERTECS needs to meet its mission requirements, conducting 10 observations, 4 data downlinks, and 1 command uplink within a day. We have constructed some operational scenarios utilizing attitude control and SAW to meet these requirements, and we also constructed a power budget simulation for VERTECS. In this presentation, we describe how we plan to operate VERTECS utilizing the subsystems and the results of the power simulation during the operation.
Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks.
You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*
*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please
sign in
to access your institution's subscriptions.
To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on
SPIE.org.
INSTITUTIONAL Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.