The ScanSat is an autonomous CubeSat that is docked with a Dragon-sized spacecraft. Using magnetic propulsion to orbit around the main craft, the ScanSat is reusable, as the only consumable is electric power. Equipped with a camera, it captures images of the spacecraft as it physically approaches interesting phenomena.
This project is solving the Deep Space CamSat challenge.
The ScanSat is an autonomous CubeSat that is docked with a Dragon-sized spacecraft. Using magnetic propulsion to orbit around the main craft, the ScanSat is reusable, as the only consumable is electric power. Equipped with a camera, it captures images of the spacecraft as it physically approaches interesting phenomena.
The application was developed on April 11-12, 2015 at San Fransisco 2015 space apps challenge Hackathon.
- Reaction wheels
- Camera Hardware
- Image processing software to dock the camsat to mothership
- Other apps to scan/process/monitor the structural integrity of ship
- Docking mechanism
- Magnetic propulsion
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- Standing(right to left):
- Anand Biradar - MechE and Aerospace Engineer
- Sheen Kao - Mechanical Engineer/Physicist
- Sitting (right to left):
- Robert J. Chen - Software Engineer
- Krishna Sadasivam - Software Engineer
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0). Pull requests will be accepted to this repo, pending review and approval.