AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Mark Cunningham Week 6: February 22 nd, 2007 Communications Team, Comm. SATs CAD, TV/ET/MT Groups Communication Satellites Mass Estimates, Communication System Mass Power Volume Summery
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Communication System Mass, Power, Volume Summery TV –*Gimbaled 4m dish: 115kg, 5kW, 1.35m 3 TC –*Storable gimbaled 1m dish: 1.8kg, 1kW,.021m 3 –Low gain antenna for takeoff and landing: ? HAB –1m dish: 1.8kg, 1kW,.021m 3 MMR and RMR –*Gimbaled 1m dish: 1.8kg, 1kW,.021m 3 Gangale Comm Satellites –Two 7m dishes: 1220kg, 15.75kW, 14.4m 3 Primary Mars Comm Satellite –7m dish, two 2m dishes: 638kg, 1kW, 7.5 Secondary Mars Comm Satellites –Two 7m dishes: 1220kg, 1kW, 14.4m 3 Note: dish sizes are diameters*numbers will increase slightly
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Communication Satellites Mass Estimates Name diameters (m)mass (mt) TDRS-H-I53.2 TDRS Kondor62.6 List of comparable 2 dish communications satellites Our Gangale and Mars communications satellites will probably be around mt
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Dish Masses Dish Diameters (m)Dish Mass (kg) Deployed Dish Volume (m^3)
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