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CX-Systems

Subsystem Teams

The Citizen Explorer Project Team consists of the following fourteen teams. Each team is responsible for developement of a separate subsystem. Please click on the team titles for more in-depth information on each subsystem. These pages are written by the team members that are actually working on the systems. Contact information of the individual team members can be found in the people section.

 

Acronym Description

ADCS

Attitude Determination and Control System
 

responsible for spacecraft attitude determination and control

C&DH

Command and Data Handling
 

responsible for flight computer and I/O systems

COMM

Communications System
 

responsible for RF hardware for both spacecraft and ground stations

DATABASE OPS

Database Operations
 

responsible for education-side data products and flow

EDUCATION

Education
 

responsible for communication with participating schools and developement of educational materials. We have additional links Education Corner

MANAGEMENT

Management
 

responsible for missionwide development and operations management

MISSION OPS

Mission Operations
 

responsible for spacecraft flight operations and engineering-side data flow

POWER

Power System
 

responsible for spacecraft power generation and control

SCIENCE

Science Systems
 

responsible for flight and ground instrumentation and data analysis

SOLAR

Solar Panel
 

responsible for solar panel subsystems

STRUCTURES

Structures
 

responsible for flight mechanical systems and launch vehicle interface

SOFTWARE

Software Systems
 

responsible for end-to-end mission operations system (EEMOS)

THERMAL

Thermal System
 

responsible for spacecraft thermal analysis and design

WEB MGMT

Web Management
 

responsible for education-side data products and flow