Project Spartnik: Microsatellite Design, Construction, Testing, and Operation by Undergraduate Students at San Jose State University
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Spartnik is a microsatellite under construction at San Jose State University. Three distinct payloads are being designed, fabricated, tested, and integrated by students solely at the undergraduate level. These payloads consist of a digital color camera, a Micro-Meteorite Impact Detector, and a fairly sophisticated communications package that transmits and receives data on the amateur radio frequency band. As part of a year-long senior design project, students are distributed into seven separate subsystems in which they learn about the design and construction of their specific components and how they interact in a satellite as a whole. Significant progress has been made in all subsystem areas, with project completion slated for late 1998.
DOI: 10.26077/df07-9k82
Authors: Lin, Jeffrey, Soriano, Francisco, Schoenman, Michelle
Institution: San Jose State University
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W193209698