Experince in creating nanosatellites of the "cubesat" "PolyITAN" standard in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: mission, development and exploitation results

Abstract

This article gives general information about the goals, requirements of missions and describe show these requirements are expressed in the development of nanosatellites (NS) of the PolyITAN series of CubeSat standard. The report also discusses the integration of electronics with the design and payload, provides information on the applied manufacturing methods and tests of NS of various modifications for performing tasks in orbit. The analysis of the results of flight tests of the NS (PolyITAN-1 and PolyITAN-2) and potential capabilities of the developed NS "PolyITAN-3" (assessment of the quality of shooting when sensing the Earth from an altitude of 400 ... 350 km) and "PolyITAN-4" (features of simulating the environment and plant growth under microgravity and cosmic radiation).