Structural design, analysis, and modal testing of the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT).
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Authors
Sakoda, Daniel J.
Subjects
PANSAT Satellite
Small Self-Contained Payload (SSCP)
Get away Special (GAS)
Complex Autonomous Payload (CAP)
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Modal Analysis
Small Self-Contained Payload (SSCP)
Get away Special (GAS)
Complex Autonomous Payload (CAP)
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Modal Analysis
Advisors
Kolar, Ramesh
Date of Issue
1992-09
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) Space Systems Academic Group is
developing the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT), a small satellite for
digital store-and-forward communication in the amateur frequency band.
PANSAT is intended to be a payload of opportunity amenable to a number of
launch vehicles. The Shuttle Small Self-Contained Payload (SSCP) program was
chosen as a design baseline because of its high margins of safety as a manned
system. The PANSAT structure design is presented for the launch requirements of
a Shuttle SSCP. A finite element model was developed and studied for the design
loads of a SSCP. The results showed the structure to be very robust and likely to
accommodate the requirements of other launch vehicles. The finite element
analysis was verified by modal testing, correlating the fundamental mode of the
finite element model with that of an engineering test structure.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Astronautical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
78 p.;28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.