Destroyed cubesat built by the University of Arizona
SACRED
SACRED was aCubesat built by the Student Satellite Program of theUniversity of Arizona. It was the product of the work of about 50 students, ranging from college freshmen to Ph. D. students, over the course of several years. It was launched, after being postponed several times, on board aDnepr on July 26, 2006. The launch was a failure.
A radio capable of operating on 436.870 MHz, which will change withdoppler shifting.
A 1200 baud AFSK modem, preferably a very low-end, that does no modulation on its own. Cubesat Groundstation uses a custom-built hardware modem, and possibly a software modem (using the sound card as an Analog-to-Digital converter).
The UA Cubesat GS software would help, however, it is not currently available to the public.
A good antenna system, the design of the antennas is not optimal.
Aluminum frame - built tospin-stabilize through sunlight
Power board (used to hold batteries, maintain 5V and 3.3V charges, measure voltages and currents in several spots, and convert the power from the solar cells to usable power.)
Microcontroller board, which is used to gather and transmit telemetry.
Radio board, which is used for 2 way communication
Experiment - A radiation experiment, which will monitor the radiation effect on several components over long periods of time.
SACRED was launched with UA's satellite,Rincon 1 on July 26, 2006, at 19:43 UTC on board aDnepr rocket. The launch failed shortly after takeoff and SACRED was destroyed.
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
