GENSAT-1
OVERVIEW
Gensat-1 is the first in a line of small satellites created by Genesis. This 6U CubeSat carries a NASA payload in a polar orbit.
PAYLOAD
Gensat-1 carries the Advanced Energetic Ion Electron Telescope (AGILE) provided by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 600.
AGILE measures solar proton events and is the first space-instrument to use Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) to identify charged particles.
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
Genesis is providing a complete spacecraft bus for the NASA AGILE payload. In-house design and development capabilities utilized for Gensat-1 include:
- Flight structure & ground support equipment mechanical design
- Structural & thermal analysis
- Harnessing design
- Avionics PWB design
- Mission analysis using NOS3 and 42
- Flight software design using cFS
- Ground station software design using COSMOS
SYSTEM VALIDATION
Genesis is validating the Gensat-1 spacecraft bus, flight software, and ground station in-house:
- Software In The Loop
- Hardware In The Loop
- Day In The Life
- Comprehensive Performance Test
- Long-range radio testing
SYSTEM VALIDATION
Genesis is integrating and testing Gensat-1 fully in house with our advanced facilities:
- Class 10,000 cleanroom
- Vibration table
- Thermal vacuum chamber
FABRICATION & INTEGRATION
Genesis is fabricating and integrating a large portion of Gensat-1 in-house. Our Class 100K clean tents and Class 10k cleanroom are utilized for integration. In-house fabrication & integration includes:
- Compact avionics stack structure integration
- ACS, power, C&DH, and comm COTS components integration
- NASA science payload integration
- Ground support equipment integration
- Avionics boards fabrication
- Harness fabrication & routing
- Bonding and staking
TESTING
Genesis is environmental testing Gensat-1 in-house with our 3-axis vibration table and thermal vacuum chamber.
GROUND STATION
Gensat-1 is operated from Genesis headquarters’ new in-house ground station using COSMOS for C&DH. Ground station capabilities are available for future missions.
