“Cubesats” have changed the face of the space industry.
Smaller, faster and less expensive to develop than traditional one-off, bespoke spacecraft, cubesats are democratizing access to space for newer and smaller industry players, and heating up the New Space race.
On-demand Webinar: See in detail an example of cubesat design optimization using thermal modelling and system power budget analysis.
Staying competitive means leaving manual workflows behind and increasing speed, efficiency and accuracy with automated digital workflows.
An optimized spacecraft design analysis workflow
A modern, flexible and comprehensive digital twin is the key to developing the new generation of nano-satellites that will perform – and outperform – in both durability and costs.
By linking and optimizing simulation tools together, the number of manual steps needed to perform multidisciplinary analysis can be greatly reduced.
In this webinar you will get a glimpse of what is possible within the Simcenter software using Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal, Simcenter Amesim, and Simcenter HEEDS.
Sizing a cubesat power system based on orbital parameters
In this webinar, we’ll look at how to design a cubesat for a particular orbiting mission, and explore what orbits work well for our power setup.
We’ll walk through the process from end to end, including:
- Defining orbital dynamics – Define orbits and determine the position of the spacecraft around the earth
- 3D Thermal modeling – Analyze radiation and heat loads to determine whether components are getting too hot or too cold
- 1D Power system modeling – See how solar panels charge the cubesat’s battery and distribute power to its electrical components
A multidisciplinary, multi-objective design study
As the thermal model and power system model are tightly coupled, we use co-simulation to seamlessly transfer data and leverage the strengths of the 1D and 3D solvers. After that, we use multidisciplinary optimization to automate the design studies and improve our designs.
By optimizing the whole system using a multi-objective design study, we can keep the focus on reducing mass while ensuring power generation, storage, and temperature control are maintained. As a final check, we can use the results to assess thermo-elastic distortion using mapped temperatures.
Attend this webinar to learn how to:
- Perform accurate and fast solar radiation computation and capture 3D temperature contours
- Easily iterate whole mission profiles and quickly validate components
- Run co-simulations
- Automate design studies easily, modify studies based on results and visualize results in real time across runs
Today’s tools and solutions
Siemens Simcenter gives spacecraft designers and engineers the ability to address thermal challenges and perform electrical system analysis and taking many different analyses into consideration simultaneously when optimizing designs.
See how it’s done in this webinar
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