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The
CanadianSatelliteDesign
Challenge
Design it.
Build it.
Launch it!
Are you up to the Challenge?
What Is It?The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge(CSDC) is a Canada-wide competition todesign and build a small satellite,
approximately 10 kg in mass.The satellites will include one or morepayload instruments which can conductscientific research for their university.
Satellites will undergo full launch andspace environment qualification testing.One or more winning satellites will be
identified as candidates for launch intoorbit.
The competition begins in September,2010, and will run for two academic years.The winner(s) will be announced in May,2012.
Who Can Participate?The Challenge is open to teams ofundergraduate students from universitiesand technical colleges.
Several Canadian space companies are
participating by providing their experienceand expertise to teams.
The CSDC is also seeking donors andsponsors to help enable the programmeto achieve all of its goals, and companieswhich manufacture suitable componentsfor the satellites. Please contact us for
more information.
Structure & Schedule
The CSDC is modelled after otheruniversity-level engineering designcompetitions (e.g., space elevator, solarcar, super-mileage car).
In the first year, students will learn aboutsatellite sub-systems and design, and
begin initial concepts of their satellites.Teams will progress through an iterativedesign process as in a real spacecraftprogramme.
Following a final design review, teams willproceed with assembly, integration, andfunctional testing of their sub-system
components and assembled satellite.Satellites which are fully functional andcompliant with all requirements of theChallenge will undergo launch and spaceenvironment qualification testing.
One or more winning satellites will beidentified as candidates for launch into
orbit.
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Orientation
with
Teams
EnvironmentalTesting
CriticalDesign
Reviews BuildandTest
Winner(s)!!
Launch?
Academic Year 1 (2010/11) Academic Year 2 (2011/12)
SpacecraftDesign Course
offered PreliminaryDesign
Reviews
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