A low cost, efficient electrical power system design for CubeSat

Shaymaa Abushawish; Aleena Lifiya; Hamd Khan; Mohammed Eshaq; Rida Gadhafi; Amjad Gawanmeh; Husameldin Mukhtar; Wathiq Mansoor

doi:10.1109/RAST57548.2023.10197932

A low cost, efficient electrical power system design for CubeSat

Shaymaa Abushawish, Aleena Lifiya, Hamd Khan, Mohammed Eshaq, Rida Gadhafi, Amjad Gawanmeh, Husameldin Mukhtar, Wathiq Mansoor

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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This paper discusses the design of an Electrical Power System (EPS) for a 1U CubeSat. A low-cost, lightweight, and highly efficient EPS using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components is designed. The EPS comprises of three modules: Power generation, Power storage, and Power distribution. To determine the amount of power CubeSat would receive, various analyses are conducted on eclipse time and inclination. A polar orbit is chosen to minimize eclipse time without expending extra power to maintain the satellite in a retrograde orbit. Polycrystalline silicon solar panels are selected due to their decent efficiency, affordability, and availability. LG MJ1 batteries are chosen for their high specific energy, high maximum continuous discharge, stable end of discharge, among other factors. A detailed power budgeting and cost analysis of the proposed EPS is also conducted. The analysis shows that the chosen batteries can provide 3.60 W of power, sufficient to meet the required power of 3.55 W in the worst-case scenario for the satellite, with an expected total cost of $109.73.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350323023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RAST57548.2023.10197932
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2023
Event	10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, RAST 2023 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 7 Jun 2023 → 9 Jun 2023

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Conference	10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, RAST 2023
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	7/06/23 → 9/06/23

Keywords

CubeSat
electrical power system (EPS)
low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites
maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
multi-junction (MJ) solar cells
power budgeting
power generation

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