公开(公告)号：US10648806B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15623889

申请日：2017-06-15

申请人： The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

发明人： Scott V. Hesh ,  Taylor A. Green ,  Joshua T. Yacobucci

IPC分类号： G01C5/06 ,  G05B11/01

摘要： A microcontroller controlled altimeter includes a microcontroller, a digital altitude pressure sensor with a pressure indicating output coupled to the microprocessor, and at least one Form A solid state relay coupled to the microcontroller, where the microcontroller is configured to provide control signals to the at least one Form A solid state relay to provide an open circuit between normally open and common terminals of the at least one Form A solid state relay if the digital altitude pressure sensor output is less than, or equal to, a setpoint for the at least one Form A relay, and provide continuity between the normally open and common terminals of the at least one Form A solid state relay if the digital altitude pressure sensor output is greater than the setpoint for the at least one Form A relay.

公开(公告)号：US09938023B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US14850708

申请日：2015-09-10

申请人： The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

发明人： Charles E. Clagett ,  Luis H. Santos Soto ,  Scott V. Hesh ,  Scott R. Starin ,  Salman I. Sheikh ,  Michael Hesse ,  Nikolaos Paschalidis ,  Michael A. Johnson ,  Aprille J. Ericsson

IPC分类号： B64G1/10 ,  B64G1/22 ,  B64G1/66 ,  B64G1/44 ,  H01J49/26

CPC分类号： B64G1/1021 ,  B64G1/222 ,  B64G1/44 ,  B64G1/66 ,  H01J49/26

摘要： A system, method, and computer-readable storage devices for a 6U CubeSat with a magnetometer boom. The example 6U CubeSat can include an on-board computing device connected to an electrical power system, wherein the electrical power system receives power from at least one of a battery and at least one solar panel, a first fluxgate sensor attached to an extendable boom, a release mechanism for extending the extendable boom, at least one second fluxgate sensor fixed within the satellite, an ion neutral mass spectrometer, and a relativistic electron/proton telescope. The on-board computing device can receive data from the first fluxgate sensor, the at least one second fluxgate sensor, the ion neutral mass spectrometer, and the relativistic electron/proton telescope via the bus, and can then process the data via an algorithm to deduce a geophysical signal.