2023-24 milestones

2023-24 milestones

  • Goals

    • Be ready for proposal in fall 2024

      • Have a fully designed system in time for proposal writing season

        • Each subsystem has individual PDR by April 2024

      • Estimate cost and attain funding

      • Generate preliminary documentation

        • Mission definition

        • NASA strategic plan relevance

        • Merit and feasibility reviews

        • Capstone stuff

    • Create foundation for project and team to grow

      • Successful recruitment and onboarding

      • Establish successful, useful processes

      • Organize

Milestone

Subteam(s) Accountable

Deadline

Milestone

Subteam(s) Accountable

Deadline

 

Whole Team

 

Finalized mass budget

Assembly: whole team

Coordination: PM

End of Spring quarter

Finalized satellite structure diagram

Assembly: whole team

Coordination: PM

End of Spring quarter

Finalized power budget

Power system, communications, flight computer

End of Spring quarter

Finalized technical risks

Assembly: whole team

Coordination: PM

End of Spring quarter

Merit reviews

Whole team

End of Spring quarter

Feasibility reviews

Whole team

End of Spring quarter

 

Admin

 

Funding attained

Admin

End of Spring quarter

Finalized ConOps

Admin

End of Fall quarter

Scope and mission definition document for internal use

Admin

End of Fall quarter

10 new active members

Recruiting: Admin
Onboarding: Whole team

End of Fall quarter

Final draft of missions definition section of proposal

Admin and payload

End of Winter quarter

Final draft of CSLI applicability section of proposal

Admin

End of Spring quarter

Final draft of compliance requirements section of proposal

Admin

End of Fall quarter

Merit and Feasibility reviews

Admin

End of Spring quarter

Mission development schedule

Admin

End of Spring quarter

Minimum mission section of proposal

Admin

 

 

ADCS

 

 

 

 

Test Bed Verified

ADCS

5th week of Winter Quarter

Functional Simulation Verified

ADCS

End of Winter Quarter

Hardware Selection

ADCS

End of Spring Quarter

 

 

 

 

Structure

 

 

 

 

Parameters Identified

 

 

Hardware Selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flight Computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground Station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starshade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ME Capstone

 

 

 

 

 

ECE Capstone

 

 

 

 

 

Power System

 

Conceptual design review

 

 

Design requirements review

 

 

Preliminary design review

 

End of Spring quarter

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