Author: Amanda Knutson
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DFD for Europa Exploration
The Galilean moons of the Jovian system are of great interest for future space exploration due to the belief that three of the four of the largest moons (Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) contain water (in liquid and/or ice form). So far the eight spacecraft that have visited the vicinity of Jupiter are Pioneer 10 and…
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IR Imaging with the Spacecraft Control Toolbox
Many spacecraft are incorporating cameras, both visible and IR, to image other nearby objects. These may be other satellites or space debris. This blog entry shows how you can simulate imaging with the Spacecraft Control Toolbox. In this simulation a target 1U CubeSat is illuminated by several sources of radiant flux and imaged by a…
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PSS MATLAB Toolbox Tutorial Videos
Over the summer we worked on developing some videos to help customers get started using our MATLAB products. Our MIT intern, James Slonaker, did a fabulous job! Come check out our Toolbox Tutorial Videos on our YouTube Channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/PSSToolboxVideos. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future content, please contact us at info@test.psatellite.com.
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SmallSat Conference in the Cache Valley!
PSS attended the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, Aug 12-15. The conference site, on the campus of Utah State University, couldn’t have been more beautiful! View from the SmallSat venue, Logan Utah The technical program, conference organization, and venue were all outstanding! I bumped into several PSS MATLAB Toolbox customers and representatives from companies…
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New PSS MATLAB Product – Core Control Toolbox
We have just released our new MATLAB product – the Core Control Toolbox (CCT). We created the Core Control Toolbox as a base product for those customers who may have interests outside of aircraft and spacecraft modeling and simulation. It features many of the general purpose functions found in our Spacecraft Control Toolbox. Like all…
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Small Satellite Conference
Princeton Satellite Systems will be attending the Small Satellites Conference in Logan, Utah next week, Aug 12th – 15th! We will be presenting our Asteroid Prospector mission concept on Tuesday Aug 13th at 5:30 pm in Session VI: Strength in Numbers We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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Next Stop….Enceladus!
In October of 1997, the Cassini spacecraft launched on a mission to explore the depths of the Saturnian system. After traveling over 3.5 billion km, the orbiter set out to discover more about the composition and features of Saturn, study its rings and satellites, and investigate the magnetic environment. Flash forward to 2013, Cassini is…
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PSS at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Open House
On Saturday April 1, PSS participated in the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Open House to show case our Direct Fusion Drive and our conceptual nine-month manned space mission to Mars in 2024! Our new fusion engine enables shorter transfer times and total mission durations, critical for interplanetary manned space flight. We had great interest in our…
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New Attitude Profiling Functions and Visualization in SCT v11
Creating attitude profiles just got easier! Satellites typically have multiple antennas and sensors that must be pointed in different directions at various times. We often want to point a sensor payload or a directional antenna at a certain location on Earth, while keeping the solar panels aligned with the sun and aiming the star camera…