Table 1 Results of a SWaP (Size, Weight (Mass), and Power) analysis, including contingency
From: Nanobob: a CubeSat mission concept for quantum communication experiments in an uplink configuration
Item | Size (ml) | Mass (g) | Peak power (mW) | TRL | Margin | Size margin | Mass margin | Power margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Payload | 5045 | 2680 | 14,500 | 1160 | 819 | 6850 | ||
Quantum Optical Module (808 nm) | 125 | 200 | 4000 | 4 | 50% | 63 | 100 | 2000 |
Beacon Receiver Module (1530 nm) | 145 | 360 | 6000 | 3 | 50% | 73 | 180 | 3000 |
LCO-QKD | 4050 | 830 | 0 | 4 | 20% | 810 | 166 | 0 |
Beacon Transmitter Module (1565 nm) | 200 | 350 | 1500 | 2 | 50% | 100 | 175 | 750 |
Retro-reflector | 125 | 340 | 0 | 7 | 20% | 25 | 68 | 0 |
Detector cooling | 100 | 300 | 0 | 2 | 20% | 20 | 60 | 0 |
Time Tagging Module | 100 | 100 | \( 2 000 \) | 2 | 50% | 50 | 50 | 1000 |
Beacon Signal Processing | 100 | 100 | 500 | 7 | 10% | 10 | 10 | 50 |
Data storage | 100 | 100 | 500 | 7 | 10% | 10 | 10 | 50 |
Platform | 5425 | 5148 | 12,060 | 403 | 443 | 617 | ||
OBC | 110 | 94 | 500 | 9 | 5% | 6 | 5 | 25 |
ADCS | 750 | \( 1 225 \) | \( 2 470 \) | 9 | 5% | 38 | 61 | 124 |
GPS | 35 | 24 | 1200 | 9 | 5% | 2 | 1 | 60 |
UHF/VHF module | 110 | 75 | 4000 | 9 | 5% | 6 | 4 | 200 |
S-Band module | 130 | 62 | 3800 | 9 | 5% | 7 | 3 | 190 |
Antennes | 110 | 128 | 0 | 9 | 5% | 6 | 6 | 0 |
PMU & batteries | 680 | 840 | 90 | 9 | 20% | 136 | 168 | 18 |
Mechanical structure | 3000 | 2000 | 0 | 9 | 5% | 150 | 100 | 0 |
Detector radiators | 200 | 400 | 0 | 5 | 20% | 40 | 80 | 0 |
Solar panels | 300 | 300 | 0 | 9 | 5% | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Total payload & platform | 10,470 | 7828 | 26,560 | 1563 | 1262 | 7467 |