PROJECT PROPOSAL

TITLE:

ANTENNA DEPLOY MECHANISM

BY:
AHMAD NABIL BIN MOHD NIZOM 127210
PURAWIN SUBRAMANIAM 125211
MUKHLISIN BIN AMINUDDIN 125207
LEE CHERN KHAI 125197
MUHAMMAD IMRAN SALIM BIN ASRAB ALI 125206
MUHAMMAD HAKIIM BIN ZAINUDIN 125205

UNDER SUPERVISION OF
DR NORILMI AMILIA ISMAIL

COURSE CODE
ESA 382
( SPACECRAFT SUBSYSTEM DESIGN )

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENT.3
2. PROJECT SKETCH..4
3. WORKING CONCEPT..5
4. ORGANIZATION CHART6
4.1 GANTT CHART.7
5. WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE.8
5.1 WBS (DETAIL)..9
6. REFERENCE.11

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 SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENT

Antenna estimated size & mass

Thermal Control System
Mass: 10 g
Uses passive thermal
Width: 0.01m control such as radiator
to radiate heat when
Length: 0.18m Ultra-High Frequency
temperature in the
band & 0.17m Very-High Frequency band
pocket increases during
antenna deployment.

Power System
Consists of primary battery, secondary battery and
Attitude Determination & Control
solar panels.
System (ADCS) Silver zinc is used as primary battery to provide around
60-130Whr/kg power to activate switch in order to
Used to deploy antenna in each
deploy antenna.
pocket simultaneously after 30
Nickel cadmium is used as secondary battery that can
minutes of launching of satellite. provide around 25-30Whr/kg power as back-up in case
primary battery is used up.
Solar panel is used to convert solar energy into
electrical energy that can be used to deploy antenna
as well.

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 PROJECT SKETCH

Figure 1: 2D Sketch of the design.

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 WORKING CONCEPT

For the deployment of the antenna, we use spring force to push the antenna out of the
working area of the satellite. The antenna is rolled and packed into a pocket. The antenna will be
attached on top of a platform. The underneath of the antenna platform will be installed with a
compressed spring that can be released in an allocated time to release the antenna.

A cuboid shaped wax holder is use to hold the antenna platform. The wax is located between
the upper surface of the platform and the pocket wall. The wax will hold the platform until it is time
to deploy the antenna. In the wax holder, there will be a wire that is connected with a fuse. The wire
is located in the middle of the wax. Throughout the time, the wire will heat up and melt the wax to
break the wax into two. By the time the wax split, the compressed spring will push the platform and
the antenna will be released. The mechanism of the spring is shown in the sketching part.

There will be four pockets with each contain one strap of the antenna. These pockets will be
put in each corner at the bottom surface of the satellite. The open part of the pocket will be facing at
different directions with each other.

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 ORGANISATION CHART

DR.NORILMI AMILIA
ISMAIL
(ADVISOR)

AHMAD NABIL
(PROJECT LEADER)

ASS. DESIGN STRUCTURE

DESIGN ENGINEER STRESS ENGINEER SECRETARY
ENGINEER ENGINEER

MUHAMMAD IMRAN MUKHLISIN

PURAWIN
SALIM BIN ASRAB LEE CHERN KAI HAKIIM BIN
SUBRAMANIAM
ALI AMINUDDIN

Figure 1.1: Organisation chart

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 GANTT CHART
ANTENNA DEPLOY MECHANISM PROJECT

MARCH APRIL
ACTIVITY
1 2 8 9 13 15 16 23 29 30 5 6 12 13 14
TEAM FORMATION
TEAM DISCUSSION
RESEARCH
MANUAL SKETCHING
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
DETAIL DESIGN
MATERIAL
IDENTIFICATION
CAD DRAWING
STRESS ANALYSIS
ANTENNA FABRICATION
COMPONENTS TESTING
DEPLOY MECHANISM
FABRICATION
DEPLOY TEST
FINAL REPORT
PRESENTATION

Figure 2: Gantt Chart for Antenna Deploy Mechanism Project

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 WORK BREAKDOWN STUCTURE

5. Design &
1. Team Planning 2. Research & Consultation 3. Documentation 4. Testing
Fabrication

Group Discussion Journal and Research paper Compiling In Lab Test Sketching

Schedule Performance Requirement Report Writing Circuit Test CAD Drawing

Task Distribution Supervision from Lecturer Final Presentation Stress Component design
Analysis

Cost Budget Fabrication

Figure 3: Work Breakdown Structure

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 WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (DETAIL)
Table 1: Work Breakdown Structure in Detail

WBS # Task description Name of Members Resources Cost (Material &

Supplies)

1.1-1.4 Team Planning All Class NA

2.1 Journal and All Internet,Library, NA

Research Paper School Archive
Finding

2.3 Supervision from Chern Kai School Office NA

Lecturer

3.2-3.3 Documentation Chern Kai Personal Computer NA

4.1 In Lab Test Mukhlisin & Hakiim Spacecraft Lab NA

4.2 Circuit Test Nabil & Purawin Instrumentation Lab NA

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4.3 Stress Analysis Imran CATIA NA

5.1 Sketching Purawin,Nabil & Class NA

Hakiim

5.2 CAD Drawing Purawin,Nabil & CATIA NA

Hakiim

5.3 Component Design Mukhlisin CATIA NA

5.4 Fabrication All Spacecraft Lab Aluminium

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 REFERENCE
[1] https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-851-satellite-engineering-fall-
2003/lecture-notes/l3_scpowersys_dm_done2.pdf

[2] https://e.edim.co/8357129/space_mission_analysis_and_design.pdf

[3] https://e.edim.co/8357129/spacecraft_systems_engineering2.pdf

[4] http://www.kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/apertures2008/talks/santiagoprowald.pdf

[5] https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2016/6075680/

[6] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830008513.pdf

[7] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2003ESASP.524..191D

[8] https://orca.cf.ac.uk/54739/1/U585128.pdf

[9]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272085887_Deployable_Structures_in_the_CubeSat_
ProgramMOVE

[10] http://cosmiac.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Bottom-Fed-Deployable-Conical-Log-Spiral-Antenna-
Design-for-CubeSat.pdf

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