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Contents 1 Summary 2 Detailed Outline 2.1 Participants: 2.2 Key Points of Dicussion: 2.2.1 Recognized needs 2.2.2 Decisions made 2.3 Notes

Summary

The SEDSAT-2 progress review was attended by members from the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Austria, India and USA, most of whom are leaders of the satellite's subsystem teams. The meeting was also watched by interested students from the Vellore Institute of Technology University. A wide range of topics were covered in the discussion, the most important of which included member recruitment, the implementation of management accounting, and the current status of all the subsystems. Based on these discussions, it was noted that the progress of the project had been slow, and that the aforementioned factors were critical in improving this, i.e., a new influx of knowledge and expertise was needed and an efficient means of managing time and resources would be needed to make the most out of every member's contribution and bring the satellite to completion before the end of 2008. An observation of the facilities and abilities of the students at the Vellore Institute of Technology University, and the fact that the school had its own CubeSat team, prompted the SEDSAT-2 team to consider recruiting members from this institution. Thus, application forms were accepted for all subsystems, and six students were accepted. The rationale behind that was to take advantage of the knowledge and facilities available at the university to form a sort of hub where there will be representatives from most, if not all, subsystems. The advantages of this is clear, especially if one considers the integration of the satellite. On the management front, the management accounting concept was enthusiastically approved by all members present, and the decision to implement it was confirmed by the core committee. The Marketing and Management team, who had introduced the concept to the rest of the team, was then tasked to come up with the exact procedure to implement it. At the end of the review, it was decided that the team would meet again at the 58th International Astronautical Congress in Hyderabad to further discuss the following: information flow within and without the team, a detailed timeline for the project, resolution of obstacles in the systems engineering and ground system teams, funding and networking.

Detailed Outline

Participants:

• Lavina Parwani, Project Manager/Communications Subsystem Lead, Philippines
• Tom Andre Nordheim, Project Manager/Payload Subsystem Lead, United Kingdom/Norway
• Florian Schirg, Project Manager/Systems Engineering Lead, Austria
• Paul Schmitzberger, Marketing and Management Lead, Austria
• Sigve Haugsnes, Power Lead, United Kingdom/Norway
• Per Magnus Veierland, Command and Data Handling Lead, United Kingdom/Norway
• Pradeep Mohandas Nair, Structures Lead, India
• Kirk Kittell, Advisor, USA

Note: This meeting was watched by some members of the Vellore Institute of Technology as well.

Key Points of Dicussion:

Recognized needs

• • Member recruitment
    • Urgent need in the Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem
    • Minimal requirements
  • Implementation of Management Accounting
  • Subsystem Reviews
    • Payload
      • Ready for prototyping
      • Possible funding may be required for the optical system
    • Command and Data Handling
      • Per Magnus only recently assigned as subsystem lead
      • Discussed the rough schematics of the CDH subsystem
    • Power
      • The structure of the power subsystem is discussed
      • Funding for solar cells and batteries required.
    • Communications
      • System structure discussed
      • Leadership to be eventually handed over to Nikko Torcita, B.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering
    • Structures
      • Decision needs to be made with regards to using a CubeSat kit or the fabrication of our own structure.
      • More research needs to be done.
    • Systems
      • Responsibilities clarified
        • integration
        • responsible for CAD modelling
  • Next (physical) meeting date discussed, as well as funding.

Decisions made

• Member recruitment
  • Actively recruit members for SEDSat2 from VIT
• Implementation of Management Accounting
  • Once the concept was explained, there was unanimous agreement for its implementation. The Management and Marketing Team were then tasked with coming up with the documents required as well as a precise outline for the procedure.
• Subsystem Reviews
  • Payload
    • Funding to be applied for from Atmel
  • Structures
    • Pradeep is tasked with research leading to the resolution of the kit vs custom fabrication debate.
  • ADCS
    • Members to be recruited from SEDS-VIT
  • Systems
    • Florian to hand over leadership to another member in the team.
    • Recruitment open for this subsystem team as well.
  • Marketing and Management Team
    • Apart from coming up with the implementation of the Management Accounting concept, this team has also taken it as their responsibility to look for funding for the entire project.

Notes

Following the decision to actively recruit from the Vellore Institute of Technology, application forms were accepted for all subsystems. The rationale behind that was to take advantage of the knowledge (VIT had its own CubeSat team) and facilities available at the university to form a sort of hub where there will be representatives from most, if not all, subsystems. The advantages of this is clear, especially if one considers the integration of the satellite.

Applications were received, and the following were accepted as members:

• M. Abhimitra (ADCS)
• P.V. Ajay Kumar (Power)
• Phani Kiran (Power)
• Pavan Kumar (Power)
• P. Suman (Communication)
• Mansee Sahu (Structure)

Based on the strengths and expertise of the students who had applied, it was suggested that instead of ADCS, a new Power team would be created at VIT, while Sigve Haugsnes, then the Power subsystem leader, would take over ADCS.