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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<head>
<script src="head.js"></script>
<title>HuskySat Missions</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="missions.css">
</head>
<body>
<script src="header.js"></script>
<main>
<h1>
Husky Satellite Lab Missions
</h1>
<h2>
HuskySat-1<a href="#huskysat-1" class="anchor" id="huskysat-1"><span
class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
The HuskySat-1 (HS-1) is a 3U CubeSat designed, built, and tested by the Husky Satellite Lab.
HS-1's goal was to test two experimental payloads, a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), and a
high-frequency K-band communication system, as well as hosting an Amateur Radio Linear Transponder.
</p>
<p>
HS-1 was developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Washington. It was aboard
NASA's Cygnus NG-12 when it launched on November 2, 2019, and was deployed into Low Earth Orbit
on January 31, 2020 to become the first amateur, student-built satellite from Washington state.
</p>
<p>
This CubeSat demonstrated the capabilities of new technologies being developed at the
University of Washington and expanded the capabilities of CubeSats as a whole. In particular,
the PPT and high-gain communications system formed the core technology suite on board the satellite.
The HS-1 also flew a newly developed amateur radio linear transponder developed by AMSAT,
aimed at contributing to the worldwide communication networks built and operated by ham radio enthusiasts.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/huskysat-1-highlight.png">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: Complete</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>3U CubeSat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>October 10th, 2019</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Date</th>
<td>January 31st, 2020</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Low Earth Orbit</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mission Completion Date</th>
<td>June 1st, 2020</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>
PHAT-1<a href="#phat-1" class="anchor" id="phat-1"><span class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
While satellite launches are the ultimate goal of HSL, sometimes results are needed in a more immediate
(or at least more cost-effective) method. To accomplish this, we created our first Platform for High
Altitude Testing (PHAT-1) in the 2018-19 school year. This allowed the team to improve on and experiment
with the technology used in the HuskySat-1 mission, as well as try out new techniques for future missions.
</p>
<p>
The PHAT-1 mission consisted of two parts: a system bus, containing mission hardware, and a payload section,
both of which hung below a high altitude balloon. The balloon was then launched to ~90,000 feet. Components
on the bus included main power, data logging, and controls, as well as a GPS, magnetometer, and altimeter.
The payload section consisted of a camera, pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) and deployable langmuir probe.
</p>
<p>
Unfortunately, not long after reaching its operational altitude, contact with the PHAT-1 was lost. Flight
trajectory puts the landing point in the middle of a reservoir near the launch site, so the onboard data
was never recovered.
</p>
<p>
Still, the mission provided useful insight for future missions. The development of the PPT led to a new
ignitor/charge board design that is more compact than that used in HuskySat-1's PPT. The mission opened
up new ideas for computational software, and the lack of recovery reinforced the need for effective and
efficient radio transmission.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/phat-1-highlight.png">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: Complete</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>High-Altitude Balloon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>June 1st, 2019</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Altitude</th>
<td>~90,000 feet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Moses Lake, WA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mission Completion Date</th>
<td>June 1st, 2019</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- <h2>
PHAT-2
</h2>
<a class="anchor" id="phat-2"></a>
<div class="card-grid">
<p class="mission-description">
The Platform for High Altitude Testing (PHAT) is an efficient and economical way for the Husky Satellite Lab to
continue developing mission level hardware and software. A high-altitude balloon will carry this year’s payload,
which includes a Pulsed Plasma Thruster, Langmuir probe, magnetometer, and several component upgrades from the
previous balloon project, PHAT-1.
<br><br>
With a large representation of new members on this mission, PHAT-2 also serves as an excellent learning
opportunity, providing a first exposure to systems engineering problems of this scale.
<br><br>
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PHAT-2 mission has been postponed until further notice.
</p>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/phat-2-highlight.png">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: Postponed</p>
<div class="status-detail-container">
<p class="status-category">Mission Type</p> <p class="status-detail">High-Altitude Balloon</p>
<p class="status-category">Deployment Date</p> <p class="status-detail">TBD</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div> -->
<!--
<h2>
MiniMee<a href="#minimee" class="anchor" id="minimee"><span class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
The scientific objective of this payload is to investigate the effects of a microgravity environment on
the formation of nanostructures through electrodeposition. Electrodeposition is a common way to produce
metal coatings on surfaces by running an electric current through a conductive material that is immersed
in a chemical solution. Along with being used in manufacturing to improve surface characteristics of parts,
it is also commonly used in the preparation of nanostructures. This is a 2U payload planning to be aboard
<a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/">Blue Origin's New Shepard</a>.
</p>
<p>
One difficulty when using electrodeposition to form nanostructures is that the precise study of nanostructure
formation is complicated by convection driven flow in the chemical solution. With gravity-induced fluid flow
removed, the system will be more stable, possibly leading to more precise or intricate nanostructures to be
formed. The experimental payload will conduct copper deposition during the time in microgravity, and the
resulting nanostructures formed will be compared to nanostructures formed using an equivalent control system
on
earth.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/minimee-highlight.png">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: In Progress</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>2U Scientific Payload</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>TBD</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Suborbital</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-->
<h2>
HuskySat-2<a href="#huskysat-2" class="anchor" id="huskysat-2"><span
class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
HuskySat-2 (HS-2) is a CubeSat currently under development,
funded by the <a href="https://universitynanosat.org/">University Nanosatellite Program</a>.
It will be a technology demonstrator for cislunar
and deep space navigation, featuring multiple in-house developed open-source systems including:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/UWCubeSat/lost">LOST</a>: Open-source Star Tracker. Extensively optimized to
run
on low-powered hardware, this piece of software
identifies on-camera constellations to determine which way the satellite is pointing. It provides a free and
publicly available alternative to expensive and proprietary solutions.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/UWCubeSat/found">FOUND</a>: Open-source Universal Navigation Determiner. This
custom-designed system precisely calculates the
satellite's orbital trajectory by using a clever algorithm to analyze pictures of the Earth.</li>
<li>GOOD: Open-source Orientation Driver. A set of four motorized reaction wheels arranged in a pyramidal
shape.
Harnesses the power of Newton's third law and conservation of momentum to control the cubesat's
orientation
with pinpoint precision. To rotate the satellite in one direction, the reaction wheels are spun in the
opposite direction.</li>
<li>LUCK Utilizing CO2 Kicker. A propulsion system with the purpose of providing sufficient maneuvering
capacity
to
reduce a CubeSat's orbit from the Lunar Gateway Station's Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) down to a lower
science orbit around the moon suitable for HuskySat-3.</li>
</ul>
<p>
These subsystems (and more!) will be open source and publicly accessible. We hope these efforts will lower the
cost of entry for cubesat builders around the globe. These technologies will be utilized in HuskySat-3, a
future
moon orbiting CubeSat that will map lunar lava tube cave systems using ground penetrating radar.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/huskysat-2.png">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: In Progress</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>CubeSat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>~2028</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Low Earth Orbit</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>
HuskySat-3<a href="#huskysat-3" class="anchor" id="huskysat-3"><span
class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
The HuskySat-3 (HS-3) is the final satellite in the HuskySat mission journey, and its scientific objective is
to map lava caves under the moon's surface using a Ground Penetrating Radar. HS-3 will likely be a 6U or 12U
CubeSat that will enter a Gateway orbit (a Near-Rectilinear-Orbit around the moon). Currently, the launch date
for HS-3 is unknown as the Gateway Station hasn't been established yet.
</p>
<p>
HS-3 will be Husky Satellite Lab's most ground-breaking satellite, featuring many in-house developed
subsystems such as Reaction Wheels, Solar Panels, Propulsion, Flight Computer, Communications, and much more.
Furthermore, our bleeding-edge software (LOST & FOUND) will be onboard HS-3 to provide autonomous
decision-making capabilities and orbital parameters. All subsystems onboard HS-3 will be put on HS2 for
preliminary and space-readiness testing.
</p>
<p>
All in-house developed hardware and software on HS-3 will be open-source and publicly accessible! We hope that
HS-3 success will lay the groundwork for many more future deep-space missions at lower costs and with shorter
development timelines. After HS-3, the Husky Satellite Lab will initiate various new missions for different
research purposes and objectives.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="images/missions/huskysat-3-thumbnail.jpg">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: Planning Phase</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>CubeSat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>2030s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Lunar Orbit</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>
PHAT-3<a href="#phat-3" class="anchor" id="phat-3"><span class="material-symbols-outlined">link</span></a>
</h2>
<div class="card-grid">
<div class="mission-description">
<p>
PHAT-3 (Platform for High Altitude Testing) will be Husky Satellite Lab's second high-altitude mission.
</p>
<p>
A helium balloon will lift our CubeSat-style payload
to an altitude of 27,000 meters (90,000 ft) where the thin air can be as cold as -50°C.
An adaptive resistive thermal management system will warm the onboard battery, atmospheric sensors, and
cameras.
</p>
<p>
As the balloon rises external atmospheric pressure will decrease
causing the balloon to expand until it pops at its peak altitude, just a few hours after launch.
From there, a parachute attached to the payload will passively
unfurl, gently carrying it to the ground.
</p>
<p>
Onboard radios will continuously transmit sensor readings and GPS coordinates to the ground,
guiding us as we drive from the launch site to the predicted landing location hundreds of kilometers
away.
</p>
<p>
This project will allow us to practice skills like PCB design, electrical engineering,
radio operation, and firmware programming.
As a bonus, we'll collect high-definition high-altitude footage
and fine-grained atmospheric data.
</p>
</p>
</div>
<div>
<img class="mission-highlight-image" src="/images/missions/phat-3-sketch.jpg">
<div class="card">
<p class="status-name">Status: In Progress</p>
<table class="status-detail-container">
<tr>
<th>Mission Type</th>
<td>High-Altitude Balloon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Launch Date</th>
<td>Planned for 2025</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Target Altitude</th>
<td>~90,000 feet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Deployment Location</th>
<td>Eastern Washington</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
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