Description
This project develops a standardized, modular satellite bus designed to simplify the integration of 450 kg-class payloads for commercial rideshare missions. Unlike traditional mission-specific spacecraft structures, the proposed bus provides a reusable platform with a configurable interior mounting interface, reducing development time, engineering effort, and integration costs for future missions. The design incorporates a lightweight conical isogrid structure optimized for launch loads, passive thermal management, and compatibility with the Rocket Lab Advanced Lightband (ALB) separation system and SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare requirements. Structural, thermal, and modal analyses, along with prototype fabrication, are used to validate the design's performance, manufacturability, and commercial feasibility.
Department Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor NA
Advisor Jianxin Jiao
Primary Email Contact rmammen3@gatech.edu
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Members

Name Major Hometown
Cayden Walker ME New Fairfield, CT
Dmitry Demin ME Atlanta
Jaehyeok Kim ME seoul
James Millington ME Milton
Luke Kim ME Milton, GA
Rihan Mammen ME Atlanta, Georgia