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TUPEX-5
Point of Contact | Dipl.-Ing. Frank
Baumann [1] |
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TUPEX is a series of flight experiments for verification of newly developed satellite technologies. TUPEX stands for „TU Berlin Pico- and Nanosatellite Experiment“. So far, three experiments (TUPEX-1, -2, -3 [2]) aboard sounding rockets during REXUS campaigns of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as well as one experiment (TUPEX-4 [3]) during a parabolic flight campaign of the DLR were conducted.
- Dummy picosatellites in separation mechanism
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- © TU Berlin/F. Baumann
With TUPEX-5 was investigated how miniaturized satellites with a mass of about 330 grams in conditions of weightlessness separate from each other after they have been released simultaneously from a shared separation mechanism. With the experiment the current design of these satellites has been verified. The knowledge gained will be used for future picosatellite swarms of TU Berlin.
- Dummy picosatellites in free flight
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- © TU Berlin/F. Baumann
The joint parabolic flight campaign of CNES, DLR and ESA was conducted by Novespace in Bordeaux-Mérignac (France) from 27 April to 8 May 2015. For three days, a total of 93 parabolas, each with about 22 seconds of weightlessness, were flown by an Airbus A310.
The experiment was carried out in cooperation with AI: Aerospace Institute with a shared testing equipment and was funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The separation mechanism was provided by Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH.
Publications
- Wolf, R.; Korn, N.; Baumann, F.; Brieß, K. (2015). TUPEX-5: Untersuchung des Separationsverhaltens eines Picosatellitenschwarms im Rahmen einer Parabelflugkampagne. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK), Rostock, 22.–24.9.
Fachgebietsleitung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Enrico StollTel. +49 30 314-21339
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sekretariat@rft.tu-berlin.de [7]
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