Mission Objectives   Deployment of Beacons, each rendezvous with NEAs\u27 Small-Body Orbit Data Collection comprising a universal cadastre Sensors/Instrumentation: Geolocations and In-Space Activity Capture Integration with Service Providers through API Cooperation with Domestic and International Regulatory Agencie

Irwin, Jacob

Ward, Eric

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CubeSat Constellation for Interplanetary Market Intelligence and Private Claims in SpaceMission Objectives● Deployment of Beacons, each rendezvous with NEAs’ Small-Body Orbit● Data Collection comprising a universal cadastre○ Sensors/Instrumentation: Geolocations and In-Space Activity Capture● Integration with Service Providers through API● Cooperation with Domestic and International Regulatory AgenciesEric WardCo-AuthorJacob IrwinCo-AuthorUser-facing Software● Users:○ Intuitive interface (robust python API)○ Secure e.g., quantum key encryption (QKD)Further Investigation● Optimization Algorithm for Constellation-ScaleDeployment● CommsImprovement● Sensor Suite● ModularitySmall Satellite Conference 2021 (smallsat.org)Reference Number: SSC21-P2-63Illustration portraying the system’s picosats and main bus.➔BASiX4➔MarCO5contact@berkelyn.com● Locker in Cis-Lunar Orbit○ Cis-Lunar Comms Base station○ Constellation Network Repeater Node○ Downlink Relay● 8x Deployable Beacons● RF & Optical Comms○ Directional High-Gain○ Downlink AntennaHardware ArchitectureChallenges● Property Ownership and Usage Rights in Space● Historical Norms○ Societal and Economic● Registration (e.g., UN Registry for Objects in Space1)● Developers:○ Possible use cases, applications not limited—based on validated property and usage rights geolocation dataMissionOverviewTimelineMissions Involving Secondary CubeSat Deployments➔Psyche2➔Proteus3[1] UNOOSA, Ed., “United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs,” SearchOSOidx, 31-May-2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/osoindex/. [Accessed: 31-May-2021].[2] Greicius, T. (2017, May 9). “Psyche Asteroid Mission.” NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/psyche.[3] Meech, K. J. and Castillo-Rogez, J. C., “Proteus - A Mission to Investigatethe Origins of Earth’s Water”, vol. 29, 2015.[4] Anderson, R. C., Scheeres, D., & Chesley, S., “Binary Asteroid in-situExplorer Mission (BASiX): A Mission Concept to Explore a Binary NearEarth Asteroid System” (2014). In 45th Lunar and Planetary ScienceConference. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/1571.pdf.[5] McGregor, V. (2018). Mars Cube One (MarCO) Mission Overview. NASAJPL. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php.Works CitedCommunicationArchitectureLaunch2

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