Satellite Payload Test Bed for Radiation Hardness Testing

Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems Engineering, 2007-08

Liaison(s): John Silny ’05, Kevin Ota ’02
Advisor(s): Samuel DiMaggio
Students(s): Gordon Hoople (TL), Zach Lupei (TL), Nisha George, Ryan Quarfoth, Trevin Murakami (F)

Raytheon is developing a new processor, the MONARCH, for use in space-related applications. The team designed and constructed components of a nano-satellite that will monitor cosmic ray disruption of processor performance. The prototype satellite demonstrates the feasibility of using the small, standardized CubeSat form to run the high power processor.