{"id":20,"date":"2021-10-21T18:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-08-14T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:08:11","slug":"aeneas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/research\/nanosatellites\/aeneas\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeneas and Micro-Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Aeneas was USC&#8217;s first satellite build, test, launch and operations.\u00a0 \u00a0It was launched in 2012 and is still on orbit and operating as of Summer 2020, transmitting a beacon code every 60 seconds roughly.\u00a0 Aeneas was a 3U Cubesat that came from the MISC-2 bus from Pumpkin, originally sponsored by an open project call from NRO to explore what Cubesats can do for advancing new space technology test and validation.\u00a0 \u00a0The team was a compilation of SERC staff, faculty and students over the course of many years.\u00a0 One of the unique attributes of Aeneas was the creation of the worlds first deployable mesh 0,5meter dish antenna out of a Cubesat, that flew.\u00a0 Shown below are various photos and videos that show what the Aeneas team experienced in USC&#8217;s first satellite project.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"slideshow-aeneas\" style=\"width: 600px;\" class=\"carousel slide default-theme\" data-ride=\"carousel\"><ol class=\"carousel-indicators\"><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"active\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"1\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"2\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"3\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"4\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"5\"><\/li><li data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide-to=\"6\"><\/li><\/ol><div class=\"carousel-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-item active\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students working on the construction of microsatellite in lab wearing lab coats and gloves\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Microsatellite deployed in the lab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Microsatellite being built\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Threading a microsatellite sail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-6-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of standing rectangular microsatellite next to students soldering and testing circuit board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-5-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Satellite Deployed in Space CAD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-7.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-7-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\" data-interval=\"5000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Satellite Deployed in Space CAD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-8.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-8-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><button class=\"carousel-control-prev\" type=\"button\" data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide=\"prev\">\n        <span class=\"carousel-control-prev-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"sr-only\">Previous<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"carousel-control-next\" type=\"button\" data-target=\"#slideshow-aeneas\" data-slide=\"next\">\n        <span class=\"carousel-control-next-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"sr-only\">Next<\/span>\n      <\/button><\/div>\n\t<p>If you want to participate in Aeneas today, you can actually download the beacon analog signal using your RF equipment and decode the packets with a decoder provided here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/users\/barnhart\/BeaconDecoder.jar\">Aeneas Decoder \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>PACKET EXAMPLE<\/h3>\n<p>A sample packet is shown below\u00a0for illustration. The ASCII characters represent hexadecimal digits. The bit patterns encoded by these digits are\u00a0interpreted based upon their position in the packet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-9.png\" alt=\"Satellite Data\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"332\" width=\"601\" title=\"aeneas-9\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>The first six bytes represent a marker token that signals that a packet follows, and is associated with the AENEAS satellite. \u00a0For Aeneas however, the word &#8220;CAERUS&#8221; is used. (CAERUS is the name of the previous spacecraft the flew prior to Aeneas, see Caerus on the Nanosatellite page for more information.) This\u00a0marker will always be 434145525553, or &#8220;CAERUS&#8221;\u00a0represented in ASCII. The final two bytes of the packet are a checksum, where the\u00a0decoder calculates the checksum and compares it to this value to validate that the\u00a0data packet is correct.<\/p>\n<h3>Video Simulation of Aeneas<\/h3>\n\t<iframe height=\"450\" width=\"600\"  \nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UaD8V42Q0pg\" aria-label=\"USC Aeneas Baseline Vision Video\">\n<\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/aeneas-10.png\" alt=\"Satellite Data\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"376\" width=\"624\" title=\"aeneas-10\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"news_source":"","news_author":"","external_news_link":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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