The Nice Cube (Nice) nanosatellite project
F. Millour
(1)
,
S. Otagalli
,
M. Maamri
,
A. Stibbe
,
Fabien Ferrero
(2)
,
L. Rolland
(3)
,
S. Rebeyrolle
,
A. Marcotto
,
K. Agabi
,
M. Beaulieu
,
Mourad Benabdesselam
,
Jean-Baptiste Caillau
,
F. Cauneau
,
Luc Deneire
,
Franck Mady
,
D. Mary
,
Anthony Memin
(3)
,
G. Metris
(3)
,
J.-B Pomet
,
O. Preis
,
Robert Staraj
(2)
,
E.Ait Lachgar
,
D. Baltazar
,
G. Bao
,
M. Deroo
,
B. Gieudes
,
M. Jiang
,
T. Livio de Miranda Pinto Filho
,
M. Languery
,
O. Petiot
,
A. Thevenon
F. Millour
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S. Otagalli
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M. Maamri
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A. Stibbe
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L. Rolland
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S. Rebeyrolle
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A. Marcotto
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K. Agabi
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M. Beaulieu
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Mourad Benabdesselam
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Jean-Baptiste Caillau
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F. Cauneau
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Luc Deneire
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Franck Mady
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D. Mary
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Anthony Memin
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G. Metris
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J.-B Pomet
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O. Preis
- Function : Author
E.Ait Lachgar
- Function : Author
D. Baltazar
- Function : Author
G. Bao
- Function : Author
M. Deroo
- Function : Author
B. Gieudes
- Function : Author
M. Jiang
- Function : Author
T. Livio de Miranda Pinto Filho
- Function : Author
M. Languery
- Function : Author
O. Petiot
- Function : Author
A. Thevenon
- Function : Author
Abstract
CubeSats are tiny satellites with increasing capabilities. They have been used for more than a decade by universities to train students on space technologies, in a hands-on project aiming at building, launching and operating a real satellite. Still today, one shortcoming of CubeSats is their poor ability to transmit large amounts of data to the ground. A possible way to overcome this limitation relies on optical communications. Université Côte d'Azur is studying the feasibility of a students'CubeSat whose main goal is to transmit data with an optical link to the ground at the moderate rate of 1kb/s (or better). In this paper, we will present the current state of the project and its future developments.