Low Earth Orbit Novel Integrated Deorbit System (LEONIDS)

Team LEONIDS

Project Topic: Drag Sails for Small Satellites

Description Project LEONIDS will design a drag sail to assist CubeSat operators in complying with FCC 22-74, which requires satellites orbiting below 2000km to deorbit within 5 years at the end of their mission. The drag sail will have a cross-sectional area and container volume will be the driving design factors for the system. The team will build and test the system to demonstrate successful communication, command uplink, and telemetry downlink.Ìý

Sponsor: Kessler Space

Team Members: Adrian Bryant (PM), Quinten Krikava, Nicole Rogers, Polly Fitton, Tyler Renken, Murilo Tibana, Savar Rodine, Mark Turner, Andrew Vo, Shane Billingsley, Sam Allen, Daniel Mascarenas, Victoria Madden