Mission Objectives

Below are the MAXWELL CubeSat'sÌýsix mission objectives and mission success criteria:

  • MO-1:ÌýDemonstration of high rate data downlink at X-band.
    • Minimum:ÌýMAXWELL shall downlink 150MB of data at 10Mbps during one pass at X-band.
    • Full:ÌýMAXWELL shall downlink 450MB of data at 30Mbps during one pass at X-band.
  • MO-2:ÌýDemonstration of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) downlink at X-Band.
    • Minimum:ÌýMAXWELL shall downlink 15MB at 1Mbps during one pass at X-band data using CDMA.
    • Full:ÌýMAXWELL shall downlink 15MB CDMA data in the presence of otherÌýnarrow band signals in the same frequency.
  • MO-3:ÌýDemonstration of the Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC).
    • Characterize the performance of the Chip Scale Atomic Clock on orbit.
  • MO-4:ÌýDemonstration of the MMA T-DaHGR X-band antenna.
    • Minimum:ÌýDeploy the MMA T-DaHGR X-band antenna on orbit.
    • Full:ÌýCharacterize the performance of the MMA T-DaHGR antenna on orbit.

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