SpaceDot uses Simcenter 3D to reduce the mass of the satellites primary payload structure by 30 percent!
About SpaceDot:
SpaceDot is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary student team supported by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece that aims to make space more accessible for scientific research and the general public.
To pave the way for innovative research of space applications, the team used Siemens Simcenter™ 3D software, Simcenter NASTRAN software, and other Simcenter products to address some of their structural simulation challenges.
Innovation in space applications:
SpaceDot developed AcubeSAT, a three-unit (U) CubeSat – small satellites used to fulfill space experiments or payloads on an affordable and accessible platform to study the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on brewer’s yeast cells in low earth orbits.
They used Simcenter 3D software modeling tools and Simcenter NASTRAN software to address some of their structural simulation challenges. Using Simcenter 3D helped them reduce the time required to prepare a simulation. Using Simcenter NASTRAN solver helped them minimize the required run time compared to the software they used prior to Simcenter.
The team submitted a technical proposal for AcubeSAT to be part of the Fly your Satellite! program organized by the Educational office of the European Space Agency, which aims to provide student teams with the opportunity to design, manufacture, test, and launch their satellite.
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