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ISAM Overview

Our project is part of the COSMIC Space Consortium In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) design challenge. As a part of the challenge, we MUST generate an ISAM idea and then create a design that can perform three continual ISAM actions.��Examples of ISAM:�-Assembling a satellite in space�-Manufacturing fiber optics�-Repairing satellites in orbit

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User Needs and Requirements

Goal: Through considering what our users need, what our project expectations are, and what standards exists our group can create meaningful ISAM capabilities. ��Needs: Users of our design need a product that can deliver three or more continuous ISAM operations.

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Requirements

What can we take away from our knowledge of users?

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Project Endstate

By the end of the COSMIC space challenge we will have created a design that can perform three continuous actions related to ISAM capabilities. Our final design must fit the BCT X-Sat Venus Class bus.

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Standards

What are the existing standards for ISAM capabilities?

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ISAM Standards

Our primary resource for ISAM standards will come from the CONFERS which a consortium responsible for helping to develop ISAM standards and policy. Two of the standards we will be focusing on are the following:�

�AIAA S-159 (202X) – Best Practices, Functional Requirements, and Norms for In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) Power and Data Interfaces (submitted to AIAA July 11, 2024)��AIAA S-158 (202X) – CONFERS Recommendations for Best Practices, Functional Requirements, and Norms for Prepared Free-Flyer Capture and Release (Approved by AIAA Standards Steering Committee, May 2023)

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Conclusion

What can we take away from our knowledge of user needs, project requirements, and design standards?

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Takeaways

The final design that we come up with must be compliant with industry standards to guarantee acceptance of our proposal.
Our design must be compliant with the dimensions of the BCT X-Sat Venus Class bus
Using the standards provided by space organizations like CONFERS our team can utilize common industry practices to build more effective designs

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