These matherials relate to my Master Thesis "Design of cooperative communication system based on CubeSat satellites" that were completed in August 2017 and developed more deeply during 2017-2019 (as a hobby).

Table of contents

1. Wireless radio link budget calculation
2. Statistical channel model survey
3. List of CubeSat transceivers

• (additional) Wireless optical link budget calculation (does not belong to the Master Thesis scope, however CubeSats are also considered).

Introduction

So, I guess it's also necessary to say couple of words about research object - CubeSat satellites. Briefly, it is the type of miniaturized satellites that used primiraly for education and science in the begining of their history (the standard was developed in 1999). Nowadays, CubeSats are used in navigation and other commercial applications more and more. We believe, that communication is also branch for CubeSats and therefore we've tried to increase their radiolink capacity during our research. In short, we can mention that theoretically it is possible and prospective.

Table 1.1 CubeSat's basic configurations

| CubeSat format | Dimensions, cm | Mass, kg | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1U | 10x10x10 | 1.33 | | 1.5U | 15x10x10 | 2 | | 2U | 20x10x10 | 2.66 | | 3U | 30x10x10 | 4 | | 6U | 30x20x10 | 12 |

Actually, CubeSats are very interesting topic and if you want to learn more you can visit the official site of The AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites.

Thank you for your attention and you are welcome!

M.Sc. Vladimir Fadeev

December 2017 - January 2022

Kazan

List of our papers related to the topic

1. Gaysin, Artur, Vladimir Fadeev, and Marko Hennhöfer. "Survey of modulation and coding schemes for application in CubeSat systems." 2017 Systems of Signal Synchronization, Generating and Processing in Telecommunications (SINKHROINFO). IEEE, 2017.

2. Gibalina, Zlata, and Vladimir Fadeev. "Optical Inter-Satellite Link in Comparison with RF case in CubeSat system." Zhurnal Radioelektroniki-Journal of Radio Electronics 10 (2017). (with additional materials).

3. Gibalina, Z. S., Fadeev, V. A., Korsukova, K. A., Hennhöfer, M., & Haardt, M. (2018, July). Estimation of capabilities of cooperative CubeSat systems based on Alamouti transmission scheme. In 2018 Systems of Signal Synchronization, Generating and Processing in Telecommunications (SYNCHROINFO) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.