Mass Budget - cubesat-project/CubeSat GitHub Wiki

Margin Philosophy

  • 10% added to COTS
  • 15% added to modified COTS
  • 20% added to custom components
  • 20% added to components with unknown supplier

Mass Budget

Subsystem Mass (g) Margin (%) Mass w/ Margin (g)
NISA Cameras 270 10 297
Engraving 150 20 180
OBC 130 10 143
COMMS 172 ~12 194
MECH - Structure 1085 ~17 1270
MECH - Thermal 50 20 60
MECH - Deploy 25 20 30
ELEC - EPS w/ Battery 282 10 310
ELEC - Solar Panels 294 ~18 346
ELEC - Custom Boards 515 ~15 595
ADCS 21.42 ~18 25.26
TOTAL 2994.42 ~15 3450.26