Go here for basic satellite subsystem and architecture info
We want to make our own satellites right? Well, as of right now, we’ve only ever been participating in satellite development by watching others do it and learning from them (maybe participating a bit as well). The opportunities to come are a bit higher stakes and to prepare for working on that and to gain more knowledge as a club we decided to pursue designing a satellite from the ground up with in-house designing for subsystems and no consequences for failure!
TLDR:
Ideally, this takes < 3 semesters total but we will be busy with Pleiades Atlas and our Terahertz Comms satellites. The NEST DevSat is supposed to be member-driven, so the timeline is at least largely up to you all! This is what we think is realistic and good to aim for, however!