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The Space
Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for
Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) seeks outstanding candidates for graduate
study at the Masters and Ph.D. levels. Students admitted to the program
will have the chance to be involved in real space missions and gain
practical, hands-on space systems engineering experience under the
tutelage of our expert staff. UTIAS/SFL seeks students with strong
backgrounds in Aerospace, Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering.
UTIAS/SFL offers students the opportunity to be a part
of an integrated multi-disciplinary team that designs, builds, launches
and operates real satellites in approximately two year cycles, or the
time it takes to complete a Masters degree. While at UTIAS/SFL, students
work side by side with engineering professionals in small teams of 10-15
people to define and realize space missions involving satellites under
10 kilograms, or “nanosatellites.” In two years, students are exposed
to the complete spacecraft development cycle, from mission conception
to launch and on-orbit operations. No other program like this currently
exists in Canada.
UTIAS/SFL nanosatellite missions include technology demonstration
and space science missions exploiting the latest commercial
technologies. These technologies offer high performance and
miniaturization not typically available in traditional space missions.
Recent missions in the Canadian Advance Nanospace eXperiment
(CanX) program include CanX-2, a technology demonstration mission
with atmospheric science payloads, CanX-3 (BRITE), a space astronomy
mission involving four nanosatellites performing long duration stellar
photometry, and CanX-4&5, two identical satellites demonstrating
precise on-orbit formation flight. Mission concepts currently under study
include the Lunette lunar farside gravity mapping mission and the Magnetic
Observations of Mars Enabled by Nanosatellite Technology (MOMENT) mission.
As part of a tightly integrated design team, students specialize in
one of several areas, while actively participating in the design of the
complete spacecraft. These areas include but are not limited to:
- On-board computers
- On-board software
- Tracking, telemetry and command (radios, antennas, communications)
- Ground station hardware and software
- Power systems analysis and design
- Thermal analysis and design
- Structural analysis and design
- Attitude control system analysis, simulation and design
- Propulsion
- Payloads (instruments for science and technology demonstration)
- Systems engineering (mission analysis, requirements, design trades, budgeting)
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to the UTIAS Admissions Information.
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