Motivator: Solar panel deployment is high risk and if it fails, could put the mission at risk.

• Cordell Grant from Sinclair Interplanetary and SFL is interesting looking at our power budget to determine if we really need deployables
  • This has motivated a new version of the power budget (linked below)
• If deployables stay: the Solar Panel Deployment Mechanism Systems Project will resume, with next steps being to confirm the deployment mechanism by PDR C. The decision will then be documented here.
• If deployables are cut: RF and EPS will have to either figure out a way to have the antennas radiate behind the FR4 base of the solar panels, or they will have to design solar panels with integrated solar panels, with cutouts for ADCS' sun sensors and star tracker. Thermal will also need to figure out how to dissipate the heat generated by the solar panels with reduced availability of area for radiators.
• Important Dates:
  • v0 of Power Budget (Diagram) due October 30
  • v1 of Power Budget (Spreadsheet) due November 6 → Send to Cordell
  • v2 of Power Consumption and Generation due November 29 → Send to Cordell
  • Decision about depoyables vs body-mounted panels due December 4th