Team Goals

ADCS
BUS-Elec
BUS-Firmware
Mechanical
RF
Mission Ops
Power
Regulatory
Finance
BD
Admin • Create/nurture partnerships with PIs and adviors for projects or Letters of Intent
• Recruitment
• CUBICS preparation

Timeline (by week)

*tasks/deliverables do not yet include current ongoing projects, left upon leads on what they want to do this summer; to be updated later

Week (Saturdays) Tasks Deliverables
May 2 ADCS:
Elec:
**•
Firmware:**
Mechanical:
**•
Power:**
**** •
RF:
Mission Ops:
**•
SDL:**
ADCS:
Elec:
**•
Firmware:**
Mechanical:
**•
Power:**
**** •
RF:
Mission Ops:
**•
SDL/PM:**
May 9 ADCS:
Elec:
**•
Firmware:**
Mechanical:
**•
Power:**
**** •
RF:
Mission Ops:
**•
SDL:**

For all: identify/look for external stakeholders | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • SDL makes the literature review notion page • SDL makes the FINCH documentation repository notion page • Go over timeline in systems | | May 16 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL:

For all: onboard members; make list of lessons learned to apply to new mission | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | May 23 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | May 30 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM:Developed Literature Review document - created by SDL, with collaboration from all leads | | June 6 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • Preliminary High Level Requirements Document | | June 13 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | June 20 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | June 27 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM:MCR with PAY (when they finish mission prospecting) | | July 4 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | July 11 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: **• Preliminary ConOps

SDL/PM:** • | | Jul 18 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM:Formalized High-level Reuiqrements Document (L1) | | July 25 | ADCS: • Create preliminary architecture plans Elec: Create preliminary architecture plans Firmware: • Create preliminary architecture plans Mechanical: Create preliminary architecture plans Power: **** • Create preliminary architecture plans RF: • Create preliminary architecture plans Mission Ops: Create preliminary architecture plans SDL: • Create preliminary architecture plans | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • | | August 1 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS: • ADCS mission requirements document (L2/L3) Elec: Elec mission requirements document (L2/L3) Firmware: • Firmware mission requirements document (L2/L3) Mechanical: Mechanical mission requirements document (L2/L3) Power: **** • Power mission requirements document (L2/L3) RF: • RF mission requirements document (L2/L3) Mission Ops: Mission Ops mission requirements document (L2/L3) **** | | August 8 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM: • BUS + PAY interface control document (version 0 high level)

FOR ALL: interface control documents version 0 (high-level, if possible L2/L3) | | August 15 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS: • Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not Elec: Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not Firmware: • Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not Mechanical: Mass and volume budget version 0 • Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not Power: **** • Power budget version 0 • Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not RF: • Link budget version 0 • Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not Mission Ops: Implementation plans regarding using legacy hardware or not SDL/PM: • | | August 22 | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM:

FOR ALL: risk management plans updated on notion risk register for each subsystem (high-level) | | August 29

(Labour day on Sept 7) | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL: • | ADCS:Elec: • Firmware:Mechanical: • Power: **** • RF:Mission Ops: • SDL/PM:

Systems Requirement Review (+ FINCH external design review?) |

Strategy (after Summer ‘26)

FLY ON, FINCH! event - September 2026! FINCH will fly on…

Month Tasks Deliverable
September Admin and all leads: review requirements of CUBICS • **System Requirements Review
• Complete phase A**
October Admin and all leads: develop CUBICS proposal; criteria check for all sections; letters of intent; coordinate with PI
November Admin submits CUBICS proposal
December

Contingencies

No CUBICS

General Outline (if CUBICS accepted)

Assumption: Project runs for 3 years - starting from summer 2027-2030 as per CUBICS decision

Phase A: May 2026 - September 2026

Phase B: October 2026 - May 2027

Phase C: June 2027 - July 2028

Phase D: August 2028 - May 2029

Phase E: ..?