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EIRSAT-1 is a 2U CubeSat which has been designed, built, and tested by an interdisciplinary team of students and staff at University College Dublin. The project is supported by the Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Fly Your Satellite (FYS) programme. The flight model of the spacecraft has passed a series of stringent reviews and is now flight-ready with a scheduled launch on a Vega rocket this year.
Among the many goals of the project is in-orbit demonstration of novel gamma-ray detector technologies. EIRSAT-1’s primary payload is GMOD, a compact gamma-ray spectrometer consisting of a 25 mm × 25 mm × 40 mm cerium bromide scintillator paired with a custom array of Sensl (OnSemi) silicon photomultipliers. Readout of the detector is achieved using an application specific integrated circuit known as SIPHRA. Low power consumption digital signal processing is achieved using a Xilinx Coolrunner complex programmable logic device (CPLD) and a Texas Instruments MSP microcontroller.
Based on the successful qualification of the instrument, design heritage is being applied to next-generation missions. The imminent launch and upcoming in-orbit operation of EIRSAT-1 and GMOD will provide further valuable insight and feedback. This poster will provide an overview of the EIRSAT-1 spacecraft and mission, and in particular the role of the GMOD payload and its prospects as a technological demonstrator for future missions.
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