Hello! I’m a sophomore at MIT who joined PSS as an extern over Independent Activities Period (IAP). Free to choose how to spend the month of January, students can take an extended vacation, attend short, intensive classes, do research in … Continue reading
Reaction Wheel CAD Project
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Stofiel Aerospace and Princeton Satellite Systems at CES
Stofiel Aerospace LLC had a display at the Consumer Electronics Show. They invited Princeton Satellite Systems to display its products on their table. The booth is shown in the following picture. You can see Stofiel’s rockets. Here is a closeup … Continue reading
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Lunar Cube Module for 2016.1
We are adding the Lunar Cube Module in 2016.1 to our CubeSat Toolbox for MATLAB! It allows users to analyze and simulateCubeSats in lunar transfer and lunar orbit. It includes a new dynamical model for CubeSats that includes: Earth, Moon … Continue reading
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Lunar Orbit Insertion Maneuver
New functions in the Lunar Cube module in 2016.1 allow you to easily plan lunar insertion and orbit change maneuvers. In the following pictures you can see a lunar orbit insertion from a hyperbolic orbit. In all figures the lunar … Continue reading
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Rutgers Engineering Honors Council Keynote Speaker Event
Mike Paluszek gave a talk on the Pluto Orbiter mission to the Rutgers Engineering Honors Council Keynote Speaker Event on March 22, 2016. The talk covered the mission and spacecraft and outlined the design process. Mike also discussed engineering careers … Continue reading
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PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference
Princeton Satellite Systems had a booth at the PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference at Princeton University. Stephanie Thomas and Gary Pajer talked with students about our work in aerospace and energy. Our booth featured a CubeSat frame designed by our mechanical … Continue reading
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Selection
We are very pleased to announce that Ms. Stephanie Thomas of Princeton Satellite Systems has been selected to be a 2016 NIAC Fellow. This Phase I study, entitled “Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander,” will explore the possibility of using Direct Fusion … Continue reading
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NIAC Orientation
I had a great time at the NIAC orientation in Washington DC last week, where I got “mugged” with program manager Jason Derleth: The meeting was at the Museum of the American Indian, which was a great venue with so … Continue reading
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NEA Scout Toolbox
Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, or NEA Scout is a exciting new NASA mission to map an asteroid and achieve several technological firsts, including being the first CubeSat to reach an asteroid and demonstrate CubeSat technologies in deep space. http://www.nasa.gov/content/nea-scout NEA Scout will perform a … Continue reading
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Low-jitter Reaction Wheel Prototype for Kestrel Eye
The Army is developing the Kestel Eye imaging microsatellite to provide ground imagery directly to the warfighter. The goal of the program is to provide tactical grade images to forces on the ground at any time and deliver the … Continue reading
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NIAC Pluto mission talk now available online
The link to the NIAC talk on the Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander. Continue reading
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3-D Modelling of Direct Fusion Drive Rocket Engine
My name is Matthew Daigger and I’m a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at Princeton University going into my senior year. I was given the opportunity to intern and learn at Princeton Satellite Systems this summer. Through this internship, I got a lot of valuable experience in 3-D modelling, research and design. The first task I worked on this summer was looking into how to incorporate a Brayton cooling cycle into the design of the DFD. The shielding and incorporation of the Brayton cycle flowing through the shielding were ideas which were confirmed by members at PSS and PPPL. Overall, this was an incredibly interesting and educational experience. Continue reading
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Celebrate Princeton Invention 2016
Michael Paluszek and Gary Pajer of Princeton Satellite Systems attended the Celebrate Princeton Invention (CPI) 2016 reception in the Chancellor Green Rotunda on the university campus. Our research on small nuclear fusion reactors is part of a team effort with the Princeton Plasma Physics … Continue reading
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US-Japan Compact Toroid Workshop 2016
Mike Paluszek of Princeton Systems, Sam Cohen of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Charles Swanson also of PPPL attended the US – Japan Compact Toroid 2016 meeting in Irvine California this past August. We presented papers related to Sam’s Princeton … Continue reading
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Princeton Satellite Systems Awarded Nuclear Fusion Patent in Japan
Princeton Satellite Systems was awarded its first patent in Japan, “Method to produce high specific impulse and moderate thrust from a fusion-powered rocket engine”. This technology was licensed from Princeton University’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. It is for a compact, … Continue reading
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MATLAB Machine Learning Book is Now Available
Apress just published our new book, “MATLAB Machine Learning” written by Michael Paluszek and Stephanie Thomas. The book covers a wide variety of topics related to machine learning including neural nets and decision trees. It also includes topics from automatic control including Kalman … Continue reading
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MIT Externs at Princeton Satellite Systems
Every year during MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January MIT students can apply for externships at alumni’s places of business. Externships last from one to four weeks. Over 300 undergraduate and graduate students participate each year. As part of the … Continue reading
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Opening for a part-time bookkeeper/administrator
We are looking for an energetic, results-oriented person able to combine the responsibilities of financial manager and coordinator of back office operations, working part time. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: financial planning and budgeting; accounting and bookkeeping; customer invoicing … Continue reading
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NASA 360 Video Featuring DFD
NASA 360 has published a video on our Fusion-Enabled Pluto Explorer NIAC grant. The video uses audio from my talk in August with great visuals of Pluto and our rocket models! We are thrilled that NASA likes our work enough to … Continue reading
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The New Space Age Conference
Charles Swanson of PPPL and Mike Paluszek of Princeton Satellite Systems attended the MIT New Space Age Conference at MIT on March 11. It was held on the 7th floor of building E52 at MIT. Princeton Satellite Systems was a … Continue reading
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