ORCASat Payload Prototype Assembly

This video is a slideshow of photographs taken during the first full assembly of the ORCASat payload. The slideshow covers the major steps of the assembly procedure as well as some learning opportunities for the team. The only thing it does not show is the coating and assembly of the integrating sphere itself. The sphere inside is first powder coated, then painted with Avian-B, which is a white reflectance paint. This is an extremely time consuming process that occurred over several weeks and we do not have many good photographs covering this. We will be creating another slide show of the flight model assembly, which will include all the painting.

There are some minor issues with this assembly, but overall it is functional and after some thorough testing and calibration we should be able to fly with it. We will be assembling one more payload which will be the flight unit once this prototype has completed its test campaign and no further issues are discovered.

Website: https://www.orcasat.ca/