Mission Objectives | MAXWELL - University Nanosatellite Program | University of Colorado Boulder

Below are the MAXWELL CubeSat's six mission objectives and mission success criteria:

MO-1: Demonstration of high rate data downlink at X-band.
- Minimum: MAXWELL shall downlink 150MB of data at 10Mbps during one pass at X-band.
- Full: MAXWELL shall downlink 450MB of data at 30Mbps during one pass at X-band.

MO-2: Demonstration of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) downlink at X-Band.
- Minimum: MAXWELL shall downlink 15MB at 1Mbps during one pass at X-band data using CDMA.
- Full: MAXWELL shall downlink 15MB CDMA data in the presence of other narrow band signals in the same frequency.

MO-3: Demonstration of the Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC).
- Characterize the performance of the Chip Scale Atomic Clock on orbit.

MO-4: Demonstration of the MMA T-DaHGR X-band antenna.
- Minimum: Deploy the MMA T-DaHGR X-band antenna on orbit.
- Full: Characterize the performance of the MMA T-DaHGR antenna on orbit.