Abstract
The U.S. military requires strategic capabilities in the space domain and viable solutions must avoid causing collisions while also avoiding detection. A new method for satellite sabotage is to deliberately impair the attitude (but not the orbit) of a target spacecraft via the direct attachment and thrust output of TrojanCube, a sabotage picosatellite using the CubeSat form factor. The small attitude perturbations created can be varied to mimic anomalies that preoccupy the target satellite ground systems team. This project utilized a demonstration model and simulated momentum build-up potential to showcase feasibility and found that TrojanCube is an effective method to sabotage spacecraft functions and operation.
Recommended Citation
Rath, Andrew T. and Antunes, Alex
(2024)
"Feasibility of Satellite Sabotage via TrojanCube,"
American Journal of Science & Engineering (AJSE): Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://research.smartsociety.org/ajse/vol2/iss2/2