Table 5.

Mass budget for a single spacecraft including the relevant margins.

Subsystem Mass [kg] Margin Mass total [kg]
Power 43.00 2.75 45.75
Payload 31.00 2.96 33.96
Communications 28.20 5.22 33.42
Onboard data handling/avionics 15.00 0.75 15.75
AOCS 92.86 2.45 95.31
Thermal control 24.00 1.40 35.20
Additional shielding 42.67 0.00 42.67
Chemical propulsion system (dry mass) 37.60 3.63 41.23
Harness (5%) 15.72 0.00 15.72
Structure (20% of dry mass) 66.01 0.00 66.01
TOTAL (dry, without system margin) 396.05 22.18 418.23
System margin (20%) 79.21
TOTAL (dry, with margin) 497.44
Propellant 306.2
TOTAL (wet mass) 803.64

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