Labels & Naming Rules
1. Labels for Navigation and Content Sections
The following list includes all page titles and section headings. The list of labels is still evolving, and changed items have been denoted with "strikethrough" text. A more readable, final list of labels can be accessed via the site map and the redesigned web site.
-- Our Project --
Overview Project: How it started
CompetitionPurpose
Participants
Judging
Team : Who we are
- Graduate Members students
- Undergraduate Member students
- Previuos Members Texas alumni
- Faculty & Advisors
- Team Meetings
Mission Objectives Where we are going
- Microdischarge Plasma Thruster
- GPS Relative Navigation via Real-Time Crosslink Data Exchange
- Distributed Ground Station Network
- Mission Statement
- Technology
- Objectives
Activities : What we have done are doing
- Satellite assembly
- Satellite design lab
- Satellite testing
- Experiments
- Community outreach
- Conference participation
- Team meetings
Community Outreach
- Reaching Out to UT Students
- Reaching Out to the Public
- Ensuring Media Awareness
- Maintaining Web Presence
Sponsors : Who supports us
- Grant donors
- Other sponsors
-- Our Satellites --
Overview Satellite Functions
Experiments
- GPS Relative Navigation
- Micro-discharge Plasma Thruster
- Distributed Ground Station Network (Ground Stations)
Subsystems Design and Assembly
- Structure
- Separation System
- Communications Architecture
- Power
- Command & Data Handling Software
- GPS / Attitude Determination System
- Microdischarge Plasma Thruster (MDPT)
- Attitude Determination and Control System
- Command & Data Handling
- Communication
- Orbit Analysis
- Power
- Propulsion
- Separation
- Structure
- Thermal
Assembly Sequence and Integration Subsystem Integration
Operation Modes
- Ground Diagnostic
- Launch
- Pre-Separation
- Post-Separation
Testing
- High Altitude Balloon Test
--For Educators -- Education Section—
Overview
Educational Links
Educational Resources (For Educators)
- K-12 outreach initiatives
- Satellite tracking
- Learning tools
- More resources
- FASTRAC movie
Lesson Plan
FASTRAC movie
Mission Gallery
- FASTRAC story in pictures
- External Links
--For Radio Operators --
Overview
- Participation
- Requirements
- System Structure
- FASTRAC Team
Data Upload
--News --
Recent News
News Archives
--Documentation --
Executive Summary (Documentation)
Technical Project Documents ation
Papers and Presentations
- Conference Papers
- Technical Presentations
2. Preferred Terms for All Content
Items marked with an asterix (*) require a definition in the glossary.
| Preferred Term | Related Terms |
| FASTRAC* | Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude, & Crosslink |
| Satellite Design Lab* | Satellite Integration Clean Room |
| RACE* | Distributed Robot Control Network DRCN |
| Satellite or Nanosatellite* |
Nanosat |
| Experiment | Technology Demonstration Science Objective Technical Objective |
| Distributed Ground Station Network* | DGSN Distributed communications Distributed tracking network ground station |
| GPS Relative Navigation* | Global positioning system On-orbit GPS Relative Navigation via Real-Time Crosslink Data Exchange Two-way Intersatellite Crosslink with verified data exchange GPS RelNav |
| Microdischarge Plasma Thruster* | MDPT Micro-discharge Plasma Thruster Propulsion system |
| Attitude Determination and Control System* | ACDS GPS position and attitude determination system |
| Command & Data Handling System* | C&DH |
| Communication System* |
Comm |
| Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics | UT Aerospace Department University of Texas Aerospace Engineering department UT Aerospace Engineering Department |
| University of Texas at Austin | UT-Austin |