CubeSat boards and antenna

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This collection of boards is designed for a 1U CubeSat concept that I developed as part of my end-of-module assignment in the Space Science postgraduate course at The Open University. Three of these designs are loosely based on commercial off-the-shelf units, with the aim of verifying assembly and packaging rather than detailing all components. The 'NANoLink S-band' design is inspired by the NANOlink SDR S-band transceiver board found at https://www.skylabs.si/portfolio-item/nanolink-s-band-communication-subsystem/. The 'NANOobc-1' design draws from the NANOobc fault-tolerant on-board computer at https://www.skylabs.si/portfolio-item/nanoobc/. Meanwhile, 'Battery separate' is based on the BAOx double-sided high-energy-density battery array available at https://www.cubesatshop.com/product/ba0x-high-energy-density-battery-array/. The 'Payload sensors' board is a bespoke design featuring five small sensor chips and an inertial navigation unit MASIMU01, which can be found at http://www.micro-a.net/imu-tmpl.html. In addition to these designs, 'Antenna assembly' and 'Conical antenna' are based on the X-band conical helix antenna described in a paper by Ernest. The height and diameter of this design are accurate, but the coil spacing is arbitrary. The '3U solar panels' design represents a simple model of a solar panel system for a different satellite concept. This collection includes references to various research papers and resources, including: * A paper on deployable conical log spiral antennas by Ernest et al. (2015), found in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 41–47