The Evolution of the CubeSat Program MOVE

*Phone: +49 89 289 15995, martin.langer@tum.de 1Technische Universitat Munchen, Institute of Astronautics, Germany 2Technische Universitat Munchen, Physics Department E18, Germany Abstract The CubeSat program MOVE, for “Munich Orbital Verification Experiment”, was initiated in 2006 at the Institute of Astronautics (LRT) of the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany. The primary objective of the program is the hands-on education of students. The first CubeSat of the program, called First-MOVE, was launched on November 21st, 2013. The programs’ second CubeSat, MOVE-II, is currently under development and shall be a 2U satellite, thus enabling the scientific use of nanosatellites beyond the 1U satellite bus of First-MOVE. MOVE-II will evolve the subsystems that were developed in-house. In terms of the scientific payload for the MOVE-II mission, the 1U Multi-purpose Active-target Particle Telescope (MAPT), developed by the Physics Department E18 of TUM, aims to measure the flux of antiprotons trapped in the Earth’s magnetic field at very low energies. The 1U-sized bus of MOVE-II with its flexible interfaces is designed to accommodate a multitude of payloads. MOVE-II is due to be launched into space late 2017.