2019 CAC System Requirements - v2

2019 System Requirements

COBRUF Aerospace Competitions
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Summary
1. CobrufCUBE 2019 System Requirements .......................................................................................................1

2. CobrufDRONES 2019 System Requirements ..................................................................................................2
3. CobrufEVA 2019 System Requirements ..........................................................................................................3
4. CobrufROCKETS 2019 System Requirements ................................................................................................5
5. CobrufROVERS Beta System Requirements ...................................................................................................7
6. CobrufSUBSPACE Beta System Requirements...............................................................................................8
7. Revision History ...............................................................................................................................................9

1. CobrufCUBE 2019 System Requirements

General Requirements
1. All systems must have a total cost less or equal than R$10.000,00.
2. All systems must be able to fully operate in a sandy environment, with 100% relative humidity of the air, under
continuous exposure to the sun and under external temperature of 50ºC.
3. All transmissions must occur in frequencies authorized by Brazilian authorities.
4. Pyrotechnic mechanisms are not allowed.
5. Toxic materials for human manipulation and radioactive materials are not allowed.
6. Biological substances pathogenic to humans or animals are not allowed.
7. Biological substances in a form that is considered to pose a significant risk to local ecosystem are not allowed.
8. Commercial systems and components are allowed (but will not score).
Daughtership Requirements
1. Daughtership must be a 1/8U CubeSat (5x5x5 cm), also known as PocketQube.
2. Daughtership mass must be less or equal to 90g.
3. Daughtership must have an on-board camera.
4. Daughtership must send to the mothership, at least, the following data over time:
4.1. Position;
4.2. Altitude;
4.3. Acceleration;
4.4. External pressure;
4.5. External temperature;
4.6. Wind speed;
4.7. Wind direction;
5. Daughtership must have a parachute.
6. Daughtership structure must be non-metallic.
7. Daughtership must have soft edges.
8. Daughtership must be energetically self-sufficient.
Mothership Requirements
1. Mothership must be a 6U CubeSat (10x10x60 cm).
2. Mothership mass must be less or equal than 14 kg.
3. Mothership must be energetically self-sufficient.
Balloon Requirements
1. Balloon must be a 350g commercial meteorological balloon.
2. Balloon must connect to the parachute, that connects to the daughtership.
2.1. The daughtership must not be directly connected to the balloon.

2. CobrufDRONES 2019 System Requirements

Drone Requirements
1. Drone must have a maximum mass of 5kg.
2. Drone can have any geometry and dimensions.
3. Drone must have control system and communications system functional at least 1000m away.
4. Drone must have protection on rotating blades.
5. Drone must have full electric propulsion.
6. Drone must be able to operate under surface winds of at least 11m/s.
7. Drone must be designed for flights below 30m in height.
8. Drone should be able to carry an extra mass of at least 0.2kg in-flight.
9. Drone must have mechanisms that allow it to capture objects during the course.
10. Drone must have an on-board camera.
11. Drone must be sand-proof.
Ground Station Requirements

1. Team must have a ground station to control the technologies and receive data.
2. Station must be able to receive drone position, speed and altitude data in real time.
3. Station must be able to receive video transmission from the drone view in real time.

3. CobrufEVA 2019 System Requirements

3. All systems within the suit, except for the Cobrufnaut, must be considered as constituent parts of the suit,
including second skin, sensors and communicators.
5. Materials that can be easily shattered or create sharp objects, such as glass and blades, are not allowed in the suit.
Suit Requirements
1. Suit height must be less or equal than 1.90m.
2. Suit mass must be less or equal than 30kg (not counting the weight of the Cobrufnaut).
3. Suit must have enough mobility so that the Cobrufnaut can replicate the complete choreography of the
“Ragatanga” song, by the band Rouge.
4. Suit must have functional and continuous communication system for surface activities at 500m away.
5. Suit helmet should be able to be disengaged in at most 20s.
6. Suit helmet should be able to have its visor open or removed in at most 10s.
7. Suit must be able to withstand up to 2atm of internal pressure without leaks.
8. During its operation, suit must maintain its internal temperature between 20ºC to 27ºC, under continuous exposure
to the sun and external temperature of 50º Celsius.
9. Suit should always be able to keep the following tools connected to it:
9.1. Hammer.
9.2. Screwdriver.
9.3. Flashlight.
9.4. Laser.
9.5. Magnifying glass.
9.6. Smartphone.
9.7. Silver tape.
10. Suit must be energetically self-sufficient.
11. Suit must be waterproof.
12. Suit must be sand-proof
13. Suit must be regolith-proof.
Artificial Atmosphere Requirements

1. In this edition, all manned operations must be executed with an open helmet or with no helmet.
2. Suit design must account for self-sufficient mechanisms for artificial atmosphere supply and interface to external
atmosphere via umbilical cord.
3. Artificial atmosphere design must comply with safety rules used for diving.


1. Team must have a ground station to track Cobrufnaut health data and suit health data during its operation.
2. Station must receive, at least, the following data from the Cobrufnaut, every second:
2.1. Heart rate.
2.2. Blood pressure.
2.3. Body temperature.
2.4. Oximetry.
3. Station must receive, at least, the following data from the suit, every second:
3.1. Internal pressure.
3.2. Internal temperature.

4. CobrufROCKETS 2019 System Requirements

continuous exposure to the sun and under external temperature of 50 ºC.
2. Vehicle must contain at least one on-board scientific experiment.
3. All cables and fueling lines attached to the vehicle must be automatically unplugged.
4. All systems and sections of the vehicle and on-board experiment must remain connected to each other during the
period from lift-off to surface impact.
9. Pyrotechnic mechanisms outside the vehicle propulsion system are not allowed.
Vehicle Requirements
1. Vehicle must target an apogee of 2000m, 3000m or 5000m.
1.1. The targeted-apogee must be defined by the team at the time of the first SDR.
1.2. For calculation purposes, a theoretical elevation of 80 degrees to the ground should be considered. This
elevation will not necessarily be the launch elevation.
2. Vehicle and experiment must have a summed mass less or equal than 60kg.
3. Vehicle must be designed for launch under elevation of 50º, 60º, 70º and 80º relative to the ground.
3.1. The launch elevation will be defined by COBRUF Association, according to the degree of technological
readiness level (TRL), experimental validation and vehicle safety, based on the analysis of SDR, PDR, CDR,
SAR, ORR and FRR of the team.
4. Vehicle must be designed for launch on a 6m 1515 structural aluminum rail.
5. Vehicle must be able to launch with a steady trajectory, without risk of fins breaking, under surface winds of at
least 11m/s and wind bursts of up to 20m/s.
6. Vehicle must have non-metallic rails buttons.
7. Vehicle must have a commercial onboard altimeter Stratologger, Micropeak or MAU for standardization of
apogee measurements.
7.1. For evaluations, it will be considered the largest nominal error among all altimeters present.
8. Vehicle must not rely on umbilical cords for transmission of energy or information during the launch chronology.
8.1. This requirement does not include ignition cables.
9. Vehicle must have mechanisms that facilitate its location in the ocean.
9.1. Vehicle rescue attempts may be based on the location provided by the team itself.
10. Vehicle systems must have functioning and functionality completely independent of their experiment and launch
pad.
10.1. As an exception, the vehicle data transmission system can also transmit data from the experiment.
11. Vehicle must be capable of ignition by a single 1s pulse of up to 115V.

On-Board Experiment Requirements

1. Experiment has no maximum or minimum mass requirements.
2. Experiment cannot be disengaged from the rest of the vehicle.

1. Team must have a ground station to control the technologies and receive data.
2. During launch chronology, the ground station must receive, at least, the following from the vehicle:
2.1. Vehicle ignition system health status.
2.2. Vehicle recovery system health status.
2.3. Vehicle data acquisition system health status.
2.4. Vehicle data transmission system health status.
2.5. Propellant tank masses and health status (if hybrid or liquid propulsion).
3. Fueling lines health status (if hybrid or liquid propulsion).
4. During vehicle flight, the ground station must receive, at least, the following data from the vehicle:
4.1. Relative position of the vehicle as a function of time.
4.2. Relative velocity of the vehicle as a function of time.
4.3. Relative acceleration of the vehicle as a function of time.
4.4. Altitude above mean sea level of the vehicle as a function of time.
4.5. Apogee above mean sea level of the vehicle.
Launch Pad Requirements

1. Team must bring its own launch pad, which should meet the competition safety requirements.
1.1. Team may, alternatively, rent a launch pad made available by COBRUF.
1.2. Team may, alternatively, use the launch pad of another team, if there is mutual agreement and technological
compatibility.
2. Launch pad must have a launch rail of at least 6m in length and 1515 structural aluminum.
3. Launch pad must enable launch at elevations of, at least, 50º, 60º, 70º and 80º relative to the ground.
4. Launch pad must enable fast azimuth adjustment between -20º, -10º, 0º, +10º and +20º, where 0º represents the
axis of symmetry.
5. Launch pad must be able to be fully assembled and installed in less than 3 hours.

5. CobrufROVERS Beta System Requirements

1. All systems must be able to fully operate in Mars environment.
2. Rover must be able to perform at least one astrobiology scientific experiment with onboard instrumentation.
3. Rover must be able to perform at least one planetary geology scientific experiment with onboard instrumentation.
Rover Requirements
1. Rover mass must be less or equal than 100kg.
2. Rover must fit in a 100x100x100 cm box when is offline.
3. Rover must have geometry compatible with a commercial atmospheric reentry capsule (in operation or expected
to come into operation by 2025).
4. Rover must have control system and communications system functional at least 2000m away.
5. Rover must have full electric propulsion.
6. Rover must be energetically self-sufficient
7. Rover must be sand-proof.
8. Rover must be regolith-proof.

1. Team must design a ground station to control the technologies and receive data.
2. Station must be able to receive rover position, speed and systems health data regularly.
3. Station must be able to receive image files from the rover.
4. Station must be able to receive scientific data from the rover.

6. CobrufSUBSPACE Beta System Requirements

1. All systems must be able to fully operate in Antarctica environment.
2. AUV must be able to perform at least one astrobiology scientific experiment with onboard instrumentation.
3. AUV must be able to perform at least one planetary geology scientific experiment with onboard instrumentation.
AUV Requirements
1. AUV mass must be less or equal than 100kg.
2. AUV must fit in a 100x100x100 cm box when is offline.
3. AUV must have protection on rotating blades.
4. AUV must have full electric propulsion.
5. AUV must be energetically self-sufficient.

1. Team must design a ground station to control the technologies and receive data.
2. Station must be able to receive AUV position, speed and systems health data in real time.
3. Station must be able to receive image files from the AUV.
4. Station must be able to receive scientific data from the AUV.

7. Revision History
Revision Date Description

20190309 2019 CAC - System Requirements original release.
• Daughtership term correction to 1/8U and term addition PocketQube at CobrufCUBE.

20190331 • Liquid propulsion term addition at CobrufROCKETS Ground Station Requirements.
• Term correction on wind lower limits from ‘up to 11 m/s’ to ‘at least 11 m/s’.
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1. CobrufCUBE 2019 System Requirements .......................................................................................................1

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1. CobrufCUBE 2019 System Requirements

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2. CobrufDRONES 2019 System Requirements

Ground Station Requirements

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3. CobrufEVA 2019 System Requirements

Artificial Atmosphere Requirements

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Ground Station Requirements

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4. CobrufROCKETS 2019 System Requirements

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On-Board Experiment Requirements

Ground Station Requirements

Launch Pad Requirements

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5. CobrufROVERS Beta System Requirements

Ground Station Requirements

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6. CobrufSUBSPACE Beta System Requirements

Ground Station Requirements

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Revision Date Description

• Daughtership term correction to 1/8U and term addition PocketQube at CobrufCUBE.

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