by CMU's Spacecraft Lab

Argus: A CubeSat That Finds Itself Using Vision

Argus is a student-built 1U Cube Satallite mission from Carnegie Mellon University’s Spacecraft Lab, developed to demonstrate low-cost autonomous orbit determination for small spacecraft. Instead of relying only on GPS or ground-based tracking, Argus uses onboard Earth imaging, computer vision, landmark detection, IMU measurements, and nonlinear estimation to determine its own orbit and attitude. Two Argus satellites are scheduled to be launched to Low-Earth Orbit in later this year. At Open Sau

// About the Exhibitor

We are a student team from Carnegie Mellon University’s Spacecraft Lab, where students design, build, test, and operate small satellites through the Spacecraft Design-Build-Fly course and related research projects. Our team works across the full spacecraft stack, including mechanical design, custom PCBs, avionics, flight software, communications, GNC, and ML.