Table 3. Requirements for mission performance according to the conceptual design of the CLUB cube satellite

Level 1 User requirement definition
ID Title Requirements
URD0001 Size The satellite shall be designed as 3 U [TBD] cube satellite
URD0002 Orbit The satellite shall be operated on low earth orbit (LEO) at 400–600 km [TBD] of altitudes
URD0003 Payloads The satellite shall carry at least the following payloads- Four photodetectors- Laser retro-reflector array- Laser communication terminal (LCT)
URD0004 Uplink propagation measurement The four photodetectors shall be able to measure the center position of the beam within the relative error rate of 1% [TBD]
URD0005 SLR link budget The reflected laser from the satellite shall have an average number of photons of at least 1E + 5 [TBD] or more
URD0006 Laser communication field of view (FOV) Laser shall enter a LCT at least 1° [TBD] from the center axis
CLUB, Chungnam National University Laser Unity Bus; TBD, to be determined; SLR, satellite laser ranging.