Mechanical Assembly Integration and Test of the Qualification Model for the EYESAT Mssion

Abstract: In this era of miniaturization and industrial needs for accessing space, nanosatellites are an appropriate and riskless answer. This paper examines the development and the progress of the mechanical assembly, integration and test (AIT) campaign on the CNES CubeSat demonstrator, EYESAT. This student  nanosatellite, designed to observe the zodiacal light in the solar system, is actually in integration and testing phase; and will be launched in 2019. This thesis led the project from the structural and thermal model to the end of the qualification model assembly as well as the beginning of the tests campaign.