From Concept to CubeSat: Mission-Level STOP Analysis Deep Dive

Overview

Companies manufacturing CubeSat optical systems need accurate, reliable methods for developing optical designs, opto-mechanically packaging systems, and modeling structural and thermal impacts experienced in-orbit. Traditional STOP analysis often depends on manual data transfers and isolated physics models—creating weeks of iteration when real orbital load cases like solar flux, albedo, and IR flux impact optical performance. A mission-level approach fundamentally changes this paradigm by integrating thermal, structural, and optical simulations into automated workflows, enabling real orbital load cases derived from mission parameters to be applied directly to optical performance analysis.

In this session we will build on the concepts introduced in the previous webinar to demonstrate a fully automated multiphysics mission-level STOP analysis using Ansys simulation software including Ansys Zemax OpticStudio STAR, Ansys STK, Ansys ModelCenter, Ansys Thermal Desktop and Ansys Mechanical. The audience will experience a software feature update, an extended live demonstration of a complete CubeSat application example from concept through performance validation, and exclusive insights from an aerospace industry innovator. Plus interactive Q&A, live polls, and networking opportunities to solve your toughest design challenges.

What Attendees Will Learn

• Automate mission-level STOP workflows with ModelCenter orchestration
• Apply real orbital load cases from STK to optical performance analysis in OpticStudio
• Execute integrated thermal-structural-optical simulations across CubeSat lifecycles
• Model solar flux, albedo, and IR flux impacts on satellite optical system performance
• Eliminate manual data transfers between Thermal Desktop, Mechanical, and OpticStudio

Who Should Attend

• Optical Engineers
• Satellite System Engineers
• Optomechanical Engineers
• Photonics Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers designing space-based optical systems
• Aerospace Systems Engineers

Speaker

• Angela Forcino, Senior Product Marketing Manager