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CubeSTEM Digital Twin

Pilot & reviewer readiness (V3.6D RC + V3.6E deploy/outreach pack)

Public/private pilot demo release candidate after V3.6A Mission Realism Lab, V3.6B integrated mission realism, and V3.6C navigation polish. V3.6E adds deployment runbooks, route smoke tests, and outreach templates in the repo—deployment and email sending remain your actions outside this app. Use this page for scope honesty: what runs interactively in the browser, what is curriculum-only, what is mock/spec-only, and what is explicitly not included. No backend, no accounts, no real hardware control.

Version focus: v3.6d-public-pilot-demo-release-candidate + v3.6e-deployment-and-pilot-outreach-readiness (docs)

Recommended demo paths

Start with the Demo Pack for timed flows, or jump directly to the surface most relevant to your audience.

Trust & scope

Feature / readiness matrix

Use this matrix in demos to separate what runs interactively, what is curriculum content, what is mock or spec-only, and what is explicitly out of scope. All realism is teaching-grade and browser-local.

A

A. Interactive simulations

Runs in the browser; teaching-grade models only — not certified flight or RF analysis.

B

B. Teaching / learning content

Readings, runbooks, and facilitation — not live ops or graded submissions.

C

C. Mock / hardware-ready only

Specification and preview — no live kit, bridge, or remote control in this product.

D

D. Not included yet

Honest scope line for funders and IT reviewers.

  • •Backend / accounts / authentication
  • •Teacher dashboard runtime (see V3.5D planning)
  • •Submissions / grades / LMS integration
  • •Real hardware control or live satellite command
  • •Certified orbit propagation
  • •Certified RF / link budget
  • •Certified ADCS
  • •Live telemetry feeds

What is available now

  • Eight-track CubeSat learning journey (Tracks 0–7) with dedicated overviews and yardstick activities
  • Curriculum map with pathways, readiness labels, and outcomes matrix
  • Student Mode with guided pathway cards and browser-local progress
  • Teacher Mode with lesson packs, timing presets, and facilitation prompts
  • Demo Pack with role-specific viewer paths and timed demo flows
  • Local Assessment Engine v0 (practice-only self-checks on yardstick activities)
  • Local Evidence Engine v0 (copy/export text + JSON — browser-local only)
  • Theme selector (Space, Classroom Light, etc.)
  • Simulator hub, mission design lab, hardware boundary hub, experiment library
  • Space Mission Challenge Pack — classroom-ready bundle with both missions, teacher runbook, student worksheets, and Competition Mode guide
  • Lunar Rover Rescue Mission — interactive Space Rover Twin v0 (software-only, browser-local)
  • CubeSat–Rover Relay Mission — interactive relay/pass-window challenge (software-only, browser-local)
  • Telemetry Divergence Engine v0 — expected vs observed telemetry comparison in Lunar Rover Rescue and CubeSat–Rover Relay (teaching-grade, deterministic rules, not certified diagnosis)
  • Mission Challenge Scorecard — 100-point formative rubric across 7 dimensions (mission success, safety, resource management, telemetry reasoning, divergence diagnosis, evidence quality, team reflection) in both interactive missions. Local-only, not an official grade.
  • Competition Mode — Space Mission Challenge Day guide with team roles, manual sharing, teacher rubric notes. No online leaderboard, no automatic submissions.
  • Hardware-Ready Interface Specification (V3.5B) — TypeScript protocol model, telemetry/command schema, mock adapter preview, safety class boundary, and integration map. Software-first now; real hardware bridge is a future supervised lab phase.
  • Mission Realism Layer v0 (V3.6A) — Teaching-grade ground track/coverage, contact windows, link budget calculator, rain/fade/attenuation presets, packet protocol with checksum/CRC-16/ACK-NACK/retry, packet error/loss/stale simulation, and one-axis ADCS pointing-to-link coupling. Parameter-driven mission reasoning. Browser-local, grade-level configurable (middle school → university intro). Not certified STK/GMAT/RF analysis.
  • Applied mission realism (V3.6B) — CubeSat–Rover Relay and Lunar Rover Rescue embed teaching-grade contact window, link margin, and packet-protocol outputs from the same V3.6A models, plus scorecard/evidence/report bridges. Still browser-local; not certified operations.
  • Local Mission Report Generator (V3.5C) — browser-local printable mission report from student evidence. 5 templates (Space Mission Challenge, Lunar Rover Rescue, CubeSat–Rover Relay, Telemetry Evidence, Teacher Demo Participation). Print/save as PDF via browser. Workshop participation artifact — not an official academic certificate, not verified by server.

Mission twin positioning (V3.6B–V3.6E)

  • Deployment / outreach mode: see product docs docs/product/V3_6E_* for hosting options, post-deploy QA, private vs public pilot links, and a fetch-only smoke script under tools/qa/—still a teaching-grade, browser-based pilot demo when hosted.
  • Classroom mode: run challenge-pack missions first; optionally assign Mission Realism Lab as extension homework — keep language teaching-grade.
  • Technical reviewer mode: Demo Pack path — Realism Lab → relay mission realism panel → local report with optional realism paste field.
  • University / engineering intro mode: foreground parameter sweeps (link margin, ACK/NACK retries, pointing loss) and require evidence quotes from both lab and mission panels — still not certified RF/ADCS.

Known limitations — not included in this release

  • Backend, accounts, authentication, or cloud persistence
  • Teacher dashboard runtime (see V3.5D planning — not shipped in this product)
  • Student submissions, grades, gradebook, or teacher visibility into student work
  • LMS integration or official curriculum accreditation
  • Remote hardware control, live telemetry feeds, or real satellite command/telemetry
  • Certified orbit propagation, certified RF/link budget, certified ADCS, or certified flight operations
  • Certified AI diagnosis or certified fault isolation
  • Payment, checkout, or subscription features

What you can honestly claim

Browser-local CubeSat STEM Mission Twin: eight-track journey, Space Mission Challenge Pack, Lunar Rover Rescue, CubeSat–Rover Relay, Mission Realism Lab, telemetry divergence and scorecard/competition mode in missions, local report generator, and hardware-ready interface spec with mock preview. Assessment and evidence engines on yardstick routes remain practice-only. Nothing is submitted to a server.

Hardware-Ready Interface Specification — V3.5B

V3.5B defines a stable command and telemetry protocol for future CubeSat kit, rover, and local adapter bridge integration. The browser-local mock adapter preview is available now. Real hardware connections are a future supervised lab phase — not available in this pilot release. No remote hardware control exists.

Open Interface Spec →Hardware Hub →

Space Mission Challenge Pack (V3.4+) — with V3.6 realism layer

The pack bundles Lunar Rover Rescue and CubeSat–Rover Relay with Telemetry Divergence Engine v0, a 100-point Mission Challenge Scorecard, Competition Mode, teacher runbook, and student evidence flow. V3.6B adds in-mission Mission realism panels aligned with the Mission Realism Lab teaching models. Use the pack flow on the challenge pack page for sequencing through missions, optional advanced realism, divergence diagnosis, and /twin/reports. All scoring is local-only and formative.

Open Space Mission Challenge Pack →Mission Realism Lab →Lunar Rover Rescue →CubeSat–Rover Relay →