  The Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, is a project developed by
students at University College Dublin that aims to design, build, and launch
Ireland's first satellite. EIRSAT-1 is a 2U CubeSat incorporating three novel
payloads; GMOD, a gamma-ray detector, EMOD, a thermal coating management
experiment, and WBC, a novel attitude control algorithm. The EIRSAT-1 project
is carried out with the support of the Education Office of the European Space
Agency, under the educational Fly your Satellite! programme. The Assembly,
Integration and Verification plan for EIRSAT-1 is central to the philosophy and
the development of the spacecraft. The model philosophy employed for the
project is known as the 'prototype' approach in which two models of the
spacecraft are assembled; an Engineering Qualification Model (EQM) and a Flight
Model (FM). The payloads, GMOD and EMOD, and the Antenna Deployment Module
(ADM) platform element warrant a Development Model in addition to an EQM and a
FM, as they have been designed and developed in-house. After successful
completion of the Critical Design Review and Ambient Test Readiness Review
phases of the project, the EQM of EIRSAT-1 will be assembled and integrated.
After assembly and integration of the EQM, the project will begin the ambient
test campaign, in which the EQM undergoes ambient functional and mission
testing. This work details the preparation and execution of the assembly,
integration, and verification activities of EIRSAT-1 EQM.
