  Realizing functional space systems using flight-tested components is
problematic in developing economies, as such components are costly for most
institutions to sponsor. The B.Sc. project, Subsystems for 2nd Iteration Cairo
University Cube-Satellite, addresses technology demonstration using
commercially available electronics and low cost computing platforms, such as
Android phones and Raspberry Pi Linux micro-computer as computing hardware. As
for software, the project makes use of open-source modules and locally
developed code to implement needed functionalities, in addition to a mechanism
to operate a virtual desktop Linux OS in parallel to an Android application.
The paper aims to demonstrate the significance, operation design, and problem
solving of such approaches. The paper concludes with future prospects for
improving upon the proposed computing systems
