As the space industry accelerates the trend to reduce development and production costs and simplify the use of space hardware, small spacecraft, including CubeSats, have become popular representatives of this trend. Over the last decade, the development, production and operation of small spacecraft has become in demand because of a number of advantages: simplicity of design, short design and production times, and reduced development costs. The main problem in the design of CubeSats is their miniaturisation. This paper presents the results of the development of the optical cell of collecting and processing video information for remote sensing systems of the CubeSat 3U format satellite, with the aim of obtaining the maximum possible image characteristics, taking into account the strict physical limitations of the CubeSat unit. In the course of the work, using computer-aided design systems Altium Designer and Creo Parametric, the structural diagram, electrical circuit diagram, topology, 3D model, as well as the design of the housing of the cell of collection and processing of video information were developed. PCB size: 90x90 mm, PCB thickness: 1.9 mm, number of PCB layers: 10, accuracy class: 5, cell height: 20 mm, cell weight: 110 grams.

Keywords: space hardware, Earth remote sensing, small spacecraft, nanosatellite, printed circuit board, small satellite development trend, printed circuit board topology, CubeSat