amsat-na fox satellite program fox satellite program review, status, and future jerry buxton, nØjy,...
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AMSAT-NA
FOX Satellite
Program Review, Status, and Future JERRY BUXTON, NØJY, AUTHOR
AMSAT VP-ENGINEERING
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Review FOX-1 - WHY IT IS, WHAT IT IS
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Fox Development Strategy
Take advantage of large and growing interest in CubeSats
Develop family of CubeSats with ham radio transponders that are attractive for hosting science experiments
Partner with universities to develop joint science and education missions
Get a free launch via the NASA ELaNa program
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Fox-1: AMSAT-NA’s First
CubeSat Smallest satellite previously built by AMSAT-NA was a 25
cm (approximately 10 inch) cube
Fox-1 is10 cm (approximately 4 inches) per side
Miniaturization not attempted before by AMSAT-NA
Coaxing maximum power from limited solar panel area
Insure stability and robustness of the avionics bus in the environment of space
Success gives us CubeSat design heritage and puts AMSAT-NA back in space
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Fox -1 CubeSat
Mission Description: To inspire,
engage and educate the next generation
Two-way FM communications
transponder
MEMS Gyro Experiment (Penn
State)
Low Energy Proton Experiment
(Vanderbilt)
JPEG Camera (Virginia Tech)
Size: 1U
Mass: 1.33 kg
RF Power: 800 mW max
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University Experiment
Payloads on Fox-1
Virginia Tech “EXP4”
Filler/Lens Hole
VT Camera Vanderbilt “EXP1”
Vanderbilt Sensors
Vanderbilt Controller
Penn State - Erie
MEMS Gyros
(on IHU board)
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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RF Transmitter System Engineering Model
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RF Transmitter System Shield
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card 6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card 6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Power Supply System Engineering Model
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card 6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Battery System Engineering Model w/o batteries
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card 6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and
Avionics System Bus
Battery
Card
6 Solar
Panels
IHU
Card
Power
Supply
Card
Science
Payloads
Power bus 70 cm
Antenna
2 m
Antenna Magnetic
Attitude
Control
RF Rx
Card
RF Tx
Card
Telemetry
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Status FOX-1 – WHERE WE ARE, WHAT IS NEXT
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Two Launch
Opportunities!
May 1 2015 on ELaNa XI – possible if there’s a “vacancy”
AFSPC “ULTRASat” mission
Planned orbit is 389 km x 700 km @ 58 degrees inclination
Expected orbit lifetime is 6.5 years
August 2015 on ELaNa XII – MOST LIKELY
NRO “GRACE” mission – our original manifest
Planned orbit is 470 km x 780 km @ 64 degrees inclination
Expected orbit lifetime is 11 years
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Our Ride (example)
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Our Ride (example)
FOX-1
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Our Ride (example)
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Fox-1 Status Milestones
May – Engineering Unit Integration and Testing
June – Critical Design Review
August – Flight Model and Flight Spare complete “Day
In The Life” testing
September – Vibration Testing and Thermal Vacuum
(bakeout) complete
September – Mission Readiness Review
October – Completion and “Hands Off”
Fox-1 sits on the shelf waiting for delivery in January 2015
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Fox-1 Status Fox-1B “RadFXSat” (CSLI 4 Feb 2013)
Use Flight Spare hardware from Fox-1
Flight Spare experiments from Fox-1 returned to partners
Vanderbilt RadFXSat experiment installed
Operates simultaneously with Transponder
Reset and start again
CDR, Flight Model and Flight Spare integration and testing, Launch provider required testing, Deliver to launch provider
Ready in Second Half 2015
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Fox-1 Status Fox-1C and Fox-1D
On the shelf and ready to fly, requiring only solar cells
(Of course, all of the other integration and testing is still required!)
Looking for university partners
You provide the experiments, we provide the communications for your data
Partner for launch opportunities
Amateur radio transponder during or after experiment phase
EXP4
EXP3
EXP2
EXP1
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Fox-1C gets a launch! AMSAT teamed with Spaceflight. Inc for integration and
launch on SHERPA to sun-synchronous in Q3 2015
Fundraising campaign to raise $125,000 for expenses over
next 12 months
Experiment proposals under investigation
Donate via amsat.org, or via Martha at AMSAT office
Please consider a recurring donation (Paypal or
President’s Club)
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Future FOX-2 AND BEYOND
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Fox-2
Flight heritage and track record from Fox-1 series
3U CubeSat
Software Defined Transponder
Higher power, more modes/bands
Attitude Determination and Control
Development underway
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And Beyond…
CubeSat market has not yet reached a plateau
Larger sizes are becoming more common
3U, 6U, even 12U
Exploration and research leading to expanded
possibilities
Propulsion - higher orbits (but not allowed on ELaNa)
Satellites in formation
Several possibilities and partnerships being explored
We are ALWAYS exploring new opportunities!
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Any Questions?