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Solar MEMS Technologies S.L. — Copyright © 2019 — tlf: +34 954460113 / +34 637485645 — email: [email protected]

Parque Aeroespacial de Andalucía Aerópolis, Early Ovington 24, nv 01 - C.P. 41309 Sevilla — Spain

COMPANY OVERVIEW: FROM TRADITIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS TO INDUSTRIALIZATION FOR MEGACONSTELLATIONS

Dual-Use Research and Innovation 2019

20 November 2019 | Sevilla, Spain

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COMPANYCOMPANYABOUT USABOUT US

Who we are?

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Parque Aeroespacial de Andalucía Aerópolis, Early Ovington 24, nv 01 - C.P. 41309 Sevilla — Spain2

Who we are?

COMPANYCOMPANYABOUT USABOUT US

Who we are?

2009MEMS Technology

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Who we are?

Seville

Sun sensors

COMPANYCOMPANYINDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIESINDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES

• Proprietary sun sensor technology, four patents with worldwide protection.

• High qualified team with wide experience in the development of space

products.

• Clean room facilities (ISO class 8) and high accurate sun sensor calibration

systems (HAAPS).

• Backup suppliers, high production capacity.

• Strict quality control during sensor manufacturing and tests.• Strict quality control during sensor manufacturing and tests.

• ISO 9001 and 14001, ECSS trained operators and inspectors.



Clean Room Sun Sensors for Satellites Nanosatellite

PRODUCTSPRODUCTSSUN SENSOR TECHNOLOGYSUN SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

What we do?

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What we do?


What we do?

Commercial products

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What we do?

Customization

Engineering


• SSOC measures the incident angle of

a sun ray in both orthogonal axes.

• Based on MEMS processes to achieve

high integrated sensing structures.

• Aluminum and cover glass minimizes

SSOC: SSOC: SunSun Sensor Sensor onon a Chipa Chip

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Four quadrant structure with silicon photodiodes

SSOC operating principle

• Aluminum and cover glass minimizes

the ageing of the device under high

energy particle radiation.

• Reduced dimension, minimum weight

and low power consumption.

• Every sun sensor is characterized and

calibrated for its application.

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PRODUCTSPRODUCTSBUSINESS APPROACHBUSINESS APPROACH

2009: Traditional space programs

SSoC

2011: Migration of the

sun sensor technology to

2014: Industrial approach

applied to New Space

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NanoSSoC

sun sensor technology to

terrestrial applications

ISS-X

Industrialization

Supply chain

optimization

High volumes

Cost reduction

applied to New Space

Demanded by space market

Maintaining quality levels

High production rates and

cost effectiveness

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PRODUCTSPRODUCTSSSOC SSOC SunSun Sensor Sensor onon a Chipa Chip

SSoC-A60 (Analog) SSoC-D60 (Digital)

Main Specifications

• High accuracy, low power

nanoSSOC-D60

Easy and fast integration



• High accuracy, low power

• Models with analog and digital I/F

• Engineering and Flight models available

• Heritage since 2009

Applications

• Satellite attitude determination

• Accurate Sun position determination

• Satellite solar panel positioning

• Balloons and UAVs controlnanoSSOC-A60

The smallest sun sensor in the market

PRODUCTSPRODUCTSNEW DEVELOPMENTSNEW DEVELOPMENTS

• Miniaturized Star Tracker:

Low cost star tracker based on CMOS image

sensor

Minimum size, weight and power

consumption

High sensitivity

• Horizon sensor:



• Horizon sensor:

Two-axis, low cost Earth sensor

Based on thermopile detectors

High accurate Nadir-tracking and attitude

determination

• Coarse Sun Sensor for GEO:

Rad-hard photodiode technology

Analog unit, redundant cells

PRODUCTSPRODUCTSCONSTELLATIONSCONSTELLATIONS

• Sun sensor development for new challenges: Megaconstellations

Official sun sensors suppliers of

Airbus OneWeb Satellites

constellation

900 satellites, 1800 sun sensors

First FM units already in orbit

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First FM units already in orbit

Industrialization of the clean

room production line

World’s first sun sensor assembly

line for mass production

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INDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRIALIZATIONWHAT?WHAT?

• Small company with low demand

• Number of orders drastically increased with recurrent deliveries

• Industrialization of the sun sensor assembly line was required:

To reach a mass production in space market

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Maintaining high quality

Decreasing sun sensor costs

Implementing a data-driven philosophy

INDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRIALIZATIONHOW?HOW?

INDUSTRIALIZATION

High quantity of

controls along

the production

line

Processes

automatization

Collection and

analysis of data

Business

Intelligence

• Department focused in quality

and production improvement

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Strong Supply

Chain

Management

Deployment of

control tools

(SPC, SQCDP, CCP,

etc.)

Lean tools for

robust

Planification

INDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRIALIZATIONDATADATA--DRIVEN PROCESSDRIVEN PROCESS

Production &

Quality Data

Analysis & Reporting

Actions

Improvement

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Actions

INDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRIALIZATIONPREDICTIVE ANALYSISPREDICTIVE ANALYSIS

Quantity of materials: 11

Quantity of processes: 9

3 Quality Tests3 Quality TestsMore than 10

InspectionControl Points

More than 10 Inspection

Control Points

HUGE AMOUNT HUGE AMOUNT

OF QUALITY AND OF QUALITY AND

PRODUCTION PRODUCTION

DATADATA

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Control PointsControl Points

More than 40 indicators

More than 40 indicators

3 Key Parameters

3 Key Parameters

4 Key Characteristics

4 Key Characteristics

Monitored underStatistical

Process Control

Monitored underStatistical

Process Control

DATADATA

PREDICTIVE PREDICTIVE

ANALYSISANALYSIS

Eu: CROPIS

BIOSENTINEL

HERITAGEHERITAGEMAIN MISSIONSMAIN MISSIONS

NANOSAT-1B

SEOSAT

K-425



BUAASAT

AIRBUS ONEWEB SATELLITES

Initial production of 900 satellites

CUSTOMERSCUSTOMERS



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CUSTOMERSCUSTOMERS

1st +40 +1000 20091st +40 +1000 2009



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In Sun Sensors technology Countries Flight units Flight heritage since

OTHER MARKETSOTHER MARKETSENERGYENERGY

• Industrial Sun Sensors (ISSX) products:

Core technology and algorithms migrated from space

sector

Lower prices for high-volumen industrial applications



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PROJECTSPROJECTSUAVsUAVs & Drones& Drones

• AIRWATCH project:

Autonomous landing guidance for UAVs in maritime rescue missions

Improve of technology of guidance, navigation and control that allow

landings in mobile platforms

Sun sensors and special light sources for accurate landing maneuvers



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PROJECTSPROJECTSNanosatellitesNanosatellites forfor IOD/IOVIOD/IOV

• CEPHEUS project:

Development of the

first Andalusian

satellite

3U Cubesat with five

payloads for IOD/IOV

Ground station

TRANSCEIVER

ICU

STAR TRACKER

Ground station

FUEL CELL

SUN

SENSO

R

GROUND STATION



PROJECTSPROJECTSNanosatellitesNanosatellites forfor IOD/IOVIOD/IOV

• SMT participation:

Mission management

Requirements definition

and review

Payload design support

Payload accommodation

Payload integration and



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Payload integration and

testing

Full development of two

payloads: Sun sensor

and Star Tracker

• FM satellite ready for

launch

FACILITIESFACILITIES

• State-of-the-art equipment and facilities for microsystems, optics and

electronics development and integration.

• Two clean rooms ISO Class 8, with more than 60 m2.

Four proprietary

sun simulators

with high accurate

positioning.

Wire bonding

station with gold

and aluminum wire



and aluminum wire

bond capability.

Soldering,

electrical and

optical equipment

for

microfabrication

and testing.

Ovens, hot plates

and a thermal

cycling chamber.



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