cubesat: the wee space box
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CubeSat: The Wee Space Box. Craig Clark. What are cubesats ?. What are CubeSats?. 1000kg. 150kg. 1kg. Traditionally Bespoke. Standardisation is Key. More launch opportunities. Collaborative, continuous, industry led standardisation of interfaces. More Missions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CubeSat:The Wee Space Box.
Craig Clark
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WHAT ARE CUBESATS?
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What are CubeSats?
1000kg 150kg 1kg
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Traditionally Bespoke
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Standardisation is Key
Collaborative,continuous, industry led
standardisationof interfaces
More launch opportunities
More Missions
Larger selection of off-the-shelf subsystems
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Growing Number of CubeSats
Info from www.amsat.org
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CubeSats are smaller than small
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Launch Systems
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CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF CUBESATS
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Life Sciences
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Theatre of Operations Comms
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NSF Earth Science Missions
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Do not limit your imagination
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CubeSat Cameras
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CubeSat Constellations
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Fire Monitoring
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CLYDE SPACE AND CUBESATS
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Company timeline
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Company Founded
First OTS product (CubeSat EPS)
First hi-rel variant product
Expanded to current facilities First flight heritage
(ITUpSAT1)
First website to purchase space OTS
Bespoke modular power systems
ESA / ISO Quality Processes
OTS product range expanded beyond power subsystem
First bespoke solar panel sales
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Clyde Space today• 1.5MGBP (2009/10 forecast turnover)• 20 employees
– 14 engineers– 3 production technicians
• Growing at 100% PA.• >100 OTS CubeSat EPS sold to in 3 years• Ongoing ESA / NASA / major industry projects• Quality assurance processes fully implemented
– ESA ECSS qualified operators and inspectors– ISO9001:2008 accreditation
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CubeSat Power Systems
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CubeSat Solar Panels
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Lithium Polymer Batteries
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Attitude control
• Control moment gyro drive electronics
• Magnetorquers embedded in solar arrays
• Telemetry & switching• In development
– Micro-interial wheels– Attitude & rate Sensors– Sun sensors
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Orbit control - mPPT
Soon we can;• Perform Orbit Trim
Manoeuvres• Gain PRECISE ADCS • Change Orbital Plane and
Altitude (…a little)• ESA funded with MARS Space
and University of Southampton
• Targets:• 12µNs per Joule• 60µNs Impulse Bit
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From nanopower…
Telemetry & switching
Solar arrays
Mod
ular
pla
tform
con
cept
One-stop shop
[PU
MPK
IN]
[ISIS]
[IMI]
…to nanoplatforms
Batteries
Electric power system
Structures
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Payload Interface and ManagementCommunications
Attitude determination and control
Electric power system
Batteries
CubeSat Platform
Electric Propulsion
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Concurrent Modular Design• Mission system analysis to support nanospacecraft products• New user entry into space, removing barriers to participation
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CONCLUSION
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Conclusion
• CubeSats offer an exciting opportunity to put new technologies into space.
• The size and cost of CubeSats enable applications too costly to be implemented previously.
• CubeSat constellations are likely to be the killer APP for CubeSats.
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