Hawai`i Space Flight LaboratoryUniversity of Hawai`i at Mānoa

Update: October 10, 2013

Contact Info:Email: info@hsfl.hawaii.edu

Phone: 808-956-3138 (Hawaii Space Grant)

Web Site:http://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu

Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory Overview

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The mission of HSFL is to: promote innovative engineering

and science research for terrestrial and planetary space missions

develop, launch, and operate small spacecraft from the Hawaiian Islands to accelerate the validation of new space technologies

provide workforce training in all aspects of unmanned space missions

promote synergistic collaborations between educational, governmental, and corporate institutions interested in space exploration

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Major Project Elements

•UH/HSFL maintains UHF/VHF receiving stations with Kauai CC and Honolulu CC staff.•Ground station provides command and control broadcast as well as data downlink capabilities.•Mission Ops Center on POST 5th floor under development with UH support.

Ground Station & Mission Operations

S/C SystemsAvionicsPowerTelecomThermalS/WH/W

Launch Vehicle and Launch Support• Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)•Local launch facility and mission support •Modify existing PMRF launch pad for rail-fitted and modified VAFB Scout launcher.

• Kauai Test Facility (KTF)/ Sandia National Lab•Experience with solid rockets and missile design. Use Super-Strypi launch vehicle.•Can lift ~270 kg (594 pounds)to low-Earth orbit (400 km).•Heritage working with PMRF as on-site vehicle integrator and launch agent.

Integration and Test• Clean rooms in UH/POST will be used to assemble satellites.

–Systems integration–Thermo-vac testing–Vibration/shock testing–Payload spin balancing

Spacecraft• Partner with NASA Centers and others to advance small spacecraft design.•Design, build, launch, and operate 1-100-kg small satellite for science and education tasks.•Support technology validation missions as well as other University missions.

Instruments•The HSFL can call on a diverse group of instrument-developing faculty from HIGP and SOEST.

•A number of businesses in Hawaii also develop a wide array of instrumentation. The HSFL will partner with these organizations to provide technology demonstration opportunities.

•NASA Centers (Ames and JPL) are interested in joint technology missions.

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Hawai‘iSat-1 Mission: HiakaSat

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Experimental Remote Sensing Mission: Thermal Hyperspectral Imaging

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HS-1 Team

Mission Goal:• Remote sensing capability in Low-Earth orbit for advanced

technology and science instrumentation.

HiakaSat Specifications Diameter: 64.7 cm (25.5 in) Height: 40.3 cm (15.9in) Mass: 55 kg (w/payload) Solar panels: 10 Solar cells per panel: 19 Total number of solar cells: 190 Payload mass: 7.26 kg (16 lb) Payload volume: 10x16x10in

(279 x 406 x 254 mm)

Fabry-Perot FTIR New UH technology Patent pending Development to TRL 4

funded by DARPA Uncooled 320x256

microbolometer array FLIR Photon 320 Sensitivity 20 mK or

better at 30 Hz framerates, F-number 1.4

Camera inside a pressure vessel

Space Ultra-Compact Hyperspectral Imager (SUCHI)

Prime payload for ORS-4 mission to launch from PMRF in 2014

Design orbit 475-525 km 94º incl. Design life is 2 years UHF/VHF C&C and S-band data 3-axis control with magtorquers &

reaction wheel 2 HSFL CCD imagers + SUCHI Funded by UH, NASA, ORS

HSFL/EE Integration & Test LaboratoryEE Space

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HSFL Integration & Test Equipment

Intlvac Thermal Vacuum Chamber1.6 m I.D. x 2.25 m long, 10-8 Torr

Vibration and Shock Table

Spin Balancer

Astro-Fein (Germany) ACS TestbedAir-bearing platform for 150 kg

Magnetic Field, Sun, GPS simulations

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HSFL Ground Stations

HSFL X-band Antenna

Affiliated Ground Stations: Alaska Space Facility (S-band) Surrey Space Centre/SSTL (UHF/VHF/S-band)

Kauai Community College UHF/VHF/(S-band)

NRL’s MC3 Ground Station @UHUHF/S-band

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Features of COSMOS:• Set of software and hardware tools to support spacecraft mission operations: Flight Software Mission Planning & Scheduling Tool Mission Operations Support Tool Ground Segment Control Tool Data Management Tool Flight Dynamics Tool COSMOS Executive Operator Test Bed Control Tool Analysis Tools

• Open architecture to enable modifications and adaption to new missions and MOCs• User-friendly interfaces and short learning curves for users and software integrators• COSMOS editor• Sockets for COTS/GOTS

COSMOS is especially designed to be easily adaptable to operate multiple small satellites and to be easily transferable to new MOCs. COSMOS is being developed as a collaboration between HSFL and NASA Ames Research Center. COSMOS has also been installed at Naval Postgraduate School.

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Comprehensive Open-architecture Space Mission Operations System (COSMOS)

Mission Operations Support Tool (MOST)

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• Real-time Monitor & Control Tool• Easily configurable for new vehicles

using COSMOS Editor• Based on LUNOPS tool used for

Clementine Lunar Mission• Suitable for UAVs, rovers, etc.

• Additional Uses: Mission Planning Simulations Training and Rehearsals Trending & Analysis Anomaly Resolution

Orbit Display

Mission Times

SubsystemPanels

Command Input

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Strip Charts

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Ground Tracks

(selectable)

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COSMOS Executive OperatorMain Display

ORS-4 Mission: Fully Funded for Summer 2014 launch The Operationally Responsive Space Office with support

from the Sandia National Laboratories, University of Hawaii and other partners is developing a orbital small launch vehicle. Goal is to deliver 300kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Develop and test fly three new solid rocket motors from

Aerojet-Rocketdyne. Future mission cost is $15-18M/launch compared to

+$30M for other US alternatives. UH/HSFL’s HiakaSat will fly as the primary payload on the

Integrated Payload Stack UH hyperspectral imager flies on HiakaSat.

Partnerships Developed Space Act Agreement with NASA Ames:

Development of HiakaSat Strategic Alliance Agreement with Aerojet-

Rocketdyne: Solid rocket motors Pacific Missile Range Facility: Support for all HSFL

activities Sandia National Laboratory: Rocket development Alaska Aerospace Corporation: Future launch

opportunities for small sats *Northrop-Grumman: Space technology test-bed on

HiakaSat * USPACOM: Discussions and guidance regarding

Department of Defense future needs.

Super-Strypi

AJR motor test -2012

HiakaSat

SUCHI

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Distributed campus approach to workforce development. CC’s provide technical Associate Degrees 4-yr provide depth in Bachelor’s Degrees

Present Status and Future Plan: Kauai: Small satellite communications and electronics fabrication,

CubeSat development Maui: Space debris surveillance and removal – NASA JSC interest Hawaii: Software development for small satellites, test bed for

HSFL lunar rovers Oahu: CubeSat development at HCC, WCC, LCC, KCC (won

national award for CanSat); satellite data reception at UH-Manoa, HCC; mission control at UH-Manoa, small sat development at UH-Manoa; launch vehicle integration and safety training at WCC and UH-Manoa.

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COSMOS: Mission Control

CubeSats

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Engaging the UH System: Workforce Development