tj faculty presentation 2006
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TJ Faculty Presentation 2006. http://activities.tjhsst.edu/excelsior/. Conception of Excelsior. Excelsior Club was started last year For TJ students to be able to learn about and participate in aerospace engineering - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
September 20th 2006 1
TJ Faculty Presentation 2006
http://activities.tjhsst.edu/excelsior/
September 20th 2006 2
Conception of Excelsior
• Excelsior Club was started last year
• For TJ students to be able to learn about and participate in aerospace engineering
• The plausibility of high school students designing and manufacturing a satellite was researched
• We learned it is actually feasible!
• Orbital Sciences Corp., one of the world's leading providers of small to medium class satellites, agreed to help manufacture satellite and to acquire a launch service
• Systems Engineering course began to be offered this year to help build a satellite
September 20th 2006 3
Objectives of TJsat
Primary Objectives
• Defined, created, and run by students
• Provide data for TJ students to use in class or for possible Senior Tech projects
• Provide data for public
Secondary Objectives
• Educate TJ students / other high school and middle school students about satellites
• Show capability of TJ students
• Inspire other high schools around the world to tackle projects that seem unfeasible
September 20th 2006 4
TJsat Details
• It will be a picosatellite = less than 10 kg
• Orbital is providing us with the CubeSat kit developed at Stanford University
• 10 cm cube with a mass of up to 1 kg
• Low Earth Orbit
• Orbit the Earth approximately once every 90 minutes
• Launch: piggy-back on a launch vehicle as a secondary payload
• The mission for it will be determined within the next 3 months
September 20th 2006 6
CubeSat Deployed by P-POD
Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer
September 20th 2006 8
Systems Engineering Course
Goals of the class:
• The student will show understanding of space missions, space environment, orbits, atmospheric entry, spacecraft design, spacecraft subsystems, and space operations
• The student will become familiar with the Design Process and its implications within Systems Engineering
• The student will be proficient in the technologies corresponding with the development of a student built satellite
• The student will be able to explain the fundamentals of system engineering
September 20th 2006 9
Systems Engineering cont.
Timeline
• Year 1: Base station construction, STK training, HAM training, Design Review
• Year 2: Construction of the prototype and software development
• Year 3: Final build and Launch!
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Orbital Sciences Corp.
• Leading Developer and Manufacturer of Small Rockets and Space Systems – Focused on Growing Market
Niches Not Well Served By Larger Companies
– Distinctive Strength in Providing High Reliability at Affordable Prices
• Over 750 Satellites and Rockets Built or On Contract for Customers – 533 Systems Developed, Built and
Delivered From 1982 to 2005 – 221 Systems Under Contract for
Deliveries From 2006 to 2011 • Headquartered in Dulles, VA
– Largest satellite manufacturing facility east of the Mississippi
September 20th 2006 11
Orbital & TJSat
• Orbital will be a major sponsor of TJSat– Approved by our CEO
– Visibility throughout the company
• Supply hardware and facilities– Orbital will procure the CubeSat kit
– TJ will have full access to our environmental test facilities
• Provide mentorship to students– Over 30 engineers have
volunteered as potential mentors
• Help to acquire a launch service
September 20th 2006 12
Excelsior Club Projects
• TJsat:
• This year: keep club members not enrolled in Systems Engineering up to date on everything we learn in the class so that they can enroll next year without being behind
• The following years: be an extension of the class
• Participate in CanSat: University level non-orbiting satellite building competition
• Communicate with satellites
• Build and launch model rockets
• Invite Orbital Engineers to lecture on Aerospace Engineering concepts
• Host Aerospace Conference at TJ for high school students in surrounding counties
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Aerospace Conference
• Goal: Bring FCPS students and faculty together to discuss and learn about Aerospace
• Tentative dates
• February 2007 (first annual conference) + Satellite2007
• October 2007 (second annual conference) + NCSSSMST Conf
• Method: Presentations, seminars, workshops, showcases
• Speakers:
• Former/present high school students Aerospace Science Exhibit
• Orbital Sciences Engineers
• Satellite 2007 Conference http://www.satellite2007.com/
• Other Aerospace Companies
September 20th 2006 14
Advertising Help
• We need help from YOU!
• Science and Tech teachers:
• Please advertise Excelsior Club within your classes
• We have a handout you can hang in your class room
• There will be a short (1 page) application for prospective students with a teacher’s signature as a recommendation for that student
• Excelsior Club interest meetings will be held for about the next 2 weeks and that’s where applications are handed out
• Counselor’s: Please only allow Excelsior Club members to sign up for Systems Engineering next year
September 20th 2006 15
Q & A
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
Visit our website at activities.tjhsst.edu/excelsior