NASA Small Spacecraft Technology
NASA Small Spacecraft TechnologyAccomplishments, Opportunities and PlansCubesat Developers WorkshopApril 21, 2016Andrew PetroSpace Technology Mission DirectorateNASA HeadquartersWashington DC1
SPACE TECHNOLOGYMISSION DIRECTORATENINE PROGRAMS NASA InnovativeAdvanced Concepts(NIAC) Space TechnologyResearch Grants NASA CenterInnovationFundEarly Stage Small Small Spacecraft Technology CentennialChallengesBusiness* Cube QuestChallengeInnovationFlightResearch (SBIR & STTR) Game ChangingOpportunitiesTechnology rationInfusion2
SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATESmall Spacecraft TechnologySmall, Affordable, Rapid, & TransformativeObjectives:- Develop and demonstrate new capabilities employing the unique features ofsmall spacecraft for NASA’s missions in science, exploration and spaceoperations- Promote the small spacecraft approach as a paradigm shift for NASA and thelarger space community.Implementing through:-Contracts with industryDirected NASA projectsCollaborations with universitiesPartnerships with other NASAorganizations and other agenciesSix demo missions planned for2015-16 with 16 satelliteswww.nasa.gov/smallsats3
Edison Demonstration of Smallsat NetworksEDSN and NodesNASA Ames, Montana State U and Santa Clara UDemonstration of autonomous network communications with multiple low-costsatellites based on smartphone processors (Phonesat heritage)EDSN: 8 cubesats, Nodes: 2 cubesatsEach includes a high-energy particle detectorEDSN Launch – Nov 2015 – lost due to launch vehicle failureNodes Launch – Dec 2015 to ISS Deployment – May 2016 EDSNNodes4
Optical Communications and Sensor DemonstrationOCSDMission 1Aerospace CorporationDramatic improvement in space to ground lasercommunications with 1.5U cubesats - plusproximity operations, laser ranging andtracking, and propulsion.Demo: Pointing& Laser DownlinkEngineeringDevelopment UnitLaunches – Oct 2015 and June 2016Mission 2Laser ranging &tracking betweensatellitesDemo: Proximity Operations& PropulsionDemo: Downlink5Mbits/s to 200Mbits/s First flight unit5
Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray AntennaISARAJPL, Aerospace Corporation, Pumpkin Inc.Increased Ka-band communication andpotential radar remote sensing for low-costbut effective science missionsLaunch – June 2016Technology being used for MARCO cubesatdeep space radio relay demonstrationReflectarrayMARCO6
Cubesat Proximity Operations DemonstrationCPODTyvak LLCFormation flight, proximity operations andautonomous rendezvous and docking withtwo 3U cubesats.Launch – Mid-to-late 2016Engineering Development Unit7
Iodine Hall Thruster DemonstrationIsatNASA Marshall with NASA Glenn and Busek Co.Isat will mature the technology for using iodine propellant with asmall Hall Effect thruster and demonstrate its operation in space.This technology will enable high ΔV primary propulsion for smallspacecraft.12U cubesatTarget launch in late 20178
Pathfinder Technology DemonstratorNASA Ames and NASA Glenn with industry partnersfor cubesat bus and technology payloadsThe Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator serieswill demonstrate spacecraft technologies in Earthorbit including new systems for propulsion,precise pointing, and high-data-ratecommunications.Current RFP for up to five 6U cubesat busesProposals in reviewTechnology payloads are being developed throughSBIR and Tipping Point contracts and other sourcesare possible.Reference concept for 6U busTarget date for first launch is 20179
Technology DevelopmentEarly Career Projects – NASA External Partners On-orbit Autonomous Assembly from Nanosatellites– NASA Langley and Cornell UniversityLightweight Integrated Solar Array and Transceiver–NASA Marshall and Nexolve Inc.STMD Tipping Point Projects – selected Hyper-XACT Attitude Determination & Control System– Reaction Sphere– Northrop Grumman Support Services Corporation, Millersville, MarylandHydros Thruster– Blue Canyon Technologies LLC, Boulder, ColoradoTethers Unlimited, Bothell, WashingtonHigh-Thrust High- V Green Propulsion for Cubesats–Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Redmond, Washington10
Smallsat Technology PartnershipsCooperative agreements with US universitiesto develop and/or demonstrate newtechnologies and capabilities for smallspacecraft in collaboration with NASA.Two year projectsUp to 100,000 per year, per universityUp to 1.0 FTE in NASA labor per year13 Projects selected in 20138 Projects selected in 20153U Cubesat prototype with embeddedcopper wire and solar array(U of New Mexico, UT-El Paso & NASA Glenn)Annual solicitations planned starting in 201511
Smallsat Technology PartnershipsIssued 2016 NRA Appendix on April 8Topics:1: Enhanced Power Generation and Storage2: Cross-linking Communications Systems3: Relative Navigation for Multiple Small Spacecraft4: Instruments and Sensors for Small Spacecraft Science MissionsProposals due May 25, 2016CSUNSat1Montana State/GSFCRadiation-tolerant ProcessorCalifornia State-Northridge/JPLLow-Temperature Capacitor Flight Demo12
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Small Spacecraft Technology Topic – created for 2014 5 Phase II projects now underway 1 SBIR Commercialization Readiness Project underway Isat flight project employing an Air Force SBIR forpropulsion system developmentAnticipate significant growth in SBIR opportunitiesfor Small Spacecraft Technology beginning in thenext solicitation – end of 201613
Small Spacecraft TechnologyState of the Art Report Compiled for the SST Program by Ames Engineering withinputs from the larger community Originally published in October 2013 New update completed in December 2015 Annual update intended, broad participation desired Link to report on STMD/SSTP website:www.nasa.gov/smallsats14
SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATESmall Spacecraft TechnologyNationwide Participants and PartnersGRCARCADSGSFCLaRCJPLMSFCJSCKSC23 States15 Companies27 Universities8 NASA Centers2 Other Agencieswww.nasa.gov/smallsats15
Astronomy Night at the White HouseOctober 19, 201516
SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE NINE PROGRAMS Technology Demonstration Missions Game Changing Development NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Space Technology Research Grants NASA Center Innovation Fund Centennial Challenges * Cube Quest Challenge Flight Opportunities Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR .
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International Space Station Spacecraft Charging Environments: Modeling, Measurement, . Radiated and conducted “static” noise in spacecraft avionics systems Failure of spacecraft electrical power system components . spacecraft electrical systems
www.nasa.gov Next Generation Spacecraft 2/10 Figure 1: Components of the Orion spacecraft (NASA concept) Orion will use an improved, larger blunt-body capsule, much like the shape of the Apollo capsule (Figure 2). With an outside diameter of 5 meters, the Orion crew module will have more than two and a half times the volume of an Apollo capsule.
Design Module for a Spacecraft Attitude Control System Software Designed to Help Estimate Spacecraft Design Requirements 16.851 Satellite Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA October 2003 Motivation Spacecraft often have pointing requirements. Satellite antennas and optics will generally require that the
Grades 6-8 . Spacecraft Safety . ii NASA Engineering Design Challenge. Above: NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is 1 of 10 NASA centers. . true deep space environment to gain experience for human missions that push farther into the solar system, yet astronauts will be close enough to access the lunar surface for robotic .
6. Materials for Spacecraft Miria M. Finckenor1 NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 6.1 Introduction The general knowledge in this chapter is intended for a broad variety of spacecraft: manned or unmanned, low Earth to geosynchronous orbit, cis-lunar, lunar, planetary, or deep space exploration.
