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Department of Defense Space Test Program Lt Chalie Galliand Cubesat Developers Workshop 2009 Agenda • STP Background • STP Enablers • Rideshare Opportunities • Summary 2 Agenda • STP Background • STP Enablers • Rideshare Opportunities • Summary 3 DoD Space Test Program (STP) • Chartered by OSD in 1965 • First flight in 1967 • Primary provider of mission design, SC acquisition, integration, launch, and on-orbit ops for DoD space experiments, technologies & demos • All spaceflight services except the experiment itself • Single manager of all DoD payloads on the Space Shuttle and ISS • Since 2004 designated the Auxiliary Payload “front door” for AFSPC • Payload and SC 4 How do you access STP services • Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) • Need DoD Sponsor • Vetted and Ranked • STP can spend money for space access • Reimbursable • Customer brings all the money • STP provides expertise Reprinted courtesy of USAF • Helps if you have government connection • We are willing to work to make the mission happen • Find other partners to off set cost • Call us Reprinted courtesy of NASA • STP can advise and walk you through the process 5 STP Spaceflight Methods • Shuttle/International Space Station (ISS) • Deployable, payload bay, mid-deck lockers, ISS internal/external • Auxiliaries • Piggybacks payloads: leverage margin on existing SC • Secondary SC: leverage margin on existing LV • Dedicated Launches • STP managed SC that are launched by a dedicated LV • Also high-altitude balloons, sub-orbital sounding rockets, and zero-g flights Reprinted courtesy of NASA Reprinted courtesy of NASA Reprinted courtesy of USAF Reprinted courtesy of NASA 6 Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) Process • Experiments must address operational need AF AFRL • Strategic S&T investment for DoD Navy • Military Relevance is 60% of AF/DoD SERB score NRL Army DoD SERB SAF/USA STP DARPA DoDDoD SERB SERB SAF/USASAF/USA STPSTP ••SAF/USAL SAF/USAL chairs chairs ••Approves Approves SERB SERB List List • • ExecutesExecutes mission mission MDA • •Hears Hears 15-min. 15-min. brief brief ••Approves Approves missions missions • • ApprovesApproves missions missions <$10M <$10M fromfrom experimenter experimenter (>$10M)(>$10M) • • SatelliteSatellite bus bus development development ••Multi-service Multi-service ••AF AF funding funding via via • • LaunchLaunch NRO membershipmembership CorporateCorporate process process • • OperationsOperations (1 (1 yr) yr) ••EvaluateEvaluatess ••EAEA for for DoD DoD • • Shuttle/ISSShuttle/ISS ops ops militarymilitary relevance relevance • • DoesDoes NOT NOT fund fund experiments experiments ••DoesDoes not not evaluate funding ServiceService & & Lab Lab SERBs SERBs evaluate funding • Rank experiments • •Experiment Experiment may may be be • Rank experiments kept off by maj. vote ••Submit Submit to to DoD DoD kept off by maj. vote 7 STP By The Numbers STP SUCCESS RATE STP SHUTTLE USE 30 30 25 25 20 20 S S AYLOAD AYLOAD P P F 15 F 15 O O NUMBER 10 NUMBER 10 5 5 0 0 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 CALENDAR YEAR CALENDAR YEAR Secondary 16% Shuttle •476 experiments on 193 missions 51% •92% mission success rate 33% •Average flight rate of 4 missions Primary per year 8 Current STP Launch Schedule FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 41 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 STP‐S26 STP‐1 (EELV) STP‐M18 C/NOFS (STP) STPSat‐2 STP‐S27 STP‐M17 Orbital Express D‐IV OR Pegasus FalconSAT‐5 Falcon 1 D‐IV OR A‐V ESPA, STPSat‐1 A‐V 16 Apr 08 FAST TRAC TBD TBD MidStar‐1, FS‐3 or or TBD P‐PODs 1st Q FY13 STP‐S28 CFE HAPS Dec 14 Atlas V CARE 1 Feb 09 ILC 08 Mar 07 HALF Foam Aug 09 Sounding Rocket 20 Sep 07 STP Dedicated Launch STP Dedicated API DMSP‐19 AEHF‐2 Atlas V DMSP‐20 TacSat‐3 D‐IV / A‐V Minotaur I Atlas V DSX or May 11 TENTATIVELY TBD APL TacSat‐2 ARTEMIS SCHEDULED MVIS, SAVE(LANL) June 2009 TIE, MPI DSP‐23 Minotaur I Delta IV‐H NASA NASA NASA NASA 16 Dec 06 10 Nov 07 COTS COTS COTS CRS Demo 1 Demo 2 Demo 3 TBD Non-STP Launch May 09 Nov 09 March 10 NASA NASA NASA NASA NASA NASA NASA NASA NASA COTS CRS CRS CRS CRS CRS CRS CRS CRS #123 #127 #116 9 Dec 06 #131 Demo 4 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 11 Mar 08 15 May 09+ STP‐H2 (ANDE, MEPSI‐2, 11 Feb 10+ Nov 10 MISSE‐6 , MAUI, SIMPLEX, RAFT),SPHERES, EMCH MAUI, SIMPLEX, RIGEX/CAPE SEITE, ANDE 2 #130 SEITE, RAMBO II, STL #125 10 Dec 09+ #118 8 Aug 07 12 May 09+ MAUI,SE ITE, #133 31 May 10+ CCM‐A, MAUI, SEITE NASA is phasing out the #122 SIMPLEX, MAUI, SEITE, MAUI, MISSE3&4, SIMPLEX RAMBO, EMCH 7 Feb 08 RAMBO II SIMPLEX, RAMBO II, shuttle after FY10 MAUI #119 #129 MISSE 7 , STP H‐3 CMEWS/STEREO (NASA 15March 09 12 Nov 09+ JPL‐NRL) #120 MAUI, SEITE, MAUI, SE ITE, SIMPLEX, Delta II 23 Oct 07 RAMBO II, #132 8 Apr 10+ 25 Oct 06 SIMPLEX MAUI, RAMBO MISSE 7 MAUI, SIMPLEX, #128 #117 #126 SEITE, RAMBO II, 8 Jun 07 14 Nov 08 6 Aug 09+ MISSE 6 ASE MAUI, RAMBO SEITE,SPHERES MAUI,SEITE, SIMPLEX, PSSC/MTV RAMBO II, MISSE 6 ATV ATV HTV‐1 Oct 13 RSA 23P RSA 26P RSA 28P Oct 10 Progress Progress Progress NET 1 Sep 09 (ISS (ISS (ISS HICO, RAIDS Re‐supply) Re‐supply) Re‐supply) HTV‐2 HTV‐3 HTV‐4 HTV‐5 HTV‐6 SPHERES SPHERES SPHERES STP cooperative launches with NASA launches STP cooperative Summer 10 Summer 11 Summer 12 Summer 13 Summer 14 23 Oct 06 2 Aug 07 05 Feb 08 As of 1 April 2009 KEY Completed Scheduled Proposed STP Rideshare Past/Present/Future • Flown rideshare missions SAPPHIRE PICOSat • NASA GeneSat on TacSat-2 • Space Shuttle/ISS • CMEWS on NASA STEREO (hosted) • 5 STP experiments on NASA Kodiak Star • Planned rideshare missions PCSat • STP Experiment on AEHF (hosted) Reprinted courtesy of USAF Kodiak Star spacecraft suite • NSF and NASA Ames cubesats on STP-S26 (secondary) • Cubesats On TacSat-3 (secondary) launch • Cubesat Tech Demo - NASA Wallops • Pharmasat - NASA Ames • DSX on DMSP F-19 (in pre-manifest coordination) • STP-M17 and M18 with ESPAs • Space Shuttle/ISS Reprinted courtesy of NASA • STP-S27 proposed as potential Pharmasat rideshare partnership mission 10 Auxilary Payload Process START STP submits STP receives APL Manifest Package request & evaluates APL Manifest STOP maturity Final approval by Approval SMC/CC & IDs possible flight AFSPC/A3 opportunities STP drafts MOA Flight & MRD LV or PP opportunity STOP describing initiates APL exist? opportunity integration Mission, Flight & LV and/or PP APL is Launch conduct STOP compatible Readiness Feasibility Studies Reviews Reprinted courtesy of USAF 11 Agenda • STP Background • STP Enablers • Rideshare Opportunities • Summary 12 STP-Standard Interface Vehicle (SIV) Overview • Small spacecraft, 180kg or less, on IDIQ contract: ESPA Class S/C • Up to 6 vehicles w/ 90 day turn-on • Operable in a wide variety of orbits • Heritage subsystems, reliable, low risk, low complexity • Standard Payload-to-S/C Interface • Flexible design/acquisition cycle • Easy integration w/small payloads • Payload swap out capability • Standard hardware/software interfaces • Compatible w/ many launch vehicles • Compatible w/ MMSOC & AFSCN • Storable until launch identified Payload mass 60 kg (goal 85 kg) Payload OAP 100 Watts Payload Volume 0.12 m3 Reprinted courtesy of USAF 13 EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) • ESPA first “normalized” secondary payload capability for US • Fits EELV-M (Delta IV & Atlas V) • Utilizes excess lift capability • Prime payload interface the same • 1 prime and up to 6 secondary • First flight on STP-1 (8 Mar 07) • Fully successful deployments • ESPA Standard Service pending funds availability • Top & Bottom Interfaces Correspond to EELV Standard Interface Spec (SIS) • Qualified to 6800 Kg for Primary SV • ESPASat Envelope (6 each): 24” x 28” x 38” All Photos Reprinted courtesy of USAF • CG Constraint: 400 lb (180 Kg) @ 20” radial 14 Maximize Launch Opportunities using ESPA Class Spacecraft and Secondary Payload Adapters Minotaur IV EELV Medium (Atlas and Delta) ESPA Minotaur I PEGASUS 15 Minotaur IV Multi-payload Adaptor (MPA) • Multi-payload Adaptor Plate • Developed to support ESPA class SC • Holds up to 4 ESPA SC • Utilizes all lift capability • First demonstration STP-S26 • ILC early FY10 TBD 16 STP Has Access to Multiple Launch Vehicles • Minotaur launchers through 10-year IDIQ • Minotaur 1 • Minotaur 4 Reprinted courtesy of USAF • A low-cost launcher IDIQ • Falcon 1 • Raptor 1 • Raptor 2 • EELVs with ESPA Reprinted courtesy of USAF • The ISS, Shuttle, HTV, Progress, NASA COTS Reprinted courtesy of NASA 17 Poly-Picosat Orbital Deployers (P-PODs) • Design standard developed by Stanford NASA and Cal Poly in 2000 GeneSat-1 • 10 cm cube, < 1 kg mass (1U cube) Reprinted courtesy of NASA • 3U cube NASA GeneSat-1 flown in Dec 08 as secondary payload on TacSat-2 mission • NASA exploring standard integration of P- PODs on all NASA Atlas V LVs • Wide range of payloads – optical & magnetic sensors, tethers, computer processors, ADCS components, batteries, Photo taken by Aerocube2 solar cells, MEMS • Can fly on wide range of launch vehicles • P-PODs added to STP-S26 mission Cal Poly PPOD Reprinted courtesy of Univ Cal Poly 18 Options to ISS Access 19 Agenda • STP Background • STP Enablers • Rideshare Opportunities • Summary 20 STP-S27 Rideshare Opportunity • FY 10 or 11 launch • Falcon or Minotaur LV • Orbit TBD based on needs of mission partners • Looking for multiple ESPA class partners • Looking for multiple PPOD partners Reprinted courtesy of USAF Reprinted courtesy of SpaceX 21 Agenda • STP Background • STP Enablers • Rideshare Opportunities • Summary 23 Summary • STP has a long history of creating collaborative missions and providing access to space for experiments.
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