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Spaceflight Networks • Spaceflight Networks Overview • Services and Pricing 866.204.1707 www.spaceflightservices.com [email protected] hhh @spaceflightinc The Space Logistics Company Presentation Overview • Spaceflight Background • Small Satellite Market Trends – Why Spaceflight Networks • Spaceflight Networks Overview • Services and Pricing The Space Logistics Company Spaceflight Overview Spaceflight - The Space Logistics Company - Frequent, cost effective, & routine access to space for deployed & hosted payloads • Spaceflight specializes in the launch of CubeSats, NanoSats and Microsats and can deploy payloads to low Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond • One-stop shop that rapidly manifests, certifies, and integrates payloads on a global network of established and emerging launch and space transportation vehicles The Space Logistics Company Your Mission is Our Mission Spaceflight offers a variety of options to get small spacecraft into orbit: Commercial RideShare SHERPA SHERPA can enable LEO, GTO, GEO missions, as well as deep space missions SHERPA supports payload repositioning Each SHERPA offers five 300 kg – 60 x 60 x 100cm payload slots. ISS Deployment Spaceflight coordinates with NanoRacks to deploy satellites from the International Space Station. The Space Logistics Company Past Launches – 76 Spacecraft Orbited Antares A-One 2013 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date Planet Labs Orbital Sciences 3U Dove 1 ISIPOD 04/19/2013 NASA Ames Orbital Sciences 1U (3x) PhoneSats ISIPOD 04/19/2013 Total Launched: 4 April 2013 Soyuz April 2013 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date Planet Labs Roscosmos 3U Dove 2 ISIPOD 04/19/2013 Total Launched: 1 Dnepr November 2013 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date Planet Labs Kosmotras 3U Dove 3 ISIPOD 01/21/2014 Total Launched 1 Cygnus / ISS January 2014 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date 3U Planet Labs NanoRacks/ISS Flock 1 NanoRacks 01/09/2014 (28x) University of NanoRacks/ISS 1U UAP-SAT NanoRacks 01/09/2014 Peru Southern NanoRacks/ISS 1U SkyCube NanoRacks 01/09/2014 Stars Total Launched 30 Dnepr June 2014 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date Planet Labs Kosmotras 3U Dove 3 ISIPOD 06/19/2014 Total Launched 11 Cygnus/ISS June 2014 ORB-2 Customer Launch Provider Size Payload Deployer Launch Date Launched To Planet Labs Orbital Sciences 3U Flock NanoRacks 07/13/2014 Date: 76 MIT Orbital Sciences 3U MicroMas NanoRacks 07/13/2014 Total Manifested: 29 The Space Logistics Company Launch Demand - Segmentation Spaceflight maintains a customer relationship management (CRM) launch demand database and has gained unique insights into small sat launch and orbit preferences Under Contract: Number of Spacecraft: 114 Mass of Spacecraft: 1200kg Launch Demand Segmented by: • Mission Type ( civil, defense, commercial) • Mission Profile (remote sensing, technology demonstration, communication ,etc.) • Spacecraft form factor (1U, 3U, 6U, etc.) • Launch Window, Orbit Preference, Propulsion Type, and more The Space Logistics Company Launch Demand # of Spacecraft Launch Demand by Form Factor (2014-2017) 2017 2016 2015 2014 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 1U 3U 6U 12U 27U MicroSat < 25 kg MicroSat 25-50kg MicroSat 51-100kg MicroSat 101-180kg MicroSat 181-300kg Total number of satellites is significant due to NanoSat Constellations Note: Market visibility limited beyond 2016 *Data Set is from Spaceflight’s Proprietary Market Intelligence Database The Space Logistics Company Launch Supply • Available secondary rides to space heavily weighted on ISS Logistics and Earth Imaging SSO # of Launches by Inclination (2014-2017) 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 28 44 52 64 75 98 The Space Logistics Company Spaceflight Networks – A Global Solution Spaceflight Networks operates a global network of ground stations to provide communications connectivity for your small satellite or constellation Phase 1 (green) – 2015: Alaska, Washington, New Zealand, Guam Phase 2 (yellow) – 2016: Hawaii, Alabama, Massachusetts Phase 3 (red) – 2017: Argentina, Mauritius, Australia, Norway Network Ops Center Customer Mission control The Space Logistics Company Ground Station Siting • Baseline ground station locations are driven by minimizing time between contact windows. – For 51.6° and sun synchronous orbits, calculate the time between a given satellite location and the next ground station pass. – Place the ground stations to minimize this time over the entire world. Initial set of ground stations used in the Resulting set of ground station locations. location study. • Spaceflight is working with global partners to deploy these stations The Space Logistics Company Resulting Global Coverage • The ground station locations results in minimal delays between downlink opportunities • 20-40 minutes is typical between data collection and downlink in 51.6° and sun synchronous orbits Average Time to Next Pass for 51.6° orbits Minutes Latitude Longitude The Space Logistics Company Resulting Global Coverage • The ground station locations results in minimal delays between downlink opportunities • 20-40 minutes is typical between data collection and downlink in 51.6° and sun synchronous orbits Average Time to Next Pass for SSO orbits Minutes Latitude Longitude The Space Logistics Company Ground Station Hardware • Designed to support commercial configurations – S-band uplink – X-band downlink – UHF uplink and downlink • Antennas – 3.7 m dish for S/X – Yagi antennas for UHF Antenna Performance UHF-band S-band X-band Receive Frequency (MHz) 395-405 2200-2300 8000-8400 Transmit Frequency (MHz) 435-455 2000-2170 n/a Polarization RHCP/LHCP RHCP RHCP Antenna Gain (dBi) 16 33.5 45.9 System G/T -10.8 dB/K 12 dB/K at 2.25 GHz 24 dB/K at 8.2 GHz Transmit Power 50 W maximum 30 W maximum n/a Initial Ground Radio Specification UHF-band S-band X-band • Radios Receive Frequency (MHz) 275-475 n/a 8000-8400 – Working Transmitwith spacecraft Frequency (MHz) radio vendors275-475 to provide1650 a-2400 turnkey solutionn/a Modulation Configurable – AnalogousPacket to purchasingStructure a cell phone and subscribing to a data plan The Space Logistics Company Spaceflight Networks Service Packages Dedicated antenna lease – 24/7 use of a single antenna • S-/X-Band $50,000 per month • UHF $3,000 per month On Demand Access - Use of an antenna on an “as needed” basis to support your spacecraft mission • S-/X-Band $19.95 per minute • UHF $1.95 per minute The Space Logistics Company Summary Spaceflight offers full-service space access solutions for small satellites! We find you the optimal launch Access to nearly all launch service providers across the globe provides many launch options on a number of launch vehicles. We support your launch campaign Our staff of experienced engineers and legal counsel is at your disposal to ensure your satellite has a seamless launch campaign - from providing design guidance and testing support to navigating regulatory compliance and ITAR. We integrate your satellite to the launch vehicle Spaceflight is launch vehicle and deployment hardware agnostic. We use the best deployment mechanisms that meet your mission requirements. Spaceflight physically mates your satellite to the launch vehicle and conducts tests to ensure safe and successful deployment on orbit. We provide your ground station network Spaceflight Networks provides the communications infrastructure required to maximize the data return from your small satellite mission. It’s globally- distributed ground stations minimize the time between contact opportunities, and its interfaces provide seamless access to your satellite. The Space Logistics Company.
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