amsat-na fox satellite program review, status, and future jerry buxton, nØjy amsat vp-engineering
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AMSAT-NA FOX Satellite Program Review, Status, and FutureJERRY BUXTON, NØJY
AMSAT VP-ENGINEERING
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ReviewFOX-1 - WHY IT IS, WHAT IT IS
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Fox Development Strategy
Take advantage of large and growing interest in CubeSats
Develop family of CubeSats with ham radio transponders that are attractive for hosting science experiments
Partner with universities to develop joint science and education missions
Get a free launch via the NASA ELaNa program
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Fox-1: AMSAT-NA’s First CubeSat
Smallest satellite previously built by AMSAT-NA was a 25 cm (approximately 10 inch) cube
Fox-1 is10 cm (approximately 4 inches) per side Miniaturization not attempted before by AMSAT-NA Coaxing maximum power from limited solar panel area Insure stability and robustness of the avionics bus in the
environment of space
Success gives us CubeSat design heritage and puts AMSAT-NA back in space
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Fox -1 CubeSat
Mission Description: To inspire, engage and educate the next generation
Two-way FM communications transponder
MEMS Gyro Experiment (Penn State)
Low Energy Proton Experiment (Vanderbilt)
JPEG Camera (Virginia Tech)
Size: 1U
Mass: 1.33 kg
RF Power: 800 mW max
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University Experiment Payloads on Fox-1
Virginia Tech “EXP4”
Filler/Lens HoleVT Camera
Vanderbilt “EXP1”Vanderbilt SensorsVanderbilt Controller
Penn State - Erie
MEMS Gyros(on IHU board)
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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RF Transmitter SystemEngineering Model
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RF Transmitter SystemShield
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Power Supply SystemEngineering Model
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Battery SystemEngineering Model w/o batteries
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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Fox-1 Block Diagram and Avionics System Bus
BatteryCard
6 SolarPanels
IHUCard
PowerSupplyCard
SciencePayloads
Power bus70 cmAntenna
2 mAntenna
MagneticAttitudeControl
RF RxCard
RF TxCard
Telemetry
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StatusFOX-1 – WHERE WE ARE, WHAT IS NEXT
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Two Launch Opportunities!
May 1 2015 on ELaNa XI – possible if there’s a “vacancy” AFSPC “ULTRASat” mission
Planned orbit is 389 km x 700 km @ 58 degrees inclination
Expected orbit lifetime is 6.5 years August 2015 on ELaNa XII – MOST LIKELY
NRO “GRACE” mission – our original manifest Planned orbit is 470 km x 780 km @ 64 degrees
inclination Expected orbit lifetime is 11 years
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Our Ride (example)
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Our Ride (example)
FOX-1
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Our Ride (example)
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Fox-1 StatusMilestones
May – Engineering Unit Integration and Testing June – Critical Design Review August – Flight Model and Flight Spare complete “Day
In The Life” testing September – Vibration Testing and Thermal Vacuum
(bakeout) complete September – Mission Readiness Review October – Completion and “Hands Off”
Fox-1 sits on the shelf waiting for delivery in January 2015
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Fox-1 StatusFox-1B “RadFXSat” (CSLI 4 Feb 2013)
Use Flight Spare hardware from Fox-1 Flight Spare experiments from
Fox-1 returned to partners
Vanderbilt RadFXSat experiment installed Operates simultaneously with
Transponder
Reset and start again CDR, Flight Model and Flight
Spare integration and testing, Launch provider required testing, Deliver to launch provider
Ready in Second Half 2015
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Fox-1 StatusFox-1C and Fox-1D
On the shelf and ready to fly, requiring only solar cells
(Of course, all of the other integration and testing is still required!)
Looking for university partners
You provide the experiments, we provide the communications for your data
Partner for launch opportunities
Amateur radio transponder during or after experiment phase
EXP4EXP3EXP2EXP1
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FutureFOX-2 AND BEYOND
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Fox-2
Flight heritage and track record from Fox-1 series
3U CubeSat Software Defined Transponder Higher power, more modes/bands Attitude Determination and Control Development underway
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And Beyond…
CubeSat market has not yet reached a plateau Larger sizes are becoming more common
3U, 6U, even 12U
Exploration and research leading to expanded possibilities Propulsion - higher orbits (but not allowed on ELaNa) Satellites in formation
Several possibilities and partnerships being explored We are ALWAYS exploring new opportunities!
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AMSAT-NA Wants You!
• Design engineering: mechanical, electrical, PCB, software including DSP, thermal, project management
• Satellite construction: PCB construction, parts procurement, component fabrication, assembly
• Satellite testing: environmental testing, functional testing, requirements and regulatory compliance testing
• EMAIL: Jerry Buxton NØ[email protected] • Please describe your area of expertise, include phone
number
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