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AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites


Distant Horizons
Smallsat Evolution in the Mid- to Far-Term

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
August 2011

Authors:
Matt Bille, Paul Kolodziejski, Tom Hunsaker
Paper SSC11-IV-1
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Introduction
The Microsat: Age 54
Focus: 2020 and beyond
Emerging: New forms, new functions, new missions
The generation after next?

Sputnik 1
84 kg, 1957
ExoPlanetSat
5.5kg, 2013
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1957-2011: A Steady Rise
Microsats achieved many space firsts (some of
them forgotten)
First wave late 50s/early 60s
Rebirth late 80s/early 90s
Key experiments and demonstrations
New companies and new missions
Enter the CubeSat
Past the Tipping Point

Apollo P&FS, 1971 (NASA)
Space Technology 5, a.k.a.
THEMIS, 2007 (NASA)
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Small to Smallest
The march of technology
Evolution and Conceptual Breakthroughs
Pushing limits of physics
Ideas from all sources (civil, military, commercial)
Vanguard 1, 1.5 kg
beeper, 1958
1-cm Chipsats
ride the solar
wind (Cornell)
Android tested
on balloon (NASA)
IC with 9 J PL
rechargeable
microbatteries
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Can We Solve Launch?
Smaller Should Mean Easier
Good Work Being Done
Rideshare
Incentives and Opportunities
Thoughts In The Right Direction
Micro Launch Vehicles
Increased Technology and Utility


Microsat launcher, 1958
Microsat launcher,
1990 (NASA)
Microsat launcher : next
generation?
(Images: SPG and Garvey
Space)
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Building a Better Microsat
Satellites have gone from hand-built
to hand-built
New techniques are making inroads in
microsat production
The future: mass production and
fabrication on demand
Newest Idea: Make it in space
Microsat assembly, 1958
(Dick Boyd, NOTS)
Microsat assembly, 2010
(U of Toronto AIS)
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New Missions: Civilian and Military
Applications
Military: fast response, more capability
Disaggregated Payloads
Data Exfiltration
Communications
On-orbit inspections
Civil Apps: Expanding roles
Disaster monitoring
Tracking the environment
Education: Do it yourself
Army SMDC-ONE
Surrey future
Multi-spectral
imager (15 kg)
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Earth weather and space weather
Finding NEO
Helpers in Orbit
SPHERES (MIT)
Nanosatellite interferometry (KAIST (Korea))
COSMIC Mission for studying Earths Atmosphere
New Missions: Science and Support
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New Missions: Space Exploration
Long heritage, including Pioneer lunar microspacecraft,
Apollo Particle and Fields Subsatellites, and Mars Deep eep
Deep Space 2 probes
Current Trends:
Planetary probes: Sprite
Discovering Exoplanets
Micro robotics for planetary exploration
Navigation/Communication relay nodes
Deep Space 2
Microprobes (NASA)
Exploration is where microsatellites will hit their home run.
Dr. Mike Griffin, former NASA Administrator
Sprite Integrated
Circuit
Exoplanet
Search
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Trends
More Nations, More Entrants
Cooperation and Fractionation
Into the Solar System
Large vs. Small fight largely over
Conclusion: Secure Present, Brilliant Future
The great age of microspacecraft has finally begun.
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Author contact information:

Matt Bille
Booz Allen Hamilton
Tel. 719-387-3915
bille_matt@bah.com

Paul Kolodzieiski
Booz Allen Hamilton
Tel. 719-387-2029
kolodziejski_paul@bah.com

Tom Hunsaker
Booz Allen Hamilton
Tel. 719-554-0980
hunsaker_lloyd@bah.com

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
THANKS TO:





Bill Bastedo, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton; Dr. J . Douglas
"Doug" Beason, AFSPC; Dr. Owen Brown, KTSi; J ames Cantrell, SSD; J eff
Foust, Futron; Warren Frick, Orbital Sciences; Dr. Mike Griffin, UA-
Huntsville; Dr. Henry Helvajian, Aerospace Corp; J ohn Hennessey, Booz
Allen Hamilton; J eff Krukin; J ohan Leijtens; Dr. Rudy Panholzer, NPS; Pat
Patterson, SDL; Ken Ramsley; Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX; Dr.
Kurt Stevens, Booz Allen Hamilton; Sir Martin Sweeting, SSTL; Peter
Fairbrother: J eff Ward; Dr. Peter Wegner, Director, Operationally
Responsive Space office; Dr. J im Wertz, Microcosm; and Pete Wilhelm,
Director, Naval Center for Space Technology.

DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this presentation and paper are those of
the authors. This presentation does not reflect official views of Booz
Allen Hamilton, or any other company or agency mentioned herein.
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QUESTIONS?
If everyone gets their wish: the microsat of 2020
Amoeba
(Size Comparison)
Laser rangefinder
Time travel
Flux Capacitor
Microthrusters
Delta-V 200m/sec
Firing Duration 1.2 million seconds
Marman clamp
Marmot clamp
105 megajoule
Capacitor
Precision
Pointing
Thrusters
Unobtanium
Structure
Fluid Transfer
Port
Phaser bank
Cray Supercomputer
Flight Computer
Mass: 50 grams
Sensor module:
Visual/IR/radar/
Sonar/ESP
iPod/iPhone/iStarTracker Combination Solar panels,
Gravity sensing payload,
and BBQ grill
DirecTV
Cartoon 2011 by Matt Bille
(Satellite body: Microsoft Office)

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