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1 Satellite Engineering Research at US Prof Herman Steyn

2 History (SUNSAT-1) Graduate student project Over 100 students Microsatellite with 15m GSD 3-band multi-spectral pushbroom imager Launch 23/2/99 on Delta II USAF 3-Axis RW and GG stabilised ADCS with star trackers Orbital life almost 2 years, last contact in January 2001

3 Satellite Research at US Support M and PhD students to do research in satellite engineering eg:» Digital electronics: OBC and Mass storage technology» Control systems: Attitude and orbit control subsystems and algorithms» Mechanical engineering: Low thrust propulsion systems, thermal, vibration analysis and space mechanisms» Image processing: Data compression, image correction, image analysis etc. R&D support, consultation and training (eg. SunSpace, ATSB, KACST) ZA-002 (Sumbandila) project support» Project management, systems engineering and ESL ground station» Experimental payload coordination and support» M and PhD student projects in satellite engineering and space science Nanosatellite project» Demonstrator for close formation flying» AODCS test platform for novel miniature sensors and actuators

4 Sumbandila Satellite Project 80 kg Microsatellite for DST» 500 km 10 am/pm sun-synchronous orbit» 6.25 m GSD Imaging in 6 spectral bands» Communication system for DOC» 3-Axis Reaction wheel stabilised» Propulsion system for drag compensation 5 University experiments» Very low frequency radio waves (UKZ)» Forced vibrating string (NMMU)» Software defined radio (US)» Radiation experiment (US)» Radio Amateur transponder (SA AMSAT) Launch late 2007 from the North Sea on a Russian rocket

5 SunSpace Partnership Research support» Space radiation testing & fault tolerant design methods» Propulsion/thermal/material analysis» Formation flying/constellation control» Small GEO platforms» Imaging applications/data handling» ADCS algorithms/simulation support Product development» New ADCS sensors and actuators» New OBC and MMU architectures» Spaceborne GPS receiver» Sunsat-2004 microsatellite bus

6 ADCS Product Examples Control Moment Gyro CMOS camera based sun and earth sensors Magnetic control units AODCS simulation programs

7 Current Masters Topics Satellite Engineering: An AIS for ship surveillance and tracking from a satellite Development of an onboard computer for a nanosatellite Low-power communications bus and protocol for a nanosatellite An infra-red based earth horizon sensor for a LEO satellite GPS based orbit propagation/estimation for a LEO satellite A real time operating system and housekeeping software for a satellite An attitude control system for a nanosatellite Onboard image classification to grade images for downloading A Xenon Ion propulsion system for a small satellite FEC code implementation in FPGA for satellite to G/S link Visual approach and docking mechanism for a satellite pair

8 US Nanosatellite Project Demo close formation flying AODCS development Nano sensors and actuators A focussed satellite project Example: SNAP Nanosatellite of SSTL

9 Example research projects 3-D Tracking using Monocular vision Relative steering manoeuvres

10 Airship Platform Research 3-Axis Inertially stabilised platform for observation payloads AHRS/GPS inertial attitude, heading and position sensor

11 Come and join US!

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