The FASTRAC Experience: A Student Run Nanosatellite Program

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1 The FASTRAC Experience: A Student Run Nanosatellite Program Sebastián Muñoz, Thomas Campbell, Jamin Greenbaum, Greg Holt, E. Glenn Lightsey 24 th Annual Conference on Small Satellites Logan, UT August 12, 2010

2 The FASTRAC Project Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, RelNav, Attitude, and Crosslink FASTRAC 1 Sara Lily FASTRAC 2 Emma Nanosat Competition Flight Redesign Integration & Delivery Acceptance Testing at AFRL Software Development/Testing and Hardware Modifications Environmental Testing at AFRL Launch on STP-S26 All-student team: Management Fabrication & Assembly Software $ 230 K Budget

3 FASTRAC Mission Objectives The FASTRAC primary mission objectives are: Demonstrate two-way intersatellite crosslink with verified data exchange Perform on-orbit real-time GPS relative navigation to an accuracy matching ground simulations (compared to postprocessed) Demonstrate autonomous thruster operation using accurate, single-antenna on-orbit real-time GPS attitude determination

4 FASTRAC Program Status FASTRAC Satellites Shipped to Kodiak, AK Undergoing Final Charging, Software Upload, and Functional Test Procedures Launching in Fall 2010 from Kodiak, Alaska Team is currently undergoing final operational preparations at UT-Austin FASTRAC Amateur Radio Frequency Information FASTRAC 1 or Sara Lily Downlink: MHz FM Beacon: MHz AX AFSK FASTRAC 2 or Emma Downlink: MHz FM Beacon: MHz AX AFSK Please HELP US TRACK OUR Satellites!!!

5 IMPACT ON STUDENTS Over 120 students have been involved in the project Multidisciplinary Team Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Science Business Journalism Physics Experience gained through the program has been very valuable FASTRAC TEAM SUMMER 2010 Dr. E. Glenn Lightsey FASTRAC Principal Investigator

6 IMPACT ON THE DEPARTMENT Satellite Design Laboratory Spacecraft Control Center Sensors & Actuators Laboratory Flight Integration Laboratory

7 IMPACT ON THE DEPARTMENT BevoSat-1 (FLEW ON STS-127) Texas 2-Step (UT-Austin s entry in UNP-5 COMPETITION) BevoSat-2 (Scheduled to fly 2012)

8 MISSION DEFINITION & REQUIREMENTS Before you do anything DEFINE YOUR MISSION & MISSION OBJECTIVES!!! Be realistic!!! Take advantage of your Institution and Team s Areas of Expertise Incorporate Systems Engineering Practices from the beginning Identify your mission requirements and perform and document your requirements flow down Leverage Flight Heritage & Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) Technology to reduce & mitigate risks

9 BUDGET & PURCHASING Take advantage of your most prized resource Highly Motivated Student Workforce Identify Big Ticket and Long Lead Items As Early as possible Obtain Support from your Organization and Get External Sponsors Be Creative & Resourceful Solar Panel Fabrication with Turkey Oven and Kitchen FoodSaver Equipment

10 DOCUMENTATION & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Adopt a configuration management and documentation systems early on in the project and actually use it!! Start developing your software from the start, don t let it be an after thought Version Control Software FASTRAC Internal Website Documentation System FASTRAC Flight Software SVN Repository

11 STUDENT INVOLVEMENT TURNOVER Maintain Good Documentation System Try to make sure there is overlap, especially in crucial areas RECRUITING Motivate Undergraduate & Graduate Research Master s Thesis, Senior Design Projects, Conference Papers Offer Classes for Credit Advertise TRAINING Emphasize and Implement Mentoring Relationships Soldering Workshops Ground Station Operation Orientation Amateur Radio Certification TEAM Hold Regular Team Meetings Inform everyone of what is happening Form a Core Group Multidisciplinary Team FASTRAC Team During Flight Build Design Review, Spring 2005

12 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 1. Follow & Implement Keep It Simple (KISS) Design Principle As complexity increases so do your failure modes Get rid of unnecessary complexity *Cartoon taken from

13 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 2. PROTOTYPING Flight Wire Harness being built with EDU Structure and Rapidly Prototyped Subsystem Boxes COMM GPS BATT FASTRAC Flatsat Electrical Testbed C&DH VREG

14 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 3. Keep Manufacturability & Integration in Mind While in the Design Phase FASTRAC Satellites During Assembly & Integration in Austin, June 2006

15 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 4. Certification Logs & Quality Assurance Practices are Extremely Important so get in the habit Early ON!!! Solder Bridge Found on GPS Receiver Board During Quality Assurance Inspection after receiving them from external manufacturing company

16 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 5. Establish Relationships with Different Part Suppliers and Machine Shops Machine Shops Used and Number of Parts per Subsystem* *Greenbaum, J.S., "Flight Unit Fabrication of a University Nanosatellite: The FASTRAC Experience", Master's Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, December 2006.

17 DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION & TESTING 6. TESTING, TESTING, TESTING!!! Functional Test at AFRL, Satellites are successfully performing Real-Time Relative Navigation

18 COMMUNITY OUTREACH Participate in Explore UT, university wide open house Tours of Satellite Design Lab Summer Programs for Middle School & High School Kids Presentations to Austin Community and High Schools

19 AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY FASTRAC Website for Amateur Radio Community

20 QUESTIONS? Contact Information Dr. E. Glenn Lightsey FASTRAC Principal Investigator +1 (512) Sebastián Muñoz FASTRAC Student Project Manager +1 (512)

21 BACK UP SLIDES

22 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Solar Panels Built / Designed In House

23 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Kantronics KPC TNC Hamtronics Transmitters & Receivers Transmitter Relay Board Receiver Relay Board

24 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview VICOR VI-J00 DC-DC Regulators Custom Designed VREG Board Leach Relays (4 Inhibits) Dallas Sensor Network

25 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Special Anodized Box 10 Sanyo N4000- DRL NiCD Cells

26 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Dual GPS Antenna Input UHF / VHF Transmitter and Receivers ONLY ON FASTRAC 1 Cross-Strapped Antenna Switch TX RX RX THR VREG Thruster Nozzle + Z Valve ORION GPS ORION GPS THR AVR Raw RelNav Raw GPS DAUGHTER Raw RelNav RelNav KPC MMC Thruster Nozzle - Z Tank GPS AVR EPS AVR COM AVR IMU AVR RS 232 / RS485 IMU ONLY ON FASTRAC 2 HMC 2003 MMC MMC MMC MMC LEGEND I2C Bus Dallas Bus SPI Bus Serial RS232 Serial RS485 General I/O

27 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Custom Designed MMC / Magnetometer Boards AVR Microcontrollers developed by SCU

28 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Custom Designed Daughter Board Two Dow-key RF Switches Two Meca RF Splitters Two Modified Orion GPS Receivers

29 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview Micro Discharge Plasma Thruster developed at UT Austin Micro Aerospace Solutions IMU

30 FASTRAC Subsystems Overview

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