Space Systems Lab/Ground Station

Space and communications LabsSpace Student Design ProjectsGround Station OpsExtracurricular

Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer

April 2007

RAFT & MARScom

Space Systems Labs

Missions, Orbits, STK Projects

Communications, Links, Antennas

Transmitters, Receivers, Losses

EPS, Electrical Power System

Signals and Telemetry

Thermal Lab

ADCS

Indoor

OutdoorNoise temperature

Communications, Links, Antennas

WavelengthAntenna SizeTypes

Gain, BeamwidthLink BudgetSNR

SWR

Matching

Communications, Receivers, Losses

Gain, losses

Amps and LNA’s

Cable losses

Geo-Arc

Beamwidth

Spectrum Analyzer

Downconverters

Demod, Decoding

UFO

EPS Lab

Solar Panels

I-V curves

Distribution

Regulation

Shadowing

RTG demo

EPS LABsat

Design Lab

Telemetry Lab

Sensors

Circuits

Conditioning

Engineering conversion

Decoding

Protocols

Thermal Lab

Conduction

Radiation

Absorbtivity

Emissivity

Insulation

Attitude Control Labs (LABsats)

Can demo all but gravity gradient

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station

Satellite and communications Labs

Satellite Design Projects

Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer

RAFT

PCSAT

Student Design Projects

NATSweb – 1st Sea-Launch (1997 scrubbed in last week!)

PCsat – Launched Athena 30 Sept 2001Sapphire -- Launched Athena 30 Sept 2001 PCSAT2 – STS-114 26 Jul 06 return to flightARISS – Launched on Progress Aug 2003ANDE – STS-116 21 Dec 06

RAFT1 – STS-116 21 Dec 06MARScom – STS-116 21 Dec 06ParkinsonSAT – Commenced Fall 2006

USNA Constellation

PCsat, launched 30 Sept 2001

Team: 6 Students/yr, 2 Profs, 1 Engineer2200 Amateur Satellite Users

Still semi-operational

Current Status

Current Status

PCsat Mission

Data Relay (Situational Awareness) for Mobiles and Handheld radios. GPS tracking and LIVE to WEB

Blue Force Tracking

Typical PCsat User Station(Blue Force Tracking)

Typical Pass Display

Internet Linked Ground Stns

www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

Internet Linked Ground Stns

www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

Internet Linked Data Displays

www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

PCsat “Student Operations”

Other Experiments through PCsat

Antarctic WX stationF-16 downed flyer demo (Rome Air Development Center)Arctic Tracking (trucks up frozen rivers >70º Latitude)ISS Joint Ops (2 weeks of constellation flying)USNA Marconi Re-enactment (St Johns Newfoundland)2200 other users worldwide

Air & Space Museum

Donated April 2004 to Smithsonian

For Display

At Dulles

Very short development time Simplicity and off the shelf Educational Project Communications service to Users Telemetry for Space Environment Configuration controlled on the ground

Bob Bruninga

US Naval Academy Satellite Lab

Amateur Satellite Service partnering with ARISS

PCSAT2, synergy in the Amateur Satellite Service

40 Solar Cell Samples

Latest triple junction technology

Solar Experiment

MISSE5 – PCSat2 – 26 July

Midshipmen involved in early integration and testing of PCSat2 electronics.

Two views of the initial deployment of MISSE/PCSat by astronaut Soichi Noguchi. It was installed 8 days after the launch of STS-114 (26 July 05)

Satellite Transponders

PCSAT2 LocationReturned August 2006 after a year’s exposure

Global Situational Awareness Network

Handheld

Mobile

Typical User Station

Encourage Schools and Students to get involved in Space

ANDE Deployment 21 Dec 2006

Initially FCAL separated from the container, but not ANDE

Radar returns later indicated ANDE separation

ANDE Mission

Atmospheric DragUSNA CommsTelemetry - Temperature - Attitude - Laser Control

Joint Project with NRL

Primary Lithium Batteries

ANDE Mission

ANDE Mission

ANDE Mission

Deployed

STS-116 Dec 06

ANDE, CAPE, ICU

Stanford Cubesat Projects50 in construction!

AIAA/USU Conference

30% of all papers were related to CUBESATS

Simple LABsat TLM/CMD System

RAFT Project (two Satellites)

RAFT-1 (~PCsat)

MARScom

NSSS Radar Fence

216.98 MHz

RAFT/MARScom Deployment(SSPL5510)

Stuff Stuff

NAVSPASUR Radar Fence

RAFT Deployment

RAFT Project (MARScom)

UHF AM up

HF SSB downlink

YP Radios

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station

Space and communications LabsSpace Design ProjectsGround Station OpsExtracurricular

Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer

PCSAT-1, ANDE/RAFT

12 Meter (AO-40)

C/Ku TVRO (NASA TV)

Teleconferencing

Summer Seminars, Tours

AMSAT Tracking

PCSAT1/2 Telemetry

& Commanding

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station

RS0ISS>PP0PP0,SGATE,qAo: Go Army beat Navy!

PCSAT-1>APRS,SGATE,qAo: Go Navy Beat Army!

PCSAT2>APRS,SGATE,qAo: Go Navy Beat Army!

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station

Satellite and communications LabsGround Station OpsSatellite Design Projects

Extracurricular

Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer

Other Activities

Space Day (Air&Space)

AMSAT (North America)

Marconi 100th (St Johns)

BSA RadioBadge

School Mentoring

Balloon Tracking

AMSAT OperationsAO-40 Rescue

- PCSAT2

USNA Extracurricular Activities

Annual Moonbounce Event

Football & Boat GPS Tracking, Comms, Imagry, Data, Internet

Imagry

W3ADO, oldest USNA ECA (1928)

Sea Trials