Oxford Space Systems │ UK Space Cluster │ Harwell OX11 0QR │ United Kingdom

www.oxford.space explore@oxford.space

COST & SPEEDTHE NEW BATTLE FRONTS FOR SPACE BASED COMMS & REMOTE SENSING

DSEI 2019

• Founded in Sept 2013 - seed funding secured Jan 2014

• Developing a new generation of novel deployable space antennas, booms and panel arrays

• Origami & proprietary materials combined to produce products are lighter, less complex & more stowage efficient

• Significant IP developed: 8 patents applied for together with significant materials science IP

• A growing & diverse team of experienced industry experts & highly talented graduates (FTs: 50+ - currently recruiting)

THE STORY SO FAR…..

• Commercial traction: contracts with MoD (DASA + DSTL), SSTL, Airbus Defence & Space, Thales Alenia Space, LuxSpace, DSO Labs (Singapore) + US

• Showcase New Space company for the UK

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NEW HQ FACILITY AT THEHARWELL SPACE CLUSTER, UK

• Expanded into custom facility in October 2018

• Largest clean room on campus (Class 10,000: 300m2)

• Large light industrial area for lower TRL builds

• Permits volume production

• Facility meets UK sovereign defense security requirements

• Harwell Space Cluster home to 89+ space companies –the center for the UK New Space sector

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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Feb 2015: AstroTube™ boom selected for UKSA AlSat Mission

Dec 2015: Best Investment in Disruptive Technology 2015

Sept 2015: Best UK Tech Start-Up 2015Grand Prix ‘Winner of Winners’ Award 2015

Nov 2016: AstroTube™ boom successfully deployed

July 2015: $1.7m (USD) Round 2

Sept 2013: $135k (USD) Innovate UK Harwell Launchpad Grant

Jan 2014: $670k (USD) seed investment from Longwall Ventures

Jun 2017: $1.5m (USD) Round 3 (“Interim Round” including Space Angels USA)

Q3 2018: $10.3m Round 4

• Private equity: $14.3m• UK Government: $6.5m :

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Nov 2017: Top 5 Global Start-up to WatchInstitute of Physics : Business Innovation (AlSat

Mission)

Dec 2017: Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 (Mike Lawton)

Dec 2018: Top 100 Fastest Growing UK Company (ranking: #52)

June 2018: European Excellence in Innovation Award

April 2019: NASA iTechIgnite the Night:

Colorado Springs Winner

SPACE PRODUCTS OVERVIEW

Large Unfurlable Antennas

AstroTube™ : Scalable Boom Systems

Deployable Panel Arrays

By using flight qualified proprietary materials OSS products are:

Lighter

Less complex

Lower cost

More stowage efficient

…than those in current commercial demand

THREE KEY PRODUCT AREAS…..

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DEPLOYABLE BOOM TECHNOLOGY

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TWO WORLD RECORDS SET…..• World’s longest retractable nanosat boom system• Fastest time from concept to orbit for a new material

SHOOTING SPACE JUNK…!• RemoveDEBRIS satellite launched April 2018• Released from the ISS 21 June 2018• Successfully deployed after 9 months on orbit storage• Airbus Defence & Space confirmed “complete success”

MICROSAT PATCH PANEL ARRAYS

Key Features:• Steerable (2 degrees of freedom)• Scalable & modular• 6U and over• S-band and Ka or Ku patches • Hybrid option (PV + patches)

Accommodates both RF & Solar Array within one panel structure

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NOVEL DEPLOYABLE HELICAL ANTENNAS

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Helical deployed diameter greater

than stowed diameter possible

• Up to 10m in length• Low complexity• Cost optimized

Tri-Filar Cubesat Antennas for Internet of Things (IOT)

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NEW SPACE – ENABLED BY MINIATURISATION

Microsats are increasingly able to replicate the performance of much larger satellites. In the same way most mainframe computers can now be replaced with high-end desktops, so the trend is to smaller spacecraft

BUT….the laws of physics prevail:• Sensitivity required to maintain link budget

– better with large antenna• Smaller low cost satellites need to

accommodate large antennas for SAR• Solution – Deployable antennas:

• stowage efficient• lighter and lower in cost• maintaining good performance

Deployable antennas are a key enabling technology for next-gen satellite services

UNFURLABLE ANTENNAS

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OSS to deliver flight hardware to US customer in

Q3 2020 : outer-ring & membrane with

AstroTube Max Deployment Boom

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GROUND BREAKING INVESTMENT IN OSS FROM UK GOVERNMENT

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OSS MICROSAT WRAPPED-RIB• Scalable: 2m to 5m• Up to Ka-Band operation

• Proprietary metal mesh surface• Microsat compatible

Currently at TRL3 (prototype demonstrated in lab environment)

• Provides high gain lightweight antenna capability in small stowage area

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PROPRIETARY SURFACES FOR DEPLOYABLE ANTENNAS

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• Pre-shaped membranes permit high surface RMS accuracy (Ka-Band & over) reducing the complexity of cable net systems

• Membrane based architectures are lighter, less complex & lower in cost than traditional metal mesh surface antennas

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• Significant internally funded R&D work successfully completed to produce a variety of high performance mesh surfaces up to Ka-Band

ADVANCED CONCEPT :

ORIGAMISAT

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DEPLOYABLE PARABOLIC ANTENNAS FORMOBILE MILITARY COMMS

KEY FEATURES:› Compact

› Lightweight

› Simple & rapid deployment

› Proprietary reflector surface

› 20GHz and above

› ITAR-free

› Cost competitive

APPLICATIONS: Man Portable Antennas, FOB Comms, etc.

FROM SPACE TO GROUND: DEPLOYABLE PARABOLIC ANTENNA

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CONTACT US:

Oxford Space Systems

Electron Building

Harwell Space Cluster

Harwell OX11 0QR

United Kingdom

explore@oxford.space

+44 (0)1235 567 999

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