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Utah State University Needs and Requirements Panel An Academic Perspective Todd Mosher Utah State University Utah State University Academic Requirements = Opportunity Utah State University Recent U.S. Government Programs NASA • USRA/NASA STEDI-launched two satellites; evolved into UNEX • UNEX-launched one satellite then cancelled • UNESS-cancelled before selections made DoD • University Nanosatellites-some success currently 13 universities competing for one launch • First Minotaur Launch-1/26/00; co-manifested multiple university satellites • First ESPA launch-?-Military schools (NPGS, USAF Academy, Naval Academy) Utah State University Surrey Envy • Surrey Space Technologies Limited (SSTL or • Surrey) has built, launched, and operated more micro-satellites (constellations not included) than any other single organization Surrey has become a buzz-word, symbolizing the type of capability that other micro-satellite manufacturers would like to achieve Utah State University Surrey Launch Opportunities Mission UoSat-1 UoSat-2 UoSat-3 UoSat-4 UoSat-5 S80/T KITSAT-1 PoSAT-1 HealthSat-2 FASat-A CERISE Thai-Paht FASat-B Clementine UoSAT-12 TiungSat-1 SNAP-1 Tsinghua-1 PICOSat AISAT-1 BILSAT-1 NigeriaSat-1 UK-DMC Year Platform 1981 MicroSat 1984 MicroSat 1990 MicroSat-70 1990 MicroSat-70 1991 MicroSat-70 1992 MicroSat-70 1992 MicroSat-70 1993 MicroSat-70 1993 MicroSat-70 1995 MicroSat-70 1995 MicroSat-70 1998 MicroSat-70 1998 MicroSat-70 1999 MicroSat-70 1999 MiniSat-400 2000 MicroSat-70 2000 SNAP nanosat 2000 MicroSat-70 2001 MicroSat-70 2002 MicroSat-100 2003 MicroSat-100 2003 MicroSat-100 2003 MicroSat-100 Vehicle Delta Delta Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Tsy klon Ariane Zenit Zenit Ariane Dnepr Dnepr Cosmos Cosmos Athena Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos • Surrey has used a number of launch vehicles: – Initial two launches were free secondary payload launches on a Delta II provided by NASA – Ariane IV and V were used for 9 launches via the secondary payload capability provided by ASAP – Other launch vehicles used for primary or shared primary payload launches: • • • • • Athena Dnepr Zenit Tysklon Cosmos • 11 of 23 satellites launched as • secondary payloads 5 launches included 2 of Surrey’s satellites in a single launch, resulting in only 18 separate launches for 23 satellites Utah State University Academic Requirements Academic Requirements = Opportunity Desirements • A program like NASA sounding rockets with periodic launches compatible with M.S. and Ph.D. schedules • Support for or reduction of paperwork • Regular ESPA opportunities like Surrey had with ASAP • A dedicated launch (i.e. Falcon or RASCAL) once a year for university satellites