Transcript Space Development & Test Wing (SD&TW) Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) National Science Foundation Small Satellite Workshop May 15-17, 2007 Lt Col(s) George Nagy Chief, Mission Planning.

Space Development &
Test Wing (SD&TW)
Department of Defense
Space Test Program
(STP)
National Science Foundation
Small Satellite Workshop
May 15-17, 2007
Lt Col(s) George Nagy
Chief, Mission Planning and Engineering
Space Development Group
DoD Space Test Program
Space Development & Test Wing (SDTW)
Mission:
Develop, test, and evaluate Air Force
space systems, execute advanced
space development and
demonstration projects, and rapidly
transition capabilities to the
warfighter.
Col Kevin McLaughlin
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SDTW Team
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215-Person Government Organization (189 @ KAFB)
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330 Contract support personnel
Major subordinate organizations
• Space Development Group
• Space Test Group
3 Sub-component Program Management Directives
• Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP)
• Owns retired MM I/MM II rocket motors; Peacekeeper rocket motors;
and provides launch services for DoD users
• DoD Space Test Program (STP)
• Provides mission design studies, spacecraft/launch vehicle acquisition,
and on-orbit operations for DoD experiments as required
• R&D Space and Missile Operations (RDSMO)
• Manages two R&D satellite operations complexes, the Camp Parks
Communications Annex, and multiple deployable telemetry, tracking,
and commanding (TT&C) terminals
• Provides launch and on-orbit control of R&D space assets
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Space Test Program (STP)
STP develops and executes advanced space
development and demonstration projects to exploit
new concepts and technologies to rapidly migrate
capabilities to the warfighter.
POAM III
MSTRS
SIV
RADCAL
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STPSat 1
CORIOLIS
TSX-5
CLOUDSAT
XSS-11
C/NOFS
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STP Core Competencies
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Broad and deep expertise in:
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Mission Design
Mission Assurance
Payload Integration
Small Satellite Acquisition
& Development
Missions come from 3 sources:
184 Flights, 463 Experiments
1967 to Present
STP “intellectual capital” gives
customers extensive capabilities
• Air Force funded missions
• DoD Space Experiment
Review Board (SERB)
• Provide services on a cost
reimbursable basis to other
customers
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STP Charter
• Chartered by OSD in 1965
• 1st launch in June 1967
• Revalidated by DepSecDef in
July 2002
STP is:
“ . . . the primary provider of
mission design, spacecraft
acquisition, integration, launch, and
on-orbit operations for DoD’s most
innovative space experiments,
technologies and demonstrations.”
and
“…the single manager of all DoD
payloads on the Space Shuttle and
International Space Station.”
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STP & Space Weather
• STP has flown 132 space weather experiments in 40
years
• Represents 29% of what STP has flown
• 26 % of 2006 SERB list is space weather related
• Dedicated Space weather brief presented at every
DoD SERB
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2006 SERB Space Weather Experiments
Research Areas
Electron
Densities
Italics indicates in-situ technique
Otherwise, remote sensing
Spacecraft
Hazards
Ionosphere/Thermosphere Experiments
UV Limb
DSX
LITES
RAIDS
ADS
SIXI*
iMESA
UV Limb
& Disk
IMAGE
TIMS
Neutral
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Ionospheric
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Background: Spaceflight Methods
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Shuttle/International Space Station (ISS)
• Deployable, payload bay, mid-deck lockers, ISS internal/external
Auxiliaries
• Piggybacks payloads: leverage margin on existing spacecraft
• Secondary spacecraft: leverage margin on existing launch vehicles
Dedicated Launches
• Spacecraft that are launched by a dedicated launch vehicle
Also high-altitude balloons, sub-orbital sounding rockets, and zero-g
flights
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EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
• ESPA will be the US’s first
“normalized” secondary payload
capability
• Fits any EELV-M
• Prime payload interface the same
• Holds up to six 400lb satellites
• First flight on STP-1 (8 Mar 07)
• Fully successful deployments
• ESPA Standard Service pending
funds availability
• Up to 30 potential rideshare
opportunities through FY13
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Standard Interface Vehicle (SIV)
SIV (ESPA-Class) strategy
IDIQ contract for SERB & reimbursable customer experiment suites
Flexible contract for rapid satellite bus acquisition to meet DoD needs
STP committed to buy 1 spacecraft
Use lower risk existing technologies to build highly standard
interfaces (spacecraft – payload – launch vehicle) cut costs
for multiple spacecraft buys
Reliable spacecraft
Technical Aspects:
Spacecraft: ~ 400 pound (180 kg) class
Flexibility: ESPA, Minotaur I/IV, other commercial vehicles
Not end-all solution; larger missions require different spacecraft bus
TS/SCI capable
Awarded Mar 06 to Ball Aerospace
SIV will create more access to
space opportunities
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Auxiliary Payloads on DoD Missions
• STP designated by HQ AFSPC as “front door” for all auxiliary
payloads on COCOM (AFSPC-owned) launches per 2004 policy
• Compile flight requests from potential customers
• Identify potential flights
• Negotiate options
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Mix and match payloads
Orbits
Schedules
Funding
• Sponsor selected auxiliary mission to LV and Prime SC SPOs
• Support technical feasibility studies
• Staff manifest package through SMC and HQ AFSPC
• No STP supporting funds provided under this policy
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Rideshare
• SDDG/STP is a great resource to
partner with for:
• Expertise
• Access
• Funding
• Plugged into the Small Sat
Community
• Rideshare Conference
• Quarterly Rideshare Telecons
• USU Small Satellite
Conference
• We are always looking for
rideshare partners to best
leverage scarce resources
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Three (distinct) Options for Accessing SDDG/STP
Services
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For SERB/STP flights
• Manifests are based on:
• Available SERB funds
• Flight opportunities
• SERB priority
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FUNDING LIMITED
• Additional opportunities do not lead to additional manifests without
additional funding
For Reimbursable/SDDG customer flights
• Manifests are based on:
• Available customer funds
• Flight opportunities/SDTW workload
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For auxiliary payloads coordinated via STP
• Priorities are approved by SMC/CC and HQ APSPC
• Manifests are based on:
• Available customer funds
• Flight opportunities
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STP Observations & Truisms
• Your chances of flying increase:
• If your satellite is built, near completion, or past CDR
• FalconSat-2 and NanoSats were selected for flight primarily
on availability
• If you’re going close to where other payloads are going (or want
to go)
• The more flexible your flight requirements are (e.g., range of
inclinations)
• The more your project minimizes STP fiscal exposure & financial
outlays
• The more your project benefits the STP program or DoD
generally
• The more you look like, or can fit on, an ESPA-class vehicle
• The better you match current standard interfaces (e.g., ESPA,
SIV)
• "Any customer can have a car painted any color so long as it
is black” – Henry Ford
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Summary
• Competition for subsidized space flight is intense
• STP & SDTW can provide a full suite of capabilities
for acquisition, launch, and on orbit ops
• SDDG/STP is the “front door” for manifesting
auxiliaries on EELVs and heritage launch vehicles
• Call us—we will walk you through the process
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STP Contacts
• Lt Col(s) George Nagy
Chief, Mission Planning and Engineering
Space Development Group
DoD Space Test Program
(505) 853-5505
[email protected]
Questions?
• Sam Myers Sims
Mission Design (Aerospace Corp.)
DoD Space Test Program
(505) 846-7047
[email protected]
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Backup
Slides
Questions?
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Current 2006 SERB Manifest Status
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Experiment
SPEX
ISAT
COMMx
ATARI TacSat3
DSX
COIS
ANGELS
FX-AIRSS
ODTML
COOP *
CARE
MSDS *
T-REX
ADS
HICO
RAIDS
PnPSat *
IMAGE
RAPDAR
Sponsor
AF
DARPA
USN
AF
AF
USN
AF
AF
USN
MDA
USN
MDA
AF
AF
USN
USN
AF
USN
AF
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Experiment
MAPS
CRIS
WBB
LITES
MISSE-7
FAC
iMESA *
MOSC
SIXI
TIMS
SEITE
WISPERS *
NEOSSat
FASTRAC NS *
PSSC Testbed
PSAT
LAD-C
SCIENCE
MTV
Sponsor
USN
USN
AF
USN
USN
MDA
AF
AF
USN
USN
USN
AF
AF
AF
AF
USN
USN
USN
MDA
Manifest Status
Manifested for
Spaceflight
8%
Potential FY07
Manifest
30%
No FY07 Manifest
Opportunity
62%
Note:
Experiment manifesting is
dependent on STP’s ability to
make the required funding
commitments for space flight.
Not all experiments listed as
“Potential” will be manifested
this year.
* Potential Ride Share on STPSat-2
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Space Experiments Review
Board (SERB) Purpose
• Consider all DoD space R&D experiments for
subsidized space access on a level playing
field
• Ensure military relevance, avoid duplicative
efforts, and promote cooperation among
Principal Investigators (PIs)
• Provide guidance to STP for spaceflight
mission design (via prioritized list)
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DoD SERB
• Chaired by SAF/USA
• DoD SERB Voting Membership (STP does not vote):
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DoD:
Warfighters:
HQs:
MAJCOMs:
Acquirers:
Labs:
USG:
OSD, NSSA, MDA, NRO, DARPA
USSTRATCOM
OPNAV, HQDA
AFSPC, NNSOC, USASMDC
SMC
AFRL, NRL
NASA
• Approves and prioritizes DoD-sponsored technology
• Provides strong consideration of operations need
• Military relevance is 60% of score,
• 20% is service/agency ranking, 20% is scientific quality
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SERB Process
AF
AFRL
Navy
NRL
Army
DARPA
MDA
NRO
Service & Lab SERBs
• Rank experiments
• Submit to DoD
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DoD SERB
SAF/USA
STP
(SMC/SDDG)
DoD SERB
SAF/USA
STP
• SAF/USAL chairs
• Hears 15-min. brief
from experimenter
• Multi-service
membership
• Evaluates
military relevance
• Does not
evaluate funding
• Experiment may be
kept off by maj. vote
• Approves SERB List
• Approves missions
(>$10M)
• AF funding via
Corporate process
• EA for DoD
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Executes mission
Approves missions <$10M
Satellite bus development
Launch
Operations (1 yr)
Shuttle/ISS ops
Does NOT fund experiments
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How Do I Get Started?
• Find a DoD sponsor
• Fill out the DoD 1721 and 1721-1 forms
• Create briefing slides
• Contact STP (POC: SDDG/XD) or service-SERB coordinator
to figure out which meetings you need to brief at
• STP (POC: SDDG/XD) will be happy to review forms and
slides for content and constructive advice
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Annual SERB Calendar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
AFRL SERB
Navy SERB
AF SERB
Other Service
SERBs
DoD SERB
SERB List
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Current STP Launch Schedule
Dedicated
Free-fliers
FY06
FY07
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STP-1 (EELV)
Orbital Express
ESPA, STPSat1
MidStar-1, FS-3
CFE
Atlas V
FalconSat-2
08 Mar 07
DARPA
FALCON
Falcon 1
24 Mar 06
(Kwaj)
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Auxiliary
Missions
4
#121 4 Jul 06
MISSE (3&4),
SPHERES,
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TacSat-2
MVIS,
TIE, MPI
Minotaur I
16 Dec 06
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As of 23 Apr 07
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FY12
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STPSat-3
TBD
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or
FY13
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4
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STP-2
D-IV OR A-V
TBD during
EELV Block III
buy
Feb 12
TBD APL
NPOESS
Atlas V
TBD
DMSP-19
D-IV / A-V
TBD APL
DMSP-20
D-IV / A-V
TBD APL
or
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#116 09 Dec 06
STP-H2 (ANDE, MEPSI-3,
RAFT,SPHERES, EMCH)
MAUI,
RAMBO
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STPSat-2
Oct 09
SAVE(LANL)
DSP-23
Delta IV-H
NET late Jul / early Aug 07
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1
FY11
4
API
AEHF-2
Delta IV
Apr 09
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FY10
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HALF Foam
Sounding Rocket
NET Jul 07
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C/NOFS (STP)
Pegasus
NET Apr 08
#118 NET
9 Aug 07 CCM-A,
MAUI, MISSE3&4,
RAMBO
RSA 21P
CMEWS/STEREO
Progress
(NASA JPL-NRL)
(ISS Re-supply)
Delta II
Soyuz,
25 Oct 06
SPHERES
#117 NET
24 Apr 06
8 Jun 07
CloudSat
(NASA JPL)
Delta II
28 Apr 06
1
FY09
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#115
9 Sep 06
RAMBO,
MISSE 5
Cooperative Launches With
NASA
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COSMIC
(Taiwan –
US Navy)
Minotaur I
14 Apr 06
FY08
RSA 23P Progress
(ISS Re-supply)
SPHERES
23 Oct 06
#123 NET 14 Feb 08
MAUI, MISSE-6 ,
RIGEX/CAPE
#120 NET
20 Oct 07
MAUI, RAMBO
Shuttle/ISS opportunities
exist through FY10.
However, only missions
with manifested STP
payloads are shown here.
The Shuttle/ISS process
forecasts out ~2 years.
#124 NET 24 Apr 08
MAUI
#119
NET 28 Aug 08
MAUI, PSSC
#122 NET 6 Dec 07
MAUI
HTV-1
NET Jul 09
RAIDS, HICO
Reimbursable
Failure
P schedule
Proposed isR intended
Success 
This
launch
for
planning purposes only; it is not an
 No Opportunity (NASA STS only)
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Future of NASA Space Access
• Additional avenues for ISS access will replace Orbiter
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ATV first launch 2007
Japanese HTV, NASA’s Commercial resupply (COTS)
ISS resupply version by CLV (both Manned and Unmanned)
Heavy Lift LV opens new doors for Beyond Earth Orbit payloads
ISS Complete
Vehicle
05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
International Space Station
Space Shuttle
Russia’s Progress vehicle
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)
Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV)
NASA Commercial Resupply (TBD)
Heavy Lift LV
TBD
TBD
NASA in Transition – STP Access to Space Evolving
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Space Weather Definition
“Space Weather refers to conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind,
magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can influence
the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based
technological systems and can endanger human life or health.
Adverse conditions in the space environment can cause disruption of
satellite operations, communications, navigation, and electric power
distribution grids, leading to a variety of socio-economic losses.”
National Space Weather Program
Strategic Plan, August 1995
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Reimbursable Customers
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All STP customers are “reimbursable”
• SERB payloads are funded by PE 65864F
• Non-SERB payloads are funded by the customer
• The PMD permits STP to support non-SERB customers on a
reimbursable basis.
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STP has supported reimbursable customers for essentially all of its
existence (40 years)
Processes are the same – only difference is who pays
Currently 21 reimbursable payloads have requested assistance from
STP
• All parts of DoD and NASA – i.e. “you” and your organizations
• Most are complete SV instead of instruments
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