Transcript Document 7156024

The mission of HSFL is to:
 promote innovative engineering
and science research for
terrestrial and planetary space
missions
 develop, launch, and operate
small spacecraft from the
Hawaiian Islands to accelerate
the validation of new space
technologies
 provide workforce training in all
aspects of unmanned space
missions
 promote synergistic
collaborations between
educational, governmental,
and corporate institutions
interested in space exploration
HSFL Personnel (HIGP)
 Lloyd French
Luke Flynn
 Missions Manager
 LEONIDAS-2 Project Lead
PhD Hawaii ’92
Director
 Lenny Gouveia
Robert Wright
 Judy Rubano
PhD Open U. ’99
Data Manager
 Tim Williams
Keith Horton
PhD Hawaii ’95
Instrumentation
 Technical Partnerships Manager
 Administrative Lead
 Launch Support Manager
 Harold Garbeil
 Software Engineer
 Jason Akagi
 Avionics Lead Engineer
 Byron Wolfe
Paul Lucey
PhD Hawaii ’86
LEO-2 Science Lead
G. Jeff Taylor
PhD Rice U. ’70
HSFL “Poster-Guy”
 Systems Lead Engineer
 Eric Pilger
 IT Support Engineer
 Lavina Chatlani
 Program Facilitator (Person
who actually does the work!!!)
 Marcia Rei Sistoso
 HSGC Program Coordinator
Benefits to HIGP/SOEST
 HIGP faculty research opportunities
 NASA, NOAA Terrestrial Remote Sensing
 NSF Space Weather
 NASA Planetary Missions
 HSFL leverages greater collaboration and
partnership opportunities for HIGP faculty.
 NASA Centers and Mission Directorates
 DoD agencies
 State agencies and corporations (NovaSol)
 Demonstrated experience for HIGP Faculty
as Mission PI – NASA Programs
 Highly competitive research proposals
 End-to-end mission support capability based
entirely in Hawaii.
 Added attraction for new faculty hires.
Benefits to State of Hawaii
 State Economic Infrastructure
 2-6 planned launch activities beginning in 2011 will require
infrastructure support network for satellite and rocket
components
 At least 60 new technical jobs related to aerospace
 6 new HSFL-related program management teams at PMRF consisting
of 3 people
 3 launch crews of 15 technicians each
 ?? More positions for telemetry and range support
 Tens of millions in UH/State revenue
 Windward Community College
 Offers Associate Degree in Aerospace serving as a pipeline to
HSFL programs.
 Aerospace Lab will serve as outreach and educational
component of HSFL. Dr. Joseph Ciotti will lead effort.
 Upgrades to Windward CC Aerospace Lab will serve as “virtual”
Mission Control Center for the HSFL.
 Kauai Community College
 Training program established through Kauai CC
 High paying, high technology jobs for State residents
Science Mission: CRESPO
Coral Reef Observations
 Global , comprehensive,
quantitative survey and
distribution of living coral.
 Hyperspectral remote sensing
 450 km near polar circular orbit
 1 year duration minimum
 >3000 total target scenes
Partnerships
University of Hawaii
 HIGP
 HSFL
 SOEST
NASA Ames
Research Center
Novasol
Impementation
Ames
 Bench top to Mission (Utilizing
pressure vessel architecture)
Novasol
 Small 60-band hyperspectral
imager
 Micro HIS VNIRwith sorting
filter (800-100nm)
Organization
 UH/HSFL: Management
 Ames, SOEST: Science
Costs
team
 Ames: S/C development  Privately funded mission
 HIGP, Novasol: Instrument
(Castle Foundation and
 UH/COE: S/C integration
Google)
and environmental test
 Ames is seeking internal
 Ames, HSFL: Ground
for S/C labor cost.
stations
 UH/HSFL: Science
 Estimated costs $6-7M.
Operations
 Study is still ongoing.
 Ames: S/C Operations
funds
Science Mission: CRESPO II
Parameter
Requirement for Maritime
Hyperspectral Imaging from
Space
Rationale
Off-nadir pointing
+/-30 deg
To increase scene access frequency
Spectral Range
400 - 800 nm
•800-1000nm or 900-1800nm
Water-penetrating wavelengths
NIR for atmospheric correction
Spectral Channel
Width
10 nm
Sufficient resolution to resolve spectral
features
Signal to Noise Ratio
> 200 to 1 for a 5% surface
albedo scene
Provides adequate residual SNR after
atmospheric removal
Polarization
Sensitivity
< 5%
Sensor response to be insensitive to
polarized atm light
Ground Sample
Distance
100 meters
( 30%?)
Comparable to scale of coastal features
Scene Size
Hundreds to Thousands of
square kilometers
To encompass the scale of coastal
dynamics
HSFL Facilities: Launch Support
Pacific Missile Range
Facility (PMRF)
Local launch facility and
mission support
Using launcher within
PMRF boundaries
HSFL/UH to enter into
host-tenant agreement
with PMRF that will
allow HSFL launch
facility.
Launch Vehicle
 Kauai Test Facility (KTF)/
Sandia National Lab
 Experience with solid rockets and
missile design.
 Heritage working with PMRF as
on-site contractor
 SPARK-I: Space-borne Payload
Assist Rocket – Kauai. Can send
150 kg to low-Earth orbit (400
km)
 Future SPARK II: 300 kg to lowEarth orbit
 SPARK II capable of planetary
missions
 KTF will provide technology
transfer to University of Hawaii
Integration and Test
 College of Engineering facility with
5300 square feet of space
 Vice Chancellor for Research and
SOEST Dean allocate funds for
clean room equipment.
 Clean rooms in UH/POST will be
used to assemble satellites.
 Systems integration
 Thermo-vac testing
 Vibration testing
 Electronics testing for launch
vehicle component integration
Spacecraft
 Partner with NASA Centers and
others to advance small
spacecraft design.
 Design, build, launch, and
operate 30-70-kg microsatellite
that can be configured for a
variety of science and
educational tasks.
 Support technology validation
missions for NASA as well as
other University or corporate
missions.
 Draw from cadre of EE and ME
students in CoE CubeSat Group
Mission Operations
 UH/HSFL maintains receiving
stations that will be moved
to roof of Holmes in 2009.
 Ground station provides
command and control
broadcast as well as data
downlink capabilities.
 Mission Ops Center in POST
527.
 Back-up Mission Ops from
PMRF.
Funding and Support
 Current Support
 Congressional
 FY 08: $3.277 Million through Army Space and
Missile Defense Command
 FY 09: $3.884 Million through Air Force
Operationally Responsive Space
 UH/SOEST
 $1.4 Million: HSFL Mission Ops Center, HSFL
Integration and Test Facility
 Other Support
 Rocket Motors
 MDA: 4 GEM-40 first stage motors = $8.8 Million
 SNL: 2 Star-27 third stage motors = $2.2 Million
 Pending AF/ORS: 2 SR-73 second stage motors =
$3.2 Million
 Future Pending ULA: 73 GEM-46 first stage motors
~ $160 Million
 Motors would be donated to UH/HSFL
 Vandenberg Air Force Base Scout Launcher
 Telemetry Support: NWSC Corona
HSFL Future Prospects
 HIGP faculty research opportunities with new HSFL
missions.
 Funds from launch operations would be used to
stimulate new HIGP faculty research and mission
concepts.
 UH to become the gateway for university-class and
small satellite space access. Potential to relieve logjam of national small satellite projects waiting for
space validation of hardware.
 UH to provide unique, one-of-a kind student training
and research opportunities from spacecraft design to
launch to on-orbit operations.
 Reliable, low-cost access to Earth orbit for small
payloads.
 Total cost is $9.0 million/launch; $2.25 million
each for 4 small satellites.
 Workforce development and training spawning hitechnology activities on many islands.
HSFL Summary
 If Hawaii were a country, we would be
the 8th “nation” in the world to have
this capability. Instead, we’ll be the
only university worldwide that can do
build, launch and maintain satellites in
space.
 HSFL is seeking new proposals for
science and technology demonstration
missions to support HIGP, SOEST, and
UH faculty research!