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Ducommun — Technical Presentation (April 2009)
10 slides from Ducommun's technical presentation, April 2009
Slide 1: US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Operational Nanosatellite Effect (SMDC-ONE)
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Operational Nanosatellite Effect (SMDC-ONE) FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 1
Slide 2: System Configuration
System Configuration SMDC-ONE Spacecraft Segment Bus Comm Element Element Structures & Mechanical Guidance Nav & Control Thermal Control Electrical Power Command & Data Handling CLEARED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 2
Slide 3: Mission Objectives
Mission Objectives Mission Objectives Minimum Success Criteria 1. Demonstrate the ability to rapidly 1. Design, develop, and deliver eight design and develop militarily relevant SMDC-ONE satellite systems within 12 low cost spacecraft. months of ATP (April 2008) for a hardware cost not to exceed $35
Slide 4: Design Reference Mission
Design Reference Mission Begin SMDC-ONE Deployment Phase Circularization Burn Orbital Insertion Nanosat Deploy (8) ~ 52 min ~400 km 450 sec Stage 1 BO 45 min 7.5 min 169 sec Vehicle Orient Stage 1 Impact Falcon 1 launch east from Kwajalein Atoll CLEARED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 4
Slide 5: Primary Mission OV-1 CONOP
Primary Mission OV-1 CONOP • Satellite-Autonomous Data Collection from Unmanned Ground Sensor (UGS) Segments – Mission Executed From Stored Scheduler or C2 Uplink Instructions “1” Based on Time Schedule – Satellite Polls Pre-Loaded UGS ID # “2” on Ground and Retrieves Data – Satellite Data Collectio
Slide 6: Secondary Mission OV-2 CONOP
Secondary Mission OV-2 CONOP • UHF Data Relay Between 2 Mobile Ground Segments (Radios) – Mission Instructions Initiated From Stored Scheduler Events or C2 Re-Schedule – Data Text Message Format Xmit @ f1 MHz Rcv @ f2MHz Rcv Xmit @ ff2MHz @ 2 MHz UHF Transceiver OV-2 Instruction Ground Mobile Ground
Slide 7: Status as of April
Status as of April 23 • Spacecraft Critical Design Review Completed in December 2008 • Spacecraft Radio Frequency pattern/strength testing completed at AMRDEC Unconventional Beam Office test facility -- Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville. • Spacecraft Integration and Functional Tests are underway. • Envir
Slide 8: Verification Testing
Verification Testing • Shock test at MSFC on two qualification units. • Random Vibration performed at Miltec Iuka facility on qual and flight units • Thermal Balance testing performed on single qual unit as part of thermal Shock Test NASA MSFC cycling test to verify on-orbit predictions • Thermal Cy
Slide 9: Virtual Tour
Virtual Tour SLA Model CLEARED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 9
Slide 10: Virtual Tour
Virtual Tour CLEARED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 10