Outreach presentation for middle school students at St. Louis De La Salle Middle School to get them interested in space science.

1. SSRL:
Space
Systems
Research
Lab
Saint
Louis
University
De
La
Salle
Middle
School
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October
2011

2. Satellites
• What
is
a
satellite?
– A
satellite
is
an
orbi>ng
body
– We
build
small
machines
which
will
fly
in
space,
record
data,
and
send
the
data
back
to
us
– Satellites
can
be
small
(less
than
100
pounds),
or
large
(bigger
than
a
schoolbus!)
Photos courtesy of wikipedia/wikimedia commons
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3. Satellites
• How
do
satellites
get
to
space?
– We
send
satellites
to
space
on
rockets
(SpaceX
Falcon
9)
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4. Satellites
• What
are
satellites
used
for?
– Communica>on
– GPS/loca>ons
– Television
– Images/mapping
of
Earth
or
space
– Emergency
response
– Top
secret
spy
missions
– Science!
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5. Satellites
• What
goes
into
a
satellite?
– Structure
– Power
• Solar
panels
• BaXeries
– Heaters
– Science
system
– Communica>on/radios
– SoZware
COPPER
of
SLU
– Loca>on
control
(a[tude
control)
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6. Satellite
Components
Satellites
• What goes into a satellite?
Secondary Radio/Communication
Radio
Power
Board +
Batteries
Testing a solar panel board built
by SLU students
Camera/
Science
Structure
Sensor Motherboard/Computer System

7. SSRL
• SSRL
is
Space
Systems
Research
Lab
• We
are
a
group
of
college
students
at
Saint
Louis
University
(SLU)
• We
are
building
a
satellite
that
is
going
to
fly
in
space
in
June
2012!
• Team
Leads
next to an F-­‐1
(saturn
V)
• Rubianne
Garcia:
AE
2014
rocket
engine
• Wesley
Gardner:
Physics/CS/Math
2014
• Richard
Henry:
EE
2012
• Joe
Kirwen:
AE
2013
• Steve
Massey:
EE/CompE
2012
• Tom
Moline:
AE
2014
• Tyler
Olson:
AE
2014
Picture
of
COPPER
team
using
infrared
camera
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8. SSRL
• Our
2
satellites
COPPER:
Launch
June
2012
Argus:
Launch
TBA
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9. COPPER
Overview
• Infrared
Earth-­‐Imaging
mission
• Manifested
for
June
2012
SpaceX
Falcon-­‐9
flight
through
NASA
• Delivery
date
of
December
2011
• Looks
at
Earth’s
Northern
Hemisphere
• U>lizes
a
Flir
Tau
320
infrared
camera
• Video
of
launch
vehicle
and
Dragon
capsule
maneuvers
aZer
deployment
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10. Mission
Timeline
Orbit
for
COPPER:
Low
Earth
Orbit
325km,
51.6°
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11. Argus
Overview
• Detects
radia>on
events
and
correlates
events
to
loca>on
and
>me
to
model
radia>on
outside
of
Earth
• Working
with
Vanderbilt
University
and
the
Ins>tute
for
Space
and
Defense
Electronics
• Applying
to
NASA
to
fly
in
2013
• Two
satellites:
• Argus-­‐Hi,
500-­‐800
km
al>tude
• Argus-­‐GTO,
Geosta>onary
Transfer
Orbit,
35,700
km
al>tude
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12. Argus-­‐Lo
CAD
Model
Magne>c
Radia>on
A[tude
Modeling
Control
Experiment
System
Power
System
+
BaXery
UHF
Radio
Processor
S-­‐Band
Radio
Motherboard
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13. Mission
Timeline
Orbit
for
Argus:
Low
Earth
Orbit
600-­‐800km,
40°
or
higher
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14. SSRL:
Space
Systems
Research
Lab
Saint
Louis
University
De
La
Salle
Middle
School
12
October
2011