Presentation about the Ice Cubes Services project, run by Space Application Services, delivered on 24 June 2017 at the 15th Science Projects Workshop at the Future Classroom Lab.

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ICE Cubes Service
Educational Projects
Inspiration for STEM by sending your experiment to space
www.icecubesservice.com
icecubes@spaceapplications.com
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Covered objectives
• Motivate students to develop their competences in the
STEM disciplines
• Inspire students to start their career in the STEM fields
• Increase awareness of space research
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• ICE Cubes service allows your students to directly develop and
conduct their experiment on the International Space Station, the only
laboratory in space
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Design at school Upload to ISS Install by crew Operate from school

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Inspirational
• Unforgettable experience for the kids
– Students can be directly involved in the
development of the experiment
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Impressive
• Media interest (kids using the ISS)
• Past successful experiences from NCESSE
(National Centre for Earth and Space Science Education USA)
– 51 communities
– 99,800 grade 5-14 students actually designed a payload
– at least 428 schools involved.
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Flexible
• Multiple schools could
receive data directly at
their premises and
interact with the
experiment in near-real
time via internet.
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• Multiple experiments
could be fitted in one
Experiment Cube
• The experiments can
be available up to 4
months (minimum) on
board ISS

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Multidisciplinary
• During the experiment’s objectives definition:
– Biology
– Physics
– Chemistry
– Mechanics
– Robotics
– ….
• During the experiment’s design and development
– Mechanical design
– Thermal analysis
– Electronics design
– Software development
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Possible scenario for educational projects
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Step I
Definition of the science
objectives. Involve your students
on MicroG research and
stimulate their fantasy in
proposing experiments for the
International Space Station
Step II
Design your Experiment
Cube: Start from a simple
set of requirements and
design your experiment
learning what are the
different phases of the
development.
Step III
Ground Testing. Enjoy testing, at
your facility all the features you
created. We’ll give the software
simulation instruments for that.
Step IV
Shipment to launching facilities.
Say goodbye to your experiment,
next interaction will be in space!

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Step V
Follow the launch from your
school!
Step VI
A crew member will install
the experiment. Live video
might be available!
Step VII
Enjoy operating your cube in
space. You can monitor from your
school with real-time data. We’ll
give the software for that.
Possible scenario for educational projects

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Back-up slides

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System Overview
• Minimum Cube dimensions 10x10x10 cm (1U)
• Larger cubes (multi-U, up to 3Ux4U) are possible.
• Several experiments could be fitted in one Experiment Cube
2Ux1.5U
3Ux3U
3Ux2U
2Ux2U
2U
4Ux2U
4Ux3U
4U 3U1U1.5U
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System Overview
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Experiment Cubes characteristics
• Power profiles: 5V and 12 V, 10W per liter, up to 40.5 W max per
Cube
• Thermal cooling: Forced air ventilation
• Operations: Real-time telemetry/telecommand to/from ground
• Data: Downlink up to 4 Mbps
Uplink up to 0.5 Mbps
• Communications: standard internet protocols (IPs) via internet
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System Overview
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ICE Cubes facility
Experiment Cubes in
launch configuration
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Service Characteristics
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Service Characteristics
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• Operations Service:
– Running payload operations from ground (near real-time TM/TC)
– Receiving and distributing data to the various customers home bases (via a
dedicated open source Mission Control Software deployed by Space Applications
Services)
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Service Characteristics
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Prices list will be established considering parameters like: mass, needed resources,
duration, additional requested services (e.g. level of engineering support)
Time from contract signature to launch <12 months
Cubes delivery to launcher authority Late access possible (days before launch)
Launch frequency Every 4 months
Data transfer to ground • Near real-time
• Postponed downlink
• Physical download (e.g. via USB flash
drive)
Post-mission download of experiments Possible (optional)
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About Space Applications Services
Space Applications Services NV/SA is an independent Belgian company founded in
1987, with a subsidiary in Houston, USA and an office in The Netherlands. Staff of 90,
and growing.
Our aim is to research and develop innovative technology, solutions and services for
the aerospace and security markets and related industries:
• Research and develop technologies for specific domains or subsystems
which may be used stand alone or integrated within an overall system.
• Services to design, develop and integrate scientific and technology payloads,
mission critical systems, facilities and command and control centres.
Including laboratory, workshop and clean room.
• Services to operate facilities and command and control centres and to train
persons to perform operations.
The company capabilities cover system, software and operations engineering and our
activities include manned and unmanned spacecraft, launch/re-entry vehicles, monitor
and control, robotics and information systems.
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Space Applications Services NV HQ,
Zaventem, Belgium
European Space
Research
and Technology Centre
Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
Belgian Institute for
Space Aeronomy
Brussels, Belgium
European Astronaut
Centre
Cologne, Germany
Aerospace Applications
North America Inc.,
Houston, USA
Space Applications
Services Noordwijk
Office, The Netherlands
www.spaceapplications.com
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Manned Spacecraft
• Transportation
• Exploration
• Infrastructure
Launchers & Re-entry
vehicles
Unmanned Spacecraft
• Robotic exploration
• Earth observation
Command & Control
• Spacecraft
• Robots
Operations & Training
Scientific Payloads
HERMES-APM-MTFF-ATV-COLUMBUS-NODE2-CRV-X-38-CTV-ISS-ATVEV-CSTS-ARV-PLR
RRLD-FESTIP-ATVDV-X38-EXPERT-IXV
ROGER-PROBA-EarthCARE-SPECTRA-WALES-BIOMASS-TRAQ-PREMIER-FLEX-ASCOPE-CoReH2O-CONEXPRESS-TERRASAR-EXOMA
ATV-PROBA-GALILEO-ARV-PSPE-ROBOT@CWE
SPACELAB-EUROMIR-ARPK-HERMES-SOYUZ-ATV-COLUMBUS-GALILEO
MSL-EPM-FSL-EML-EDR-PCDF-EXGSE-IMPACT-IMPRESS-KUBIK-MARES-SOLAR-EuTEF
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