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Andrew Dempster

Space Engineering Research at ACSER

Joint Institutions, 8 May 2014 2

• Launched 22 November 2010 • Funded 29 March 2011 • Historic strengths

– GNSS – Remote sensing – Hypersonics

ACSER


Vision: To provide national leadership for space engineering research

Purpose: To develop space capabilities relevant to Australia’s needs through research, innovation and education



• Support: – Cheryl Brown

• Research: – Ediz Cetin, Joon Wayn Cheong, Eamonn

Glennon, Lily Qiao • Teaching:

– Barnaby Osborne • >80 staff across FoE, UNSW Canberra,

FoS, (Business, Law, Arts)

People: appointments


• $40M over 4 years • “designed to develop

Australia’s niche space capabilities by supporting space-related research, innovation and skills in areas of national significance or excellence”

• Stream A - Space Education Development grants

• Stream B - Space Science and Innovation Projects grants

Australian Space Research Program (ASRP)


• 1: – “Pathways to Space: empowering the internet

generation” $987,574 (led by UNSW) – “Scramjet-based access-to-space systems” (led by

UQ) $5,000,000 – “Platform technologies for space, atmosphere and

climate” (led by RMIT) $2,847,160 • 2:

– “SAR Formation Flying” $4,644,583 (led by UNSW) • 4:

– “A Comprehensive Tertiary Education Program in Satellite Systems Engineering $675,173 (led by UNSW)

Four Funding Rounds (UNSW)


• “SAR Formation Flying” $4,644,583 (research) • “A Comprehensive Tertiary Education Program

in Satellite Systems Engineering $675,173 (education)

Two Main ASRP Projects

Joint Institutions, 8 May 2014

SAR Formation Flying: Garada • Partners: Astrium, BAE

Systems, Delft/Curtin, General Dynamics

• Three main activities: – Phase A SAR formation

flying system design – L1/ E1/ L5/ E5 GNSS

receiver – GNSS reflectometry


Garada Satellite


• Drives weather • Determines wind erosion • Helps minimise water erosion • Aids land use • Informs about unique ecologies • Aids broad acre farming/

grazing • Identifies “tipping points • Determines success of carbon

storage

Soil Moisture Monitoring


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SAR Processing for Soil Moisture


• L-Band, Quad-polarisation • Antenna size 15.5 m x 3.9 m • Incidence angle range 8° - 50° • Spatial resolution:

– 7-10 m Stripmap, – 60-100m ScanSAR

• 630 km alt., 6 day repeat, 6 am LTAN • Falcon 9 launch • Circuit based microchip radar signal amplifiers • 1000 Mbps dual X-Band downlink

Garada satellite key parameters


Winner, 2012 VSSEC/ NASA Australian Space Prize

• Thomas Cooney • “Electronic Circuits for

L-Band Phased Array Synthetic Aperture Radar”

• Prize: 10 week internship at NASA Ames


GNSS receivers


Garada in Orbit

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Relative Positioning for Formation Flying


• Aircraft and equipment for conducting the experiments GNSS Reflectometry

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Zenith-looking RHCP antenna Nadir-looking LHCP antenna Low noise amplifier


Reflectometry

Ground tracks reflections from 7 GPS satellites to UNSW aircraft receiver


Reflectometry


• Surface wind speed estimation using delay waveform fitting

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• Joseph Gauthier PhD (synchronising satellites) • Vaidhya Mookiah PhD (GNSS receiver signal processing) • Vinh Tran PhD (GNSS receiver architecture) • Scott O’Brien PhD (reflectometry) • Yuanyuan Zhou CSC PhD (single frequency relative positioning) • Rui Li CSC PhD (orbit simulation/ ionosphere) • Yang Yang CSC PhD (orbit modeling/ relative positioning) • Andrew Zaydak OSU MR (bistatic radar configurations) • Haifa Ben Aouicha ENAC UG (non-GPS synchronisation) • Thomas Cooney UG (chip design) • Scott Dorrington TOR (satellite/ground comms) • George Constantinos TOR, UG (deployable antennas) • Foh Fan (Isaac) Yong: UG Aero Garada reqts • Bo Yang CSC (antenna array design) • Fariborz Sobhanmanesh FRG (SAR data compression/ Correlator) • Nima Alam FRG (GPS reflectometry) • Joon Wayn Cheong FRG (snap-shot GPS) • Nam Khanh Pham CSE PhD (effects of SEU on FPGAs)

Generating Research

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• Prof Jeff Walker, Monash • Dr Rocco Panciera, Melbourne • Prof Tony Milne, UNSW, CRC-SI • Dr Mark Williams, CRC-SI

User Advisory Group


• CRC for Spatial Information • Department of Climate Change and

Environment • Murray Darling Basin Authority • Geoscience Australia • Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW) • Dept of Sustainability and Environment (Vic) • Bureau of Meteorology

Engaging Stakeholders

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• Sillana • BAE Systems (antennas) • Aerospace Concepts • AITC • Texas A&M (Corpus Christi) • Implementation: Loral, Boeing, MDA…

Generating Industry/ University Contacts

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• Awarded June 2011 • Commencing S2 2013 • 2-year Masters of Engineering Science (Ext) in Satellite Systems Engineering • Bluesat launch • Partners: Thales,

Optus, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE)

A Comprehensive Tertiary Education Program in Satellite Systems Engineering


• New stream of the 8539 MEng Sci (Ext) program • ELECSS8539 – Masters of Engineering Science

Extension in Satellite Systems Engineering • Stream structure is best fit for 8539 Program • It is

– Comprehensive – Coherent – Unique in Australasia – Internationally – world’s best

The new Masters


• 96 UOC program, incorporates a significant and well designed practical component

• 24 UOC professional development (exemptible) – Space Systems Engineering (ADFA course) – 18 UoC determined by program authority

• 24 UOC core specialisation – Space Systems Architectures and Orbits (MECH) – Space Mission Development (ELEC) – Space Segment (MECH) – Ground Segment and Space Operations (ELEC)

ELECSS8539


• 12-24 UOC elective specialisation courses – ZEIT8013 Satellite Applications I (6 UOC) – GMAT9765 Satellite Applications II (6 UOC) – ELEC9765 Space Law and Radio Regulations (6 UOC) – ZEIT8230 Requirements Engineering (6 UOC) – AERO4410 Adv Aero Struct and Vibratn (Advanced

Aerospace Structures and Vibrations UOC) – ELEC9722 Digital Image Processing (6 UOC) – GEOS9012 Remote Sensing Applications (6 UOC) – GMAT9200 GPS Positioning (6 UOC) – GMAT9201 GPS Receivers (6 UOC) – TELE4652 Mobile & Satellite Comm System (Mobile

and Satelllite Communications Systems UOC) • Management (12-24 UOC)

ELECSS8539


• Year-long project – 12 UOC option, only technical

project (2x6UOC) – 24 UOC option, technical

plus management (2x12UOC) • Cubesat based • Student teams propose, design

and build payload, or subsystems • Integrate and test into satellite

platform • Space Systems Laboratory

The Practical Project


• Minimum Satellite/Space Systems Content • Courses

– PD: 6 UOC – Sp: 36 UOC

Total 42 UOC • Project 12 UOC • Total 54 UOC

Program Modes


• Recommended configuration maximises satellite engineering knowledge

• 24 UOC professional development • 48 UOC specialisation • 24 UOC project

Recommended Configuration


• BLUEsat included as part of the Warrawal project – Funding – Guidance – Deadline

• BLUEsat baseline established • PDR and CDR conducted (with

oversight by TAS) • Satellite completed and

project wrapped up

BLUEsat


• In addition to – Bluesat – Biarri – Warrawal (teaching)

• QB50 • 6U initiative (from 2012 workshop)

Cubesat Activities


• Formation Flying cubesats

• $260k contract with DSTO via BAE Systems (June 2011)

• Namuru V3.2: space-qualified L1 GPS

Biarri


• 2U CubeSat, 2.0kg • GOMSpace Satellite bus,

deployable solar arrays • QB50 payload: Ion Neutral

Spectrometer (INMS) • UNSW/NICTA Payloads:

–Namuru v3.2 space GPS –seL4 microkernal board –FPGA based operation system

board –3D printed PEAK polymer satellite

structure • Launch: April 2015 into Sun-

synchronous 380km Orbit • Expected Lifetime: 4-8 months

UNSW QB50 Educational Cubesat 0 (EC0)


• An international network of 50 double CubeSats for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration measurements in the lower thermosphere and for re-entry research

• A network of 50 double CubeSats sequentially deployed

• Initial altitude: 320 km (circular orbit, i=79°)

• Downlink using the Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations (GENSO)

QB50 Project


• $230k additional funding ($250k in total) • Launch date April 2015 • Project funded by European Union, led by

VKI of Belgium • The lifetime only three months << 25 years

stipulated by international requirements related to space debris

The QB50 Project


• 2U + QB50 Payload • Where possible COTS

components for bus subsystems

• Shuttlecock arrangement of body mounted solar panels + 2 deployable solar panel wings

• ADC via Earth Horizon/Sun sensors, GPS, IMU and Mtq

UNSW EC0



Four (non-QB50) Payloads • Namuru - GPS Board

– Namuru v3.2 space GPS (PC104 format) – Unrestricted operation (>27km altitude, >512m/s) – Positioning and GNSS remote observation

• seL4bit SBC – seL4 microkernel board – Runs seL4 OS – Carry out critical functions (ADC)

• RUSH FPGA – Radiation tolerant FPGA SBC – Provide user defined downtime in case of SEU – Capable of “no loss of service”

• RAMSES - Satellite Structure – 3D printed using Selective Laser Sintering – High temperature thermoplastic – Technology raising opportunity

Payloads


• 8/9 May 2012, AITC Canberra

• National/ international delegates

• Several missions under consideration

6U Cubesats CubeSatShop.com


GEM-X Nanoracks ISS experiment

GEM-XN Gagarin Educational

Microgravity eXperiment

Step motor Test chamber

Optics Syringe • 1U Nanoracks Experiment, 1.0kg • Investigating fluid separation/management in microgravity

• Technology demonstrator for next generation microgravity experiment (GEM-Xs)

• Launch: From April 2014 to ISS via Space-X Dragon

• Lifetime: 1 week autonomous operation


Off-earth Mining Forum


No expense spared…


9 Feb 2013


Off-Earth Miners

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• MOU with PISCES in Hawaii • Dempster appointed to the AIAA Space

Resources Technical Committee • New forum date set for Future Mining

conference on UNSW campus 2015

International Collaborations


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• World’s biggest miners

• World’s best mine automation

• World’s best mining research

• Space? Less impressive, but is this Australia’s niche?

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• After the split of SAGE between EET and CVEN, the satellite navigation parts to recombine in the satellite navigation and positioning (SNAP) lab.

SNAP Relaunch


• Receiver design/ signal processing: – Interference – New signals – Receiver architectures – Space-based platforms – Reflectometry – Radio occultation – Integration with other sensors

GNSS Research


• GNSS Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) II

• AOA/ TDOA

GNSS Interference Detection and Localisation


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Composites in Space


• Open: – GNSS Vulnerability, March 2011 – Synthetic Aperture Radar, Dec 2011 – Disaster Management, Dec 2011 – 6U Cubesats, May 2012 – GNSS Remote Sensing, Dec 2012 – Off-earth mining, Feb 2013 – Roadmap to Australian SAR, Oct 2013 – Australian Space Industry Forum, Nov 2013 – GNSS Vulnerability, Dec 2013 – GNSS Futures, July 2014

• Internal: – Demo Payloads, June 2011, March 2012 – Swarm Satellites, July 2011 – System Engineering, August 2011 – UAVs, June 2012 – QB50, Nov 2013 – Off-earth mining opportunities, July 2014

Workshops


• Website: http://www.acser.unsw.edu.au/ • opinion pieces • television interviews • radio interviews • invited lectures • PhD Enquiries

Publicity

http://www.acser.unsw.edu.au/


• Pushing Garada – Stakeholders – grains

industry, other agriculture – $800M infrastructure

program? – worth more than this in gains

from its soil moisture monitoring?

– risk reduction program

What’s Next?


What’s Next? • Off-earth mining

– Inter-school: Electrical, Mechanical, Computing, Mining, Civil, (Chemical, Photovoltaics, Petroleum)

– Inter-faculty: Engineering, Science, Business, Law

– Inter-university: UNSW, USyd, UWS, Flinders, Melbourne

– Initiatives: • AIAA SReTC • ENGG1000 • Lunabotics • Mining thesis students • AGSM MBA business cases


• Space Situational Awareness – String of pearls mission

for 1-10cm objects – Radar/ optical/ laser

– (UNSW Canberra) – Falcon network/ adaptive optics – Aerodynamics of LEO: innovative sensors – Mitigation: harpoons

What’s Next?


What’s Next?

• Advocacy – “The

committee …supports Australia having a space agency ”

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• Launch Biarri – flight model Sep 2013 – launch Dec 2014

• Launch QB50 – launch 2015

• “Launch” Bluesat

What’s Next?


• Bluesat, the organisation – Move away from single satellite project – Lunabotics – Cubesat competition(s) – Closer links with ACSER

What’s Next?


• Delta-V Space Business Accelerator – (Space and Spatial Industry Innovation Precinct)

• GNSS-based EO – radio occultation/ GNSS-R • Space situational awareness

– optical, radar, laser • Cubesats

– ADS-B? – Launches?

• You tell me

What’s Next?



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