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USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station

USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station. Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer. Satellite and communications Labs Satellite Design Projects Ground Station Ops Extracurricular. April 2006. RAFT & MARScom. Satellite Labs. Communications, Links, Antennas Communications, Receivers, Losses

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USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station

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  1. USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer • Satellite and communications Labs • Satellite Design Projects • Ground Station Ops • Extracurricular April 2006 RAFT & MARScom

  2. Satellite Labs • Communications, Links, Antennas • Communications, Receivers, Losses • EPS, Electrical Power System • Signals and Telemetry • Thermal Lab Indoor Outdoor Noise temperature

  3. Communications, Links, Antennas Wavelength Antenna Size Types UFO Gain, Beamwidth Link Budget SNR SWR Matching

  4. Communications, Receivers, Losses UFO Gain, losses Amps and LNA’s Cable losses Geo-Arc Beamwidth Spectrum Analyzer Downconverters Demod, Decoding

  5. EPS Lab Solar Panels I-V curves Distribution Regulation Shadowing RTG demo EPS LABsat Design Lab

  6. Telemetry Lab Sensors Circuits Conditioning Engineering conversion Decoding Protocols

  7. Thermal Lab Conduction Radiation Absorbtivity Emissivity Insulation Hope to make this LABsat-based this Fall

  8. Attitude Control Labs (LABsats) Can demo all but gravity gradient

  9. USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer • Satellite and communications Labs • Satellite Design Projects • Ground Station Ops • Papers & Presentations • Extracurricular USNA SATELLITES

  10. Satellite Design Projects • NATSweb – 1st Sea-Launch (scrubbed in last week!) • PCsat – Launched 30 Sept 2001 • Sapphire -- Launched 30 Sept 2001 • PCSAT2 – Launched 26 Jul 06 return to flight • ARISS – Launched on Progress Aug 2003 • ANDE – Manifest. STS-116 • RAFT1 – Manifest. STS-116 • MARScom – Manifest. STS-116 • ParkinsonSAT – Commenced Spring 2006

  11. USNA Constellation

  12. PCsat, launched 30 Sept 2001 Team: 6 Students, 2 Profs, 1 Engineer Over 2200 mobile Amateur Satellite Users

  13. PCsat Mission Data Relay (Situational Awareness) for Mobiles and Handheld radios. GPS tracking and LIVE to WEB

  14. Typical PCsat User Station

  15. Typical Pass Display

  16. Internet Linked GroundStns www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

  17. Internet Linked GroundStns www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

  18. Internet Linked Data Displays www.ariss.net pcsat.aprs.org

  19. PCsat “Student Operations”

  20. Other Experiments through PCsat • Antarctic WX station • F-16 downed flyer demo (Rome Air Development Center) • Arctic Tracking (trucks up frozen rivers >70º Latitude) • ISS Joint Ops (2 weeks of constellation flying) • USNA Marconi Re-enactment (St Johns Newfoundland) • 2200 other users worldwide

  21. Current Status Current Status

  22. Air & Space Museum Donated April 2004 to Smithsonian For Display At Dulles

  23. PCSAT2, DOD synergy in the Amateur Satellite Service Bob Bruninga US Naval Academy Satellite Lab Amateur Satellite Service partnering with DOD and ARISS • Very short development time • Simplicity and off the shelf • Educational Project • Usable communications service to Users • Telemetry for Space Environment • Configuration controlled on the ground

  24. DOD MISSE5 Opportunity Passive Experiment Container - PEC 25” square by 6” thick Suitcase Opens to expose samples to space We got back half!

  25. NASA/Glen Solar Experiment 40 Solar Cell Samples Latest triple junction technology

  26. The PCSAT2 Student Team

  27. Satellite Transponders

  28. PCSAT2 on ISS Launch 26 July 2005! EVA-installed 8 days later.

  29. PCSAT2 Location Launch 15 May 2005! EVA-install 8 days later.

  30. Global Situational Awareness Network

  31. Typical User Station Handheld Mobile Encourage Schools and Students to get involved in Space

  32. ANDE Satellite Joint Project with NRL Atmospheric Drag USNA Comms Telemetry - Temperature - Attitude - Laser Control Primary Lithium Batteries

  33. ANDE Satellite

  34. ANDE Satellite

  35. ANDE Satellite Awaiting Launch STS-116 Dec 06

  36. Stanford Cubesat Projects 50 in construction! AIAA/USU Conference 30% of all papers were related to CUBESATS

  37. Simple LABsat TLM/CMD System

  38. RAFT Project (two Satellites) RAFT-1 (~PCsat) MARScom 216.98 MHz NSSS Radar Fence

  39. NAVSPASUR Radar Fence

  40. RAFT Project (MARScom) YP Radios UHF AM up HF SSB downlink

  41. USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer • Satellite and communications Labs • Satellite Design Projects • Ground Station Ops • Extracurricular PCSAT-1, PCSAT2 12 Meter (AO-40) C/Ku TVRO (NASA TV) Teleconferencing Summer Seminars, Tours AMSAT Tracking

  42. PCSAT1/2 Telemetry & Commanding

  43. USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station RS0ISS>PP0PP0,SGATE,qAo: Go Army beat Navy! PCSAT-1>APRS,SGATE,qAo: Go Navy Beat Army! PCSAT2>APRS,SGATE,qAo: Go Navy Beat Army!

  44. USNA Satellite Lab/Ground Station Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer • Satellite and communications Labs • Ground Station Ops • Satellite Design Projects • Extracurricular

  45. Other Activities Space Day (Air&Space) AMSAT (North America) Marconi 100th(St Johns) BSA RadioBadge School Mentoring Balloon Tracking

  46. AMSAT Operations AO-40 Rescue - PCSAT2

  47. USNA Extracurricular Activities W3ADO, oldest USNA ECA (1928) Annual Moonbounce Event Imagry Football & Boat GPS Tracking, Comms, Imagry, Data, Internet Sea Trials

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