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The motor of space innovation : Collaboration between industry and research institutes

Insert picture. The motor of space innovation : Collaboration between industry and research institutes. Frank Preud’homme 24-03-2014. TEMPL-HO-00216-QS_A0. 1. Importance of Innovation. IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION.

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The motor of space innovation : Collaboration between industry and research institutes

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  1. Insert picture The motor of space innovation : Collaboration between industry and research institutes Frank Preud’homme 24-03-2014 TEMPL-HO-00216-QS_A0

  2. 1.Importance of Innovation

  3. IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION • Economicgrowth and welfare of a country orregion are dependingon the competitiveness and the innovation of itseconomicactors • In a free marketeconomyinnovation is recognised as an important motor foreconomicgrowth • Throughinnovationnewproducts and services are created as well as more efficientprocesses. Thisinvolves the innovativeidea and the transformation of thisidea (invention) into a product orprocessthatgetsexploitedon the market

  4. 2.Collaboration in Innovation

  5. COLLABORATION IN INNOVATION • Different actorswith R&D involvement : • R&D orientedcompanies • Strong scientific base • Governmentinvestment in education and research • Collaborationbetweencompanies and research institutesenhancesknowledgecreation and diffusion • Objectives of the different actors are different, butcomplementary

  6. COLLABORATION IN INNOVATION • Collaborationuniversity and industry is a kind of Public/ private partnerships • Advantagesforcompanies : • Access to recent scientificknowledge • Experience of researchers • Access to specailisedequipment • Advantagesforresearchers : • Contribution to curricula of researchers • Tune education more to industryneeds • Possibilityforstudents to collaboratethroughinternship, thesis orPhD

  7. 3.Collaboration in space

  8. SPACE RESEARCH • 5000 people in Belgium • Important investment

  9. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PRODUCT OPTIMISATION • Masterthesis, internships • Master thesis at UCL : Towards a system-on-a-chip control unit for next generation satellites • Master thesis at InstitutSupérieure d’ Aéronautique et de l’Espace: The use of supercapacitorsfor peak power applications in small spacecrafts • Master thesis at TU Delft : Trends and patterns of ASIC and FPGA use in European space missions • Bachelor thesis at KAHO : Integration of a CAN bus in the on-board computer • Internship of students of AMS (Antwerp Management School)

  10. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PRODUCT OPTIMISATION • R&D projects • Research projects IWT & EU • Industrial and space project business • Medicalprojects • Scientific and technical support forspaceinstruments

  11. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : NEW PRODUCTS The Energetic Particle Telescope : an Academia/Industry Project Example 1.Top LevelScientificRequirements - Academia 2.PreliminaryScientific Concepts & Simulations - Academia 3.Implementation/FeasibilityStudies– I+A

  12. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : NEW PRODUCTS The Energetic Particle Telescope : an Academia/Industry Project Example 4. Review of all ESA (ECSS Standards) & Flight Requirements (many hundreds of requirements) - Industry 5. Detailed Design & Analysis – I+A 6. Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration, Testing (functional & environmental) – I+A

  13. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : NEW PRODUCTS Product Example : Energetic Particle Telescope • EPT • Highly Innovative Science Class Radiation Spectrometer designed to detect, directly identify and measure the energy of electrons, protons, alpha particles and heavier ions in the space environment. • Contamination-free energetic particle data measurement : the EPT particle discrimination concept allows full discrimination at high energy without using a huge amount of sensor material. • Real-time flux measurement : the EPT can provide real-time (ready for use) flux measurements needed for detailed space weather forecasting. • Modularity : the EPT instrument can be easily reconfigured to fit user’s needs (angle of view, energy ranges and resolution, communication interfaces to spacecraft). • Low power, low mass : for a maximum envelope of 212 (length) x 162 (width) x 128 (height) mm³, the mass of EPT is smaller than 4.6kg and the instrument consumes less than 6W.

  14. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : NEW PRODUCTS • Otherexamples • Medusa (with VITO a.o) high resolutionmultispectral autofocus camera forlightweight HALE UAS • Urine purification (VITO + RUG) • Integrated antenna formulti-frequencyhandheld GNSS equipmentfor high accuracy (1 cm). IMEC + SEPTENTRIO

  15. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE • Development& delivery of scientificequipment • SpaceInstruments (Belgian & Europeancentres) • other research instruments (Mercator, SAHC, Aluminium furnace, PROBA2, PROBA V) • Spin-offs

  16. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS Collaboration with external R&D parties EnergeticParticleTelescope (EPT) Collaboration with the Center for Space Radiations (CSR) of UCL Droptower Collaboration with ULB Dexterous payload experiment (DEX) Collaboration withArsalis (UCL Spin Off)

  17. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS

  18. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS • Bot continu bevloeid met kunstmatig bloed • Op bepaalde tijdstippen aan trillingen onderworpen 12 stukken bot: • 6 statisch belast (30N)‏ • 6 statisch (30N) + dynamisch belast (3N 30Hz)‏ FREQBONE

  19. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS Experiment preparation

  20. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS • PROBA-2 • Started as a TechnologyDemonstrator • Equipedwith 2 sun-observationpayloads and a suite of technologydemonstrators • Operationalsince 2009 and usedby ESA and ROB on a daily basis

  21. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS

  22. COLLABORATION AT QINETIQ SPACE : PROVIDE RESEARCH TOOLS • PROBA-V Data Products in continuation of SPOT • P-products: Extracts of a segment along a single orbit • Synthesisproducts (mergedsegments): S1 (daily) and S10 (10-daily) • Productswillbedelivered to the Users in • 1 km grid (in continuation of SPOT/VEGETATION) • 100-300m grid (improvedVegetation data) P-product S1-product S10-product

  23. Produce Earth Observation based Indicators

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