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Bridging The Gap To Space Lightweight Science Payloads on High Altitude Long Duration Balloons and Airships. Provider of Near Space Solutions. Bridging The Gap To Space - Lightweight Science Payloads on High Altitude Long Duration Balloons and Airships. Everything is Relative: Gap to Space

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  1. Bridging The Gap To Space Lightweight Science Payloads on High Altitude Long Duration Balloons and Airships Provider of Near Space Solutions LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado

  2. Bridging The Gap To Space - Lightweight Science Payloads on High Altitude Long Duration Balloons and Airships • Everything is Relative: • Gap to Space • Lightweight(‘PongSAT’, 6 lbs, 80 lbs, 2000 lbs) • Science • High Altitude(60-70kft, 100kft, 130kft, 170kft) • Long Duration(2 days, 60 days, 100 days, several months, 744 days) • Balloons and Airships(weather balloons, polyethylene zero-pressure, polyethylene superpressure, zylon, re-usable multi-layer envelopes) LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS

  3. Bridging The Gap To Space - Lightweight Science Payloads on High Altitude Long Duration Balloons and Airships • Everything is Relative…. Including: • Costs ($2,500, $100k,$3M, $25M, $200M+) • Performance (“let’s see what happens”, 95% success rate) • Schedule (few months, few years, “sometime during my career”) LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS

  4. NSC’s Part of High Altitude Ballooning: • Background • Experience • Markets/Customers • Core Capabilities • Applicable Technology/Systems LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado FOCUS OF PRESENTATION

  5. Company History: • 1978 - President’s First Involvement in High Altitude • Ballooning (mentored by many of the modern • ballooning pioneers) • 1989 -Key Employees working for Raven Industries • (Balloon Engineer/Scientific Balloon & Parachute Program Mgr, Materials Engineer/ Film Extrusion Facility Mgr, Engineering Tech/Balloon Designer) • 1995 - President went to work for American • Blimp on development of new A-130/150 • 1996 -Founded GSSL (Oregon Corporation) LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado GSSL/NSC BACKGROUND

  6. Company History: • 1997 -Operations moved to Tillamook (Began • Manufacturing & Flight Operations) • 2006 - Started doing business as NSC • 2008 - NSC has performed more than 150 High Altitude Balloon Flight Tests to Date including launches from more than 10 different launch sites LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado GSSL/NSC BACKGROUND

  7. Government • NASA - Planetary Technology (Venus, Mars, & Titan) • NOAA/NCAR - Atmospheric Research (Hurricanes) • DOD - Tactical Balloon Systems & Return Vehicles • Other Agencies - Custom Balloon Platforms/Systems • Commercial Space • Prototyping/Testing • Flight Test/Operations • Space Inflatables • Laboratories & Universities • LLNL, PNNL, Sandia • MIT-LL, JHU-APL • UNY StoneyBrook • University of Washington • Cal Tech LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado MARKETS/CUSTOMERS

  8. Core Capabilities • Testing • Analysis • Design • Prototyping • Fabrication • Flight Ops • Training • FAA Coordination • Mission Analysis • Mission Planning • Flight Safety Reviews • Payload Integration LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado GSSL/NSC BACKGROUND

  9. NSC EXPERIENCE Traditional Launch • Traditional Small Balloon Systems: • Polyethylene Zero-pressure • Polyester & High Performance Composite Super-pressure • Payloads of 100 g to 500 lbs • Durations of a few hours to 20+ days • Turn-key flight operations including balloon fabrication/procurement, gondola/payload development, C3 & video systems, all necessary flight train and recovery system components, ground stations, tracking aircraft, licenses/clearances, FAA coordination, integration and launch infrastructure, and experienced flight ops personnel. LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado

  10. NSC EXPERIENCE Traditional Launch Tactical Launch • Tactical Balloon System: • Patent Pending Inflation, Launch & Recovery System • Small Tow Balloon & Packed Main • 2-3 Person Launch in 30+ kt winds • Allows Launches from Ships, Parking Lots, & Small Clearings LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado

  11. NSC EXPERIENCE Tactical Launch • Tactical Balloon System: • Have demonstrated 30 lbs payload with semi-autonomous PRV/Shuttle • Have successfully laid out, inflated and launched in 20+knots • (including 5 hr operational hold) • 100 lb payloads practical with small scale increase (96” • wingspan vs. current 60”) • 250 lb payloads practical with packed parachute recovery • system (no return vehicle) LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado

  12. Payload Return Vehicle Milestones: • 2001 - NASA ARC/NRL - 1st HA Deployment (Glider) • 2002 - NASA ARC/NRL - 1st HA Deployment (Powered) • 2002 - NASA LaRC/AFS - 1st HA Deployment (Folded) • 2003 - NASA LaRC/AFS - ARIES Down-Selected for Mars Scout 07 • 2004 - NASA JPL/BOEING - Mars Guided Parachutes • 2005 - USAF Topper II Tactical Balloon/Return Vehicle • 2006 - NASA LaRC/AFS - Considered for Mars Scout 11 • 2007 - USAF TOPPER III • 2008 - Selected for Army AAEF Spiral E Demo (Now AEWE) • 2009 – Army SMDC Battle Lab – High Altitude Shuttle System (HASS) > 40 High Altitude Deployment Tests >100,000 ft > 30 Successful High Altitude Flights of PRV/Shuttle (including glider and powered versions) LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado COMPANY HISTORY NSC EXPERIENCE

  13. WWII K-Ships: 252 ft Long, 60 ft in Diameter • WWII Blimp Hangar: • Dimensions: • 1,072 ft Long • 296 ft Wide • 192 ft High LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado TILLAMOOK LAUNCH SITE

  14. WWII Blimp Hangar: • Door Dimensions: • 120 ft High • 220 ft Wide LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado TILLAMOOK LAUNCH SITE

  15. HANGAR OLD BLIMP MOORING AREA • Low-Use Public Airport on Oregon Coast • Pacific Ocean to West • Coast Range to East • 2 hr drive from PDX • Runway 13/31: • 5,001 ft x 100 ft • Good Condition • GPS Instrument • Approach • Runway 1/19: • 2,910 ft x 75 ft • Good Condition LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado TILLAMOOK AIRPORT

  16. TILLAMOOK AIRPORT W-570 120 NM 50 NM • W-570 Details: • 24 NM Due West of Tillamook Airport (14 NM Offshore) • Surface to 50,000 ft • NSC Member of • Western Air Defense • User’s Group • Has Same Scheduling • Priority as Other DoD • Users LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE W-570

  17. HANGAR LAUNCH AREA • Details: • 117 Miles SE of Portland • Low-Use Public Airport • Remote Area (Central Oregon – “looks like New Mexico”) • In Rain Shadow of Cascades COMMAND TRAILER LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado MADRAS LAUNCH SITE

  18. BIG ISLAND LAUNCH SITE LAUNCH FACILITIES • Details: • Big Island of Hawaii • 47 Miles S of Kona • Moderate Climate • Remote Area • Flights Over Open Ocean • Typically can launch 5 out of 7 days LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado HAWAII LAUNCH SITE

  19. Can Provide Highly Skilled, Lighter-Than-Air Personnel for: • Custom Fabrication • Assembly • Inflation • Testing • Flight Ops • Facilities: • Tillamook Balloon Facility • Madras Launch Site • Hawaii Launch Site • Equipment: • Mobile 30 ft Telemetry Trailer with LOS and OTH Capabilities • Inflation and Launch Equipment • Tracking Aircraft to Provide Deconfliction During Launch & Recovery Ops • Specialized Ground, Test & Inspection Support Equipment • Strong Working Relationship with FAA: • Coordinate with Local ATC & Regional Offices LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado NSC SUPPORT

  20. “Relative” to NSC: • Gap to Space • LightweightPayloads < 200 lbs • Science • High Altitude65 to 120 kft. • Long Duration Few weeks to a few month • Balloons and AirshipsSmall zero-pressure and super-pressure, currently no airships* • *except for Titan LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado CONCLUSIONS

  21. POC: Tim Lachenmeier Phone: (503) 842-1990 Fax: (503) 842-1923 Web Site: www.nsc.aero Provider of Near Space Solutions Questions? LCANS 2009 - NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado

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