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Outreach presentation for middle school students at St. Louis De La Salle Middle School to get them interested in space science.
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SSRL: Space Systems Research Lab
Saint Louis University
De La Salle Middle School 12 October 2011
Satellites • What is a satellite? – A satellite is an orbi>ng body – We build small machines which will fly in space, record data, and send the data back to us
– Satellites can be small (less than 100 pounds), or large (bigger than a schoolbus!)
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Photos courtesy of wikipedia/wikimedia commons
Satellites • How do satellites get to space? – We send satellites to space on rockets (SpaceX Falcon 9)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ci9xIgNZM&t=10m22s
Satellites
• What are satellites used for? – Communica>on – GPS/loca>ons – Television
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– Images/mapping of Earth or space
– Emergency response – Top secret spy missions – Science!
• What goes into a satellite? – Structure – Power
• Solar panels • BaXeries
– Heaters – Science system – Communica>on/radios – SoZware – Loca>on control (a[tude control)
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Satellites
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COPPER of SLU
Satellite Components
Secondary Radio
Radio/Communication
Power Board + Batteries
Structure
Camera/Science Sensor
Satellites • What goes into a satellite?
Testing a solar panel board built by SLU students
Motherboard/Computer System
SSRL • SSRL is Space Systems Research Lab • We are a group of college students at Saint Louis University (SLU)
• We are building a satellite that is going to fly in space in June 2012!
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• Team Leads • Rubianne Garcia: AE 2014 • Wesley Gardner: Physics/CS/Math
2014 • Richard Henry: EE 2012 • Joe Kirwen: AE 2013 • Steve Massey: EE/CompE 2012 • Tom Moline: AE 2014 • Tyler Olson: AE 2014
next to an F-‐1 (saturn V) rocket engine
Picture of COPPER team using infrared camera
SSRL • Our 2 satellites
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Argus: Launch TBA
COPPER: Launch June 2012
COPPER Overview • Infrared Earth-‐Imaging mission • Manifested for June 2012 SpaceX Falcon-‐9 flight through NASA
• Delivery date of December 2011 • Looks at Earth’s Northern Hemisphere
• U>lizes a Flir Tau 320 infrared camera
• Video of launch vehicle and Dragon capsule maneuvers aZer deployment
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Mission Timeline
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Orbit for COPPER: Low Earth Orbit 325km, 51.6°
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Argus Overview • Detects radia>on events and correlates
events to loca>on and >me to model radia>on outside of Earth
• Working with Vanderbilt University and the Ins>tute for Space and Defense Electronics
• Applying to NASA to fly in 2013 • Two satellites: • Argus-‐Hi, 500-‐800 km al>tude • Argus-‐GTO, Geosta>onary Transfer Orbit,
35,700 km al>tude
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Argus-‐Lo CAD Model
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Motherboard Processor S-‐Band Radio
Power System + BaXery
UHF Radio
Magne>c A[tude Control System
Radia>on Modeling Experiment
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Mission Timeline
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Orbit for Argus: Low Earth Orbit 600-‐800km, 40° or higher
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SSRL: Space Systems Research Lab
Saint Louis University
De La Salle Middle School 12 October 2011
