Team Name Conceptual Design Review University/Institution Team Members Date

User Notes You can reformat this to fit your design, but be sure to cover at least the information requested on the following slides This template has a lot of things to be included. With that said, if you are having trouble with concepts, or don’t think you have time to include something, just let me know! rocksatprogram@gmail.com 720-341-3552 Can you find the easter egg in this presentation?

Confirm that: Purpose of CoDR Science objectives are understood and well-defined Preliminary mission requirements are defined and traceable to science objectives Understand concept of operations Technology dependencies and alternative strategies for achieving science objectives gnurf.net

CoDR Presentation Contents Section 1: Mission Overview Mission Overview Theory and Concepts Mission Requirements (brief, upper level) Concept of Operations Expected Results Section 2: Conceptual Design Overview Design Overview Functional Block Diagrams Payload Layout RockSat-C 2012 User’s Guide Compliance Shared Can Logistics (if applicable)

CoDR Presentation Contents Section 3: Management Team Organization Schedule Budget Mentors (Faculty, industry) Section 4: Conclusions jessicaswanson.com

Break mission statement down into your overall mission requirements Mission Overview Mission statement Break mission statement down into your overall mission requirements What do you expect to discover or prove? Who will this benefit/what will your data be used for? 1-3 slides

Example Mission Statement - Project E Developing a new sensor “The goal of Project E is to measure the variation of concentration of nitrogen in the atmosphere and the spin rate of the rocket using a single sensor” Mission requirements from this statement: Measure the concentration of N in-flight Measure the spin rate of the rocket Do this using the single sensor Expect to prove the concentration is ~78% and spin rate is ~5 Hz (based on research from previous flights and other research) The sensor developed will reduce future payload weight and complexity

Mission Overview: Theory and Concepts Give a brief overview of the underlying science concepts and theory What other research has been performed in the past? Results? 1-4 slides

Mission Overview: Mission Requirements Project requirements  derived from mission statement Break down into mission objectives, system level objectives (example on following slide) Minimum success criteria What is the least amount of data you can collect that will still constitute a success? Defined by your team or faculty/industry mentors 2-3 slides crestock.com

Example “Project E” Mission Requirements Objectives: Measure the concentration of N in-flight, measure the spin rate of the rocket in-flight, do this using the single sensor System Requirements (from the objectives): Sensor/instrument must be able to measure both N concentration and spin rates (single sensor) Need a structure to support the instrument (in-flight) Need a data collection system to store the measurements (in-flight) Minimum Success Measure N concentrations and spin rate with two separate sensors

Mission Overview: Concept of Operations Based on science objectives, diagram of what the payload will be doing during flight, highlights areas of interest Data collection – when are you collecting data? Altitudes of interest – what altitudes are you looking for specific data? When does your payload stop collecting data? When does it turn off? Example on following 2 slides Typically 1 slide

Example ConOps Altitude t ≈ 1.3 min Altitude: 75 km t ≈ 15 min Splash Down t ≈ 1.7 min Altitude: 95 km -G switch triggered -All systems on -Begin data collection t = 0 min t ≈ 4.0 min Apogee t ≈ 2.8 min Altitude: ≈115 km End of Orion Burn t ≈ 0.6 min Altitude: 52 km t ≈ 4.5 min Altitude t ≈ 5.5 min Chute Deploys

Example ConOps 3 4 5 2 1 6 1. Launch 2. Launch to Apogee 3. Apogee Telemetry/GPS begins 2. Launch to Apogee Telemetry/GPS continues 3. Apogee Nose cone separation Skin separation De-spin to TBD rate Option to align with B Field 4. Descent 5. Chute Deploy 6. Landing Telemetry/GPS terminates Payloads recovered ACS Activated (if desired) 3 4 5 2 1 6

Mission Overview: Expected Results This is vital in showing you understand the science concepts Go over what you expect to find Ex. What wavelengths do you expect to see? How many particles do you expect to measure? How well do you expect the spin stabilizer to work (settling time?)? How many counts of radiation? Etc 1-2 slides

Design Overview (many slides) What are the major components in your design? Structure: what might this look like? Stack, single plate, circular, square, box, etc. Major technology dependencies: what kind of sensors will you need? What do the capabilities of the sensors need to be? (ex. For an optical sensor, what wavelengths should it be able to detect? This is kind of based on science objectives) clipartguide.com

Design Overview Continued Major Components (cont’d) Electrical: what does your electrical system need to do? Store data (memory), sampling sensors, provide power?? Will you use heritage elements (designs/features used on previous flights)? How will you be modifying them for your specific mission? Will you be using a similar structure, similar materials (makrolon), same type of sensor as a previous flight? clipartguide.com

Design Overview: Functional Block Diagrams Shows how systems interact with each other Mechanical – will show how payload is configured, especially if there are sensors external to the payload Electrical – shows how data will be recorded, stored Example on following slide 1-2 slides blogs.msdn.com

Example FBD (electrical) Power G-Switch RBF (Wallops) Z Accelerometer Microcontroller ADC X / Y Accelerometer Flash Memory Dust Collector Current Measuring Device ADC Power Data Dust Collector

Example FBD – mechanical/system (rough diagram) Connected to each other with standoffs Makrolon plate Electronics - storing data (mounted to plate) Power Makrolon plate Sensor(s) Electronics – controlling sensor (mounted to plate) Mounts to lid of canister Mounts to base of canister

Design Overview: Payload Layout (1-3 slides) Initial idea of what your payload will look like Preliminary idea of how many plates you will use (if you plan on using plate configuration), else idea of where and how things will be mounted Show where electronics boards (~how many?), sensors, power will be mounted Block diagram shows how things are connected, Payload Layout shows where everything will be relative to each other in the actual payload classymommy.com

Design Overview: RockSat-C 2013 User’s Guide Compliance Here you address the requirements in the User’s Guide Predicted mass – can be based on previous year, based on system overview (do you know how many plates you will have, etc?) Predicted volume – will your payload fit in half a can (be careful about clearance), a whole can? What types of activation will you probably need? Designs for each need to be ready for PDR How many types of activation will you need?

Design Overview: Shared Can Logistics Who are you sharing with? Summary of each partner’s mission (1 line) Plan for collaboration How do you communicate? How will you share designs (solidworks, any actual fit checks before next June)? Structural interface – will you be joining with standoffs or something else (again, be wary of clearance)? Who needs what kinds of ports? grandpmr.com

Team organization chart – required Management (3-4 slides) Team organization chart – required Having an appointed leader is extremely important for keeping the team organized! Preliminary schedule for the semester Monetary budget Team mentors (industry, faculty)? Don’t let the schedule sneak up on you!

Conclusion Restate mission Issues, concerns, any questions Plan for where you will take your design from here? Anything you need to investigate further? Are you ready to make subsystem and lower level requirements to come up with a rough-draft design for PDR?