Space Systems Lab/Ground Station  Space and communications Labs  Space Student Design Projects  Ground Station Ops  Extracurricular Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer April 2007 RAFT & MARScom

Space Systems Labs  Missions, Orbits, STK Projects  Communications, Links, Antennas  Transmitters, Receivers, Losses  EPS, Electrical Power System  Signals and Telemetry  Thermal Lab  ADCS Indoor Outdoor Noise temperature

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

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

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

Telemetry Lab Sensors Circuits Conditioning Engineering conversion Decoding Protocols

Thermal Lab Conduction Radiation Absorbtivity Emissivity Insulation

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

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station  Satellite and communications Labs  Satellite Design Projects Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer RAFT PCSAT

Student Design Projects  NATSweb– 1 st Sea-Launch (1997 scrubbed in last week!)  PCsat– Launched Athena 30 Sept 2001  Sapphire-- Launched Athena 30 Sept 2001  PCSAT2– STS Jul 06 return to flight  ARISS– Launched on Progress Aug 2003  ANDE– STS Dec 06  RAFT1– STS Dec 06  MARScom– STS Dec 06  ParkinsonSAT – Commenced Fall 2006

USNA Constellation

PCsat, launched 30 Sept 2001 Team: 6 Students/yr, 2 Profs, 1 Engineer 2200 Amateur Satellite Users Still semi-operational

Current Status

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

Typical PCsat User Station (Blue Force Tracking)

Typical Pass Display

Internet Linked Ground Stns pcsat.aprs.org

Internet Linked Ground Stns pcsat.aprs.org

Internet Linked Data Displays pcsat.aprs.org

PCsat “Student Operations”

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

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

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

40 Solar Cell Samples Latest triple junction technology Solar Experiment

MISSE5 – PCSat2 – 26 July Midshipmen involved in early integration and testing of PCSat2 electronics. Two views of the initial deployment of MISSE/PCSat by astronaut Soichi Noguchi. It was installed 8 days after the launch of STS-114 (26 July 05)

Satellite Transponders

PCSAT2 Location Returned August 2006 after a year’s exposure

Global Situational Awareness Network

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

ANDE Deployment 21 Dec 2006 Initially FCAL separated from the container, but not ANDE Radar returns later indicated ANDE separation

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

ANDE Mission

Deployed STS-116 Dec 06

ANDE, CAPE, ICU

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

Simple LABsat TLM/CMD System

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

RAFT/MARScom Deployment (SSPL5510)  Stuff

NAVSPASUR Radar Fence

RAFT Deployment

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

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station  Space and communications Labs  Space Design Projects  Ground Station Ops  Extracurricular Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer PCSAT-1, ANDE/RAFT 12 Meter (AO-40) C/Ku TVRO (NASA TV) Teleconferencing Summer Seminars, Tours AMSAT Tracking

PCSAT1/2 Telemetry & Commanding

Space Systems 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!

Space Systems Lab/Ground Station  Satellite and communications Labs  Ground Station Ops  Satellite Design Projects  Extracurricular Bob Bruninga, Ground Station Engineer

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

AMSAT Operations AO-40 Rescue - PCSAT2

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