Southeast Regional Space Grant Meeting Griffin Gate Marriott Resort Lexington, Kentucky 11 November 2006 Briefing

11 November 20062/7 Student Fingerprints…  10 Years on Orbit  17,500 Miles per Hour  1 Russian ICBM Launch Vehicle  40,000 Trips Around the Earth

11 November 20063/7 What is KySat?  The Project Multi-disciplinary, multi-university Public, private, academic “owners”  KySat Timeline February 06 – Idea first pitched May 06 – Consortium press conference Summer 06 – Tech Team internship April 07 – Flight model complete July 07 – Shipment to launch-integrator December 07 – On Orbit!  The Payoff Pull Post-Secondary STEM into Aerospace Interest K-12 in STEM

11 November 20064/7 What Will KySat Do?  Payloads Photographs S-Band Radio (High Bandwidth)  Audio Playback Cross-Band Repeater  Data Morse Code Digital Beacons File Transfer Audio Telemetry  Other DTMF Commanding Command Schedule Power Mode Switching

11 November 20065/7 Education Today  Hard-Skills Design for Harsh Environment Orbital Mechanics Solar Energy Collection & Power Management Wireless Communications Setup and Operation Data Path (Command & Telemetry) Software (Embedded, Ground Station, Server) Embedded Systems Hardware Structural Design Mechanical Actuators Modeling and Simulation Systems Test  Soft-Skills Complex Systems Design Design Review Process Proper Documentation (wiki) Supply-Chain Management Multi-Disciplinary Communication Teamwork, Scheduling, and Troubleshooting

11 November 20066/7 Education “of Tomorrow”  For the Fun of It Physically touch a spacecraft Playground tracking events Chase a FAST moving object Control a camera 300 miles above Talk to people a 1000 miles away  For the Inspiration of It Exciting tool to give STEM a tangible purpose “How does it work?” “How can I do that?”  Student Payloads Class photos, names, audio clips Sights and sounds of the state Sensor systems (future)  The Curriculum Aspect Aligned with STEM standards Spiral connection Teachers co-author curriculum  Building for the Future K-12 Collaborations Statewide KySat conferences

“ First, the vision for space exploration is a multi-generational program. It will require decades. The people who will be taking us to Mars and beyond are in elementary and middle school. ” - NASA Administrator Mike Griffin 6/10/2005 Garrett Chandler

11 November 20068/7 System Block Diagram

11 November 20069/7 SSM Block Diagram

11 November /7 Ground Block Diagram