LiteBIRD US Team Meeting 10/13/2015 Team Meeting at UCB SSL1 Intro to SSL
LiteBIRD SSL Conference Rooms 10/13/2015Team Meeting at UCB SSL2 Main Conference Room Annex Conference Room Library Conference Room To reserve a room, or check location, visit
LiteBIRD SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY Background Initiated in 1958 by Drs. Teller and Seaborg Multidisciplinary organization Connecting campus research to space efforts Facility opened in 1966 New facilities added in 1998 Research Efforts Involving Balloons Sounding rockets Satellite instruments & science complements Complete satellites Mission & Science Operations Ground Station Operations Agencies Involved NASA, NSF, NSBF, USAF, DOE ESA, ISAS, IKI, PSI, etc. $35M/yr (85% NASA, 15% NSF, 5% misc.)
LiteBIRD Facilities sq. ft. Office and Laboratory Space Employing 420 Scientists, Engineers, Staff On-Site Machine Shop Clean Room Facilities to Class 100 Thermal Vacuum Facilities up to 3m diameter Spacecraft Integration Facility 4-story High Bay Mission Operations Centers Science Operations Centers 11 Meter S-Band Satellite Antenna Secure High Speed Communications to NASA assets
LiteBIRD Operations Components Mission Operations Center Science Operations Center 11-meter S-Band Antenna with X-band upgrade capability High Speed Communications to NASA Ground Network Network Security Autonomous Operations – Pass Supports – Tracking and Data Acquisition – Spacecraft Command and Control – Emergency Response System – Self Checking
LiteBIRD Space Flight Instruments Polar Electric Field Wind 3D Plasma Cluster II EFW, CIS IMAGE FUV, WIC Mars Global Surveyor ER Ulysses LAN SOHO UVCS & SUMER STEREO - IMPACT MAVEN Explorer Spacecraft EUVE FAST RHESSI THEMIS (5 ) NUSTAR ICON (in development)
LiteBIRD EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER Project Management Science Package – Telescopes – Electronics Mission Operations Science Operations Launched on 7 June 1992 Mission Successfully Concluded 1Q2001
LiteBIRD FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT Science Package – Electric Field Instruments – Particle Instruments – Electronics Mission Operations Science Operations Launched on 21 Aug 1996 Mission Ended in 2003
LiteBIRD RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER (RHESSI) Project Management Spacecraft Bus (Autonomous Sun-pointed Spinner) Science Instruments – Imager (Rotating Modulation Collimator) – Spectrometer (X-ray detectors) – Electronics (80 Mbps telemetry rate) Mission and Science Operations Launch on Pegasus XL rocket Ground Data Systems inc. 11-meter Antenna Cost Capped at $72 M FY98 inc. Launch Spacecraft was Designed & Built in 22 months Destroyed in a Vibration Malfunction at JPL Rebuilt and Launched February 5, 2002 Mission Operations Were Planned for 2 years RHESSI is Still Operating after 13.5 years
LiteBIRD Time History of Events and Macroscopic Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) Project Management Spacecraft Bus (with Propulsion) Science Instruments – EFI (3-Axis Electric Fields) – FGM (3-Axis DC Magnetic Fields) (East Germany) – SCM (3-Axis AC Magnetic Fields) (CNES) – ESA (Low Energy Electrons and Ions) – SST (High Energy Electrons and Protons) 20 Ground Stations located in Canada and Alaska Mission and Science Operations Centers Launched on a Single Delta-II rocket Cost Capped at $180 M FY02 inc. Launch All Five Spacecraft and Carrier cost only $68 M RY Mission Accomplished. Two Are Now in Lunar Orbit! THEMIS is Still Operating after 8.5 years
LiteBIRD Solar Probe Plus (SPP) FIELDS Instrument Management Science Instruments – EFI (3-Axis Electric Fields) – MAG (3-Axis DC Magnetic Fields) – SCM (3-Axis AC Magnetic Fields) Science Operations Center FIELDS Delivery to Spacecraft March 2017 Main Electronics Pkg.Antenna (4) SCM MAG (2)