›Satellite Mission Success, Insurance, and Orbital Debris Mitigation

This 1.5-day academic course will provide a comprehensive overview and technical analysis of the rapidly growing medium to small and large satellite industry. The recent demonstration of small satellite constellation links to the terrestrial satellite phone network verify ‘Anywhere & Anytime’ global connectivity.  The “Black Box” solution for satellites (TRL- 9) is similar to a Black Box found in an Airplane. This method is a proven tool which allows for a diagnostic failure analysis including a low-data rate link from launch to reentry. During active flight (or if partially or completely dead) the attached Black Box will continue to report redundant data for mission insurance.  A Black Box can be qualified for short, medium and long lifetimes with Radiation Box shielding. A current Air Force SBIR Phase 2 is underway with flights manifested.

During this course, various vendors of Black Box subsystems will be reviewed for custom applications. This class will also give an overview of the space environment that includes a look at the different considerations for mission hardening. Energetic particle shielding and design approaches will also be discussed for achieving radiation hard and tolerant systems and long lifetimes.   There will also be a hands-on component to this course which demonstrates some of the current technology for the Black Box, currently available on the market.

Audience

This course is intended for managers, mission planners, and engineers that have some spacecraft background.

Engineers, managers, and investors involved in spaceflight satellite systems or thinking about building a full CubeSat or a satellite subsystem, professionals interested in satellite technology or manufacture, other technical staff and educators.This 2-day academic course with a hands-on workshop provides an overview of the rapidly growing and disruptive small satellite space industry including overviews on multi-CubeSat and smaller ThinSat form factors. This short course will provide an outline of the systems engineering approach to develop a space mission using small satellites from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (including reentry) to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), as well as interplanetary missions. Includes a Customized Design, Build, and Flight Test With Live Data Feedback