Creating Standards for the Small Satellite Industry

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Creating Standards for the Small Satellite
Industry

• Presented by Linda Herrell
• For
• Milind Pimprikar, John Hines and Andrew
  Quintero
• CANEUS NASA Ames Aerospace Corp

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• Overview of CANEUS
• Introduction to SSSC sub-group
• Goals of standards development

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CANEUS Who are we and what value do we add?

• CANEUS is an international organization based in
  Montreal, Canada, with affiliates CANEUS USA
  based in California, CANEUS Europe Based in
  France, CANEUS Asia and CANEUS Brazil.
• CANEUS Mission Transition Micro and Nano
  Technologies to Aerospace applications rapidly
  and cost-effectively through international
  collaborations by bringing together complementary
  core-competencies from participating
  organizations
• CANEUS Mission implementation is achieved via the
  creation of several technology sector consortia
  to ultimately spawn new aerospace industries

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CANEUS is of, by, and for the aerospace industry!

• The aerospace sector has become mature and
  conservative
• The technology S-curve has reached a plateau
• New thinking and new technological capabilities
  are needed to re-vitalize the industry and put it
  on a new growth curve
• Cost of acquiring and implementing new technology
  has become prohibitive
• Re-invention of the wheel is common across
  countries and organizations

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Why CANEUS For solving the Tip of the Iceberg
Problem for emerging Aerospace technologies
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Why CANEUS Focus on overcoming the Mid TRL
Valley of Death
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CANEUS takes on a global perspective with regard
to aerospace technology development

• CANEUS offers a very dynamic environment for
  international networking, linkages and
  collaborations through consortia, workshops,
  biennial world conferences aimed at the
  implementation of new technologies and
  capabilities into the aerospace sector
• CANEUS Sector Consortia spearhead the creation of
  new break-through aerospace products and services
  
• March 1-6, 2009 NASA Ames Research Center

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CANEUS membership extends worldwide to major
aerospace agencies and corporations

• USA
• DoD agencies (USA, USAF, USN)
• NASA (HQ Centers)
• Boeing, LMCO, Aerospace Corp., Honeywell, etc.
• Canada
• NRC
• Industry Canada
• Europe
• EADS/Airbus
• Brazil
• Brazilian MOD, ABDI, Embraer
• Israel
• Israel Space Research Commission, Israel Aircraft
  Industries
• Others

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The SSS Consortia
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CANEUS implements its technology transition
strategy by setting up Aerospace Sector Consortia

• Sector Consortia are modeled along the lines of
  SEMATECH for the Semiconductor Industry
• Small Satellite Sector Consortium (SSSC) Members
  collaborate to establish how the small satellite
  industry can respond to mission or product
  requirements
• Objective is to expand the small satellite market
  by facilitating dialog and establishing
  cooperative relationships
• The ultimate goal is to grow business and
  investment opportunities
• Today, the SSSC comprises agency and industry
  representatives from the US, Canada, Europe,
  Brazil, Japan and other nations

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SSSC destroys the prevalent Catch-22 You
cannot fly if you havent flown before!

• SSSC projects will benefit the greater Space
  Industry by
• Ensuring greater mission assurance through
  improved reliability
• Providing an alternate means to rapidly qualify
  new technologies
• Lowering cost to demonstrate new technologies in
  space
• Expanding launch opportunities
• Supporting standardization and plug-and-play
  developmental efforts
• Advancing concepts in modular design methods
• Accelerating technology maturity up the TRL curve
  - Facilitate moving to TRL 6 and beyond
• Helping with efforts to shorten the acquisition
  timelines
• Improving the alignment with emerging technology
  development cycle
• Enhancing the space industrial base
• Supporting educational outreach and human capital
  for future jobs in the space industry.

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Near-term objectives of CANEUS Small Satellite
Sector Consortium (SSSC)

• Set up and oversee projects and initiatives
  dedicated to
• Developing standards so as to ensure
  international interoperability
• Identifying launch opportunities and services
• Providing stakeholder liaison and strategic
  development
• Addressing Intellectual Property and export
  control (ITAR) issues in accordance with CANEUS
  Internationals broader mission, and
• Space technology validation and certification
  services.
• SSSC Participants can expect to
• Decrease manufacturing costs
• Increase reliability and productivity
• Enjoy increased access to customers, end-users,
  and the global market

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CANEUS Small Satellite Sector Consortium (SSSC)
Mission

• The CANEUS Small Satellite International
  Consortium is dedicated to the micro and nano
  technology implementation, coordination, and
  standardization of the small (1 100 kg)
  satellite industry.
• The SSSC focuses on providing opportunities for
  Government, Industry and University
  representatives worldwide to participate in
  cutting-edge technical discussions and high
  risk/high cost developments while establishing
  the future direction for the micro, nano and pico
  satellite industry.

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CANEUS Small Satellite Sector Consortium (SSSC)
Mission

• The CANEUS SSSC emphasizes the identification of
  end-users of small satellite missions and their
  specific needs.
• Members collaborate to establish how the small
  satellite industry can respond to these mission
  or product requirements. This has the effect of
  opening up the small satellite market and
  providing business and investment opportunities
  by facilitating dialogue and the establishment of
  cooperative relationships.

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CANEUS Small Satellite Sector Consortium (SSSC)
Mission

• The mission of CANEUS SSSC has three elements
• To provide advocacy for its members and foster
  the advancement and increased use of MEMES and
  nano technology toward the expansion of the small
  satellite market
• To be the worlds catalyst for the small
  satellite industry to bring breakthrough
  (disruptive) technologies to the space sector
  by ensuring space qualification, reliability,
  lower cost and added-value, and
• By setting a global direction, to create
  opportunities for the flexible collaboration and
  conduct of strategic research and development
  (RD) so as to yield a significant return on
  investment (ROI) to the small satellite industry
  partners.

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Goals of standards development
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SSSC Standards Development Strategy

• This SSSC Standards initiative aims to define
  form factors for nano and micro platforms,
  develop a standards tree, develop a collection of
  existing and emerging standards relevant to the
  sector, establish onboard data interface
  requirements, and ensure interoperability for
  international operations.
• Tactical goals include identifying task-groups
  around technology/platform areas, such as
  electrical interfaces, physical form factors,
  plug and play formats, data formats, and systems
  engineering defining technical requirements for
  each technology/platform area surveying the
  existing standards for use or for tailoring
  within other subgroups, and performing gap
  analysis.

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CANEUS SSSC sub-architecture

• Level 0 General Space Industry Architecture
  spacecraft systems, launch systems, ground
  systems to execute nominal missions  

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CANEUS SSSC sub-architecture

• Level 1 General Space Architecture spacecraft
  systems, launch systems, ground systems to
  execute nominal missions Adaptation for CANEUS

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CANEUS Small Satellite Standards Group Focus

• Standards would be commonly accepted, not
  imposed.
• By presenting a list of the current standards to
  the community CANEUS might eventually help to
  develop a consensus for what the common standard
  should be.
• At this stage, Spacecraft developers simply go
  out, choose what they are going to launch on, and
  adapt to that standard. .

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CANEUS Small Satellite Standards Group Focus

• CANEUS Small Satellite Standards Group Focus
• Survey the current standards activities
  worldwide, launch providers and other
  stakeholders to understand their needs
• By presenting a list of the current standards to
  the community CANEUS might eventually help to
  develop a consensus for what the common standard
  should be.
• In order to do this, we need to talk to end users
  and providers. CANEUS expects to help decide
  what standards are right for and what the
  challenges may be to migrate between these
  standards.

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Contact

• Thank you!
• Milind Pimprikar
• Founder Chairman
• CANEUS
• Tel [phone]
• Cell 514-267-2434
• E-mail mp_at_caneus.org