Space

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Space

• Janice Hendry
• THEANO
• 26/05/06

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Personal History

• Fascinated by space since childhood
• 4th Year UG MPhys Physics with Space Science
• Undertaken 2 placements in space sector
• Sponsored by RAE for Engineering Leadership Award
• Have attend several Space related conferences
  with funding
• Sponsored twice by ESA to attend IAC
• Presenting 2 papers in Oct
• Successfully interviewed for ESA YGT position the
  Netherlands
• Start working at Roke Manor in Oct. as Waves
  Engineer

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Areas within SpaceAstronomy ScienceSpace
ScienceSpacecraft Engineering
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Astronomy Science

• Analysing data from satellites telescopes

Graph of data from radar station
Picture from Hubble
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Space Science

• Instrumentation mission design

SIRAL on CryoSat
MERIS on ENVISAT
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Spacecraft Engineering

• The building putting together of subsystems for
  the spacecraft

Ariane Launch
Hubble
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UKs Involvement in Space
ESACassini-Huygens Galileo GOCE
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ESA

• ESA ? European Space Agency
• Europes NASA equivalent
• 17 member countries, inc. UK
• Good relations with other space agencies
• 6 main sites
• ESTEC Netherlands, RD
• ESOC Germany, Mission Control
• ESRIN Italy, Earth Observation Data
• EAC Germany, Astronaut Training
• Space Port French Guiana
• HQ Paris
• 2000 employees contractors
• 2006 budget 2904 million

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Cassini-Huygens

• Mission to Saturn
• Launched Oct 1997
• Arrived July 2004
• Europe responsible for Huygens probe
• Huygens landed on Titan
• 10 UK establishments involved
• UoS helped with Surface Science Package

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Galileo

• Europe's GNSS
• 30 operational satellites
• Revolutionises satellite navigation
• Galileo will have guarantees
• US GPS military owned
• Russias GLONASS poorly maintained
• UKs involvement
• SSTL built GIOVE-A
• Astrium responsible for payload on GIOVE-B
• Roke Manor receiver antenna design

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GOCE

• Earth Observation
• Expected launch in 2006
• Modelling Earths gravitational field
• QinetiQ Astrium responsible for propulsion
  subsystem

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Bepi-Colombo

• 3rd ever mission to Mercury
• Expected launch 2013/14
• Expected mission life 4 years
• Collaboration between ESA JAXA
• Will use electric propulsion new technology

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Electric Propulsion

• Propulsion by emission of ions electrons
• Slow to start, but high acceleration with time
• UKs involvement
• QinetiQ in final stage of ESAs Bepi-Colombo bid
• Astrium QinetiQ responsible for GOCE

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Space Debris

• AKA Space Junk
• Anything non-operation in orbit space
• GEO LEO worst affected
• One of largest hazards to spacecraft
• Chemical propulsion adds to space debris
  population
• ? electric propulsion cleaner

Damage caused by a paint fleck
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Remnants of a Delta II Rocket found near Cape Town
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Companies CareersProfessional
OrganisationsConferencesContacts
How to Get Involved
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UK Space Companies
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QinetiQ

• Zephyr HALE UAV
• US rival Helios
• Aimed altitude 70,000 ft
• ? edge of space
• Few females in team!
• Possible use on Mars
• Problem transporting to destination

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Roke Manor

• Relatively small company
• 300 employees
• Owned by Siemens
• Based in Romsey
• Few females in company
• Galileo
• Receiver design, inc. modelling
• Presenting work at IAC in Oct
• Beagle
• Designed built radar altimeter

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Graduate Jobs

• You dont have to be an engineer!
• Biology
• Medicine
• Geology
• Physics
• Engineering (All)
• Life Sciences
• Chemistry
• Law
• Finance Economics
• Project Management
• Politics

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ESA Jobs

• YGT Young Graduate Trainee
• 200 placements per year
• Mostly based in Darmstadt Noordwijk
• 1 year placement only (no extension)
• Applications Nov each year
• 80 applicants per job
• Placements
• Unpaid (20 per day)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
• 20-30 fellowships
• 2 years in length
• General Jobs
• Only experienced hires (4-5 years experience)

Website www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Careers_at_ESA/index
.html
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International Space University

• aka ISU, www.isunet.edu
• Generalised topic covers subjects across the
  spectrum
• Masters courses
• Based in Strasbourg, France
• 1 year program
• MSc in Space Studies MSc in Space Management
• Includes 12 week work placement
• Full partial sponsorships available
• Summer program
• Changes location each year
• 9 weeks in length
• Full partial sponsorships available

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Groups

• UK
• UKSEDS, www.uk.seds.org
• Volunteer youth organisation aimed at promoting
  space and related activities to a wider audience
• Several branches around country
• Southampton SoSEDS (soseds_at_dravvin.net)
• International
• SEDS, www.seds.org
• UKSEDS parent organisation
• Space Generation, www.spacegeneration.org
• Non-governmental organisation which brings the
  views from it's members to and works with the
  UN, Space Agencies and other organisations

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Space Outreach

• ESA, www.esa.int/esaED/index.html
• International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
• Sponsor 80 students to attend present at IAC
• logo competition
• Parabolic Flight Campaign,
• Sponsor 120 students to fly their experiment in
  micro-G
• YES2 - Young Engineers Satellite
• Will pave the way for a safe payload return
  capability (SpaceMail), where the payload can be
  'lowered' from space by the use of a tether
  instead of the conventional rocket propulsion
• BIS, www.bis-spaceflight.com
• IAC
• Sponsor 2 students to present paper at the IAC
  Student competition
• BNSC, www.bnsc.gov.uk
• Provide information on careers, UK involvement,
  education packs, etc.

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Conferences

• Most institutes provide funding to attend
  conferences
• ESA hold many conferences per year
• http//conferences.esa.int
• Students generally get discounted rate
• Budget for 5 day conference 350
• Great way to network
• 2008 IAC being held in Glasgow
• BIS logo competition, www.bis-spaceflight.com
• Russia Trip
• Organised by UKSEDS
• www.uk.seds.org/events/russia/2006
• 2 week workshop based in Moscow
• Visit to cosmonaut training centre Star City