Post on 05-Aug-2020
CubeSat:Innovation without Invention
Jordi Puig-SuariTyvak / Cal Poly
UNISEC 2016
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
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Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Cal Poly
• Create & Maintain CubeSat Standard
• Develop Cal Poly CubeSats (CP series)
• Integrating and Launching CubeSats– Successfully Completed >20 Launch Campaigns
• >140 CubeSat integrated, >50 P-PODs
• 13 Different launch vehicles and 8 ranges
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
• >40 Employees – 3 locations (Europe and US)
– 100% US ownership
• Complete Space Mission Solutions– Design to Launch & Operations
• Advanced Small Spacecraft Systems– 1U to 12U+
Tyvak
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Facilities and Equipment (1,100 ft^2 lab)
Electronics Benches
Laminar Flow Benches
Thermal Chamber
Class 10,000 Clean Tent
Thermal Vacuum Chamber (Q1 2016) Anechoic Near-Field Chamber
(Offsite – NSI Inc.)
Vibration Table (Offsite – NTS Inc.)
Operations Center EMI Chamber (Q3 2016)
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
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TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Definitions
• Invent:create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of
• Innovate:make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products / introduce (something new, esp. a product)
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Computer Analogy
Mechanical Vacuum Tubes Transistors Integrated Circuits
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
We Invented CubeSat
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2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
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Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
We Invented CubeSat
• But what was new?
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TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
CubeSats Success
13 2016 VERSION. APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
SPACEWORKS ENTERPRISES, INC., COPYRIGHT 2016
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Historical Nano/Microsatellites Launched: 2000 - 2015 (1 - 50 kg)
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market continues to attract both government and commercial interest
* Please see End Notes 1 and 2.
Continued popularity
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Credit: SpaceWorks
CubeSatInvention Learning Period
Innovation Explosion
Inventions?
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2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
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Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
“High-End” Small Sats
• High performance
• “Real” Missions
• Innovation!!!
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2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
“High-End” Small Sats
• Details
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2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
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Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Where is Innovation Coming From
Revolution in Space
Processes
High Risk Tolerance
Limited Mission Requirements
Decreased
Complexity
Low-Cost/Mass
High Numbers
Frequent Low-Cost Launch
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Where is Innovation Coming From
Revolution in Space
Processes
Highly Innovative Industries
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Where is Innovation Coming From
Revolution in Space
Processes
Highly Innovative Industries
New Mission
Ideas
JPL’s MarCO
Planet
GomSpace
NanoSWARM
GeoOptics
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2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
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Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Where is Innovation Coming From
Young Creative People Putting it all together
Highly Innovative Industries
Revolution in Space
Processes
New Mission
Ideas
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Where is Innovation Coming From
Young Creative People Putting it all together
Highly Innovative Industries
Revolution in Space
Processes
New Mission
Ideas
Well definedand stable standard
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Conclusions
• Do not wait for an invention
– It is infrequent
• Look around for Innovations
–Outside our field
• Experts are not always the innovators
– Fresh ideas are key
• We are still learning
–Good time to get in
TYVAK NANOSATELLITES
2 TYVAK PROPRIETARY
TYVAK PROPRIETARY
Tyvak: Satellite Solutions for Multiple Organizations
• Facts and Figures
– Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems founded in 2011
– Holding Terran Orbital Corp. founded in 2014
– Tyvak International founded in 2015
• Fully independent European establishment
• 3 locations, > 40 employees
– Irvine, CA
– San Luis Obispo, CA
– Torino, Italy
Final Thougthsfor Young People
• DO
– Space is now open to all
• TRY
– Take risk and learn from failures
• INNOVATE
– Don’t be afraid of Crazy Ideas
• QUESTION THE EXPERTS
– We did what could not be done
• REMMEMBER TO HAVE FUN !!!
Thank You
Questions?