Commercial Broadband Technologies and their

Application to Next Generation Space Exploration

Networks

Colloquium Introduction

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Colloquium objectives

To ensure comm’s reliability in manned and unmanned

exploration, space missions have relied on Data Relay

Satellites (DRS) and Deep Space Networks.

With the increase of payload data, ubiquitous

connectivity and our core expectation of Internet access,

the need for Space broadband networks is clear.

To date these communication systems have been

government built and operated, but increasingly these

systems will benefit from commercial developments

This Colloquium will discuss:

- Typical exploration and science missions

- Network system architectures

- Development of communication terminals

- Synergies with SatCom developments

Morning Session 1

9:00am - 10:30am

Panel Chair – James Hinds,

Airbus (A)

Space Exploration &

Observation Communication

The need

1. Introduction – James Hinds

2. NASA (N) - Phil Liebrecht

3. NanoRacks – Richard

Pournelle

3*20 minute presentations

20 minutes board Q&A

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NC

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Morning Session 2

11:00am - 12:40am

Panel Chair – Glyn Thomas

Space Exploration Telecom

System designs

1. NG SCaN1 – Jim.Schier, N

2. EDRS – M. Weigand

3. Laser Light - B. Brumley

4. Bridgesat – D. Mitlyng

5. Space networks – iDirect 2

5*20 minute presentations

20 minutes board Q&A

Afternoon Session 1

1:40pm - 3:20pm

Panel Chair – John Horack

Communication Terminals

Today and Tomorrow

1. TESAT LCT-M. Motzigemba

2. NASA LCT - D.Israel

3. ViaLight LCT- M. Knapek

4. RF ISL design – MDA3

4*20 minute presentations

20 minutes board Q&A

Afternoon Session 2

3:40-4:00pm

Panel Chair – James Hinds

Discussion on development

of NG SCaN networks

1. Airbus (Glyn Thomas)

2. SSL (Rob Singh)

3. NASA (Jim Schier)

4. Eutelsat (S. Amos)

4*10 minutes reflections

20 minutes final Q&A

Notes

1. NG SCaN is Next Generation

Space Communications and

Navigation

2. Eric Watko will be the speaker

3. Peter Takats will speak

Agenda

Space Exploration Investigate Jupiter with a focus on the moons of the

Jovian system to find out whether they could sustain life.

Study Venus’s dynamics and

chemistry, and the interactions

between its atmosphere and

surface.

Study Mars and its two moons Phobos and Deimos, focusing on the planet’s atmosphere

and climate, its structure, mineralogy and geology. Search for traces of water.

Observe the Sun, the storms on

its surface, its atmosphere and

heliosphere.

Perform a close-up, high

resolution study of the Sun and

its inner heliosphere.

Place a large rover on the

surface of Mars and test its

long-range mobility.

Analyse soil and rock samples to

determine habitability.

2016: Orbiter and landing

demonstrator.

2018: Put a 300 kg rover on the

planet’s surface to search for

evidence of life, past or present.

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric

Observatory, since 1996)

Solar Orbiter (in production) Mars Express (since 2003)

ExoMars (in production)

Venus Express (2005-2013)

Curiosity (since 2011)

JUICE (Jupiter Icy moons Explorer, in production)

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Space Exploration

Composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury. Two orbiters in separate orbits,

one to map the planet, one to investigate its magnetosphere.

Study size and shape of Comet

Halley‘s nucleus, as well as size,

composition and velocity of dust

particles near comets Halley and

Grigg-Skjellerup.

Measure the composition of gas

produced by the comets.

Rendez-vous with Comet

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Study the nucleus of the comet

and its environment and also

land a probe, Philae, on its

surface.

Accurate observations of one

billion stars, charting their

precise positions and motions,

as well as their temperatures,

luminosities and compositions.

Chart North and South poles of

the Sun and study the space

environment above and below.

BepiColombo (in production, launch 2018)

GAIA (since 2013) Ulysses (1990-2009)

Rosetta/ Philae (since 2004) Giotto (1985-1992)

Gaia

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Earth Observation. Our Heritage

In orbit

Under development

Status: 09/2015

300 years of in-orbit

experience for Earth

Observation satellites

Sentinel-2

Aeolus

Champ

2000

Grace

2002

Envisat

2002

Cryosat

2010

MetOp A

2006

Swarm

2013

EarthCARE

MetOp C

PAZ

ERS

1 & 2

1991-1995

TerraSAR-X

2007

TanDEM-X

2010

ALSAT 2A

Algeria

2010

SSOT

Chile

2011

KazEOSat-1

Kazakhstan

2014

THEOS

2008

Formosat 2

2004

VNREDSat-1

Vietnam

2013

ALSAT 2B

COMS

South Korea

2010

Helios

1A & 1B

1995-1999

ESSAI

M

2004

Spot 1-4

1986-1990

1993-1998

SPOT 5

2002

Pléiades

1a & b

2011-2012

Helios

2A & 2B

2004-2009

Spirale

2009 Ingenio

Sentinel-5

Precursor

MetOp B

2012 Spot

6 & 7

2012-2014

SARah

PeruSat-1

Peru

Falcon Eye

UAE

CERES

MetOp-SG

CSO

Jason-CS

Sentinel-6 MERLIN

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To the ISS, the Moon… and Beyond

• First-ever mission-critical element of a NASA mission produced by a

non-US company: Orion’s European Service Module (ESM)

• Industrial prime contractor for the core European ISS elements

– Columbus research laboratory and mission operations

– Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo carriers

• Robotic systems

• Experimental facilities for scientific use

• Astronaut training and simulators for Columbus, ATV and

experimental facilities

A global competence centre for all human spaceflight-related

activities, microgravity facilities and robotic space applications

ORION: A NEW CHAPTER IN HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION

Orion ESM: The first-ever mission-critical element

built by a non-US company for NASA.

Man-in-space and orbital systems

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