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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


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– Irvine, 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)


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– Irvine, 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)


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy

Computer Analogy

Mechanical Vacuum Tubes Transistors Integrated Circuits


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy

We Invented CubeSat


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy

We Invented CubeSat

• But what was new?


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy

CubeSats Success

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Historical Nano/Microsatellites Launched: 2000 - 2015 (1 - 50 kg)

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With over 40% average annual growth in attempted deliveries since 2012 the nanosatellite (1-10 kg)

market continues to attract both government and commercial interest

* Please see End Notes 1 and 2.

Continued popularity

in the 1-10 kg mass

range

Credit: SpaceWorks

CubeSatInvention Learning Period

Innovation Explosion

Inventions?


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy

“High-End” Small Sats

• High performance

• “Real” Missions

• Innovation!!!


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– Torino, Italy

“High-End” Small Sats

• Details


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– Irvine, 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


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– Torino, Italy


Revolution in Space

Processes

Highly Innovative Industries


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– Torino, Italy


Revolution in Space

Processes


New Mission

Ideas

JPL’s MarCO

Planet

GomSpace

NanoSWARM

GeoOptics


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– Irvine, CA


– Torino, Italy


Young Creative People Putting it all together


Revolution in Space

Processes

New Mission

Ideas


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– Torino, Italy


Young Creative People Putting it all together


Revolution in Space

Processes

New Mission

Ideas

Well definedand stable standard


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– Irvine, 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


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– Irvine, 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

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