1 00:00:13,190 --> 00:00:11,120 hello once again this is our third and 2 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:13,200 final briefing of the afternoon on the 3 00:00:18,859 --> 00:00:15,540 Alana mission and here to talk about 4 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:18,869 Alana is Jason cruising the Alana 5 00:00:25,609 --> 00:00:21,390 program executive from NASA headquarters 6 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:25,619 in Washington Garrett scroll bought the 7 00:00:32,089 --> 00:00:28,140 Alana mission manager from the NASA law 8 00:00:34,639 --> 00:00:32,099 services program at Kennedy David club 9 00:00:37,819 --> 00:00:34,649 are the director of the space science 10 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:37,829 and an engineering laboratory for 11 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:39,750 Montana State University and the 12 00:00:46,940 --> 00:00:41,969 Explorer 1 prime pense principal 13 00:00:49,790 --> 00:00:46,950 investigator James lump the director of 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:49,800 the space systems laboratory and the KY 15 00:00:56,750 --> 00:00:52,410 SAT one principal investigator from the 16 00:00:58,819 --> 00:00:56,760 University of Kentucky and Brian Sanders 17 00:01:01,790 --> 00:00:58,829 the research coordinator for the 18 00:01:03,619 --> 00:01:01,800 Colorado Space Grant consortium and he 19 00:01:05,270 --> 00:01:03,629 is the Hermes principal investigator 20 00:01:08,210 --> 00:01:05,280 from the university of colorado at 21 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:08,220 boulder and we'll begin first with Jason 22 00:01:13,969 --> 00:01:11,430 cruising thank you George I wanted to 23 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:13,979 thank you very got everything off here 24 00:01:17,630 --> 00:01:16,200 to take the time with us today talk 25 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:17,640 about a few details of a new initiative 26 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:20,150 and NASA specifically the Alana 27 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:22,820 education launching of a nano satellites 28 00:01:26,780 --> 00:01:25,290 mission this is the first element of an 29 00:01:29,179 --> 00:01:26,790 overall new initiative called our keep 30 00:01:30,050 --> 00:01:29,189 set launch initiative and NASA and I 31 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:30,060 wanted to give you a little background 32 00:01:34,670 --> 00:01:32,700 why we're even pursuing the CubeSat 33 00:01:37,399 --> 00:01:34,680 launch initiative so nASA has many 34 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:37,409 programs that fund universities those 35 00:01:41,149 --> 00:01:38,909 come from everything from scientific 36 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:41,159 grants to educational research grants 37 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:43,890 and a training grants such as our NASA 38 00:01:49,249 --> 00:01:46,110 Space Grant consortium funding and like 39 00:01:52,219 --> 00:01:49,259 likewise the the universities use these 40 00:01:53,569 --> 00:01:52,229 various funds to develop obviously to 41 00:01:54,859 --> 00:01:53,579 meet their scientific goals of their 42 00:01:58,039 --> 00:01:54,869 grants but also to develop educational 43 00:02:00,230 --> 00:01:58,049 training opportunities for students and 44 00:02:02,090 --> 00:02:00,240 a lot of these universities what they've 45 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:02,100 chosen to do is actually develop small 46 00:02:05,690 --> 00:02:04,110 satellite programs to achieve those 47 00:02:08,180 --> 00:02:05,700 overall education objectives that they 48 00:02:10,309 --> 00:02:08,190 have these small satellite programs 49 00:02:11,809 --> 00:02:10,319 allow students actually experience the 50 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:11,819 entire mission lifecycle of a spacecraft 51 00:02:15,679 --> 00:02:12,790 every 52 00:02:17,759 --> 00:02:15,689 from instrument design to operations to 53 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:17,769 actually hands on building of the 54 00:02:22,949 --> 00:02:21,010 instrument themselves one of the 55 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:22,959 important missing elements though for 56 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:24,250 many of these programs is actually the 57 00:02:28,979 --> 00:02:25,870 ability to launch and actually see their 58 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:28,989 project through the end launch to a lot 59 00:02:31,649 --> 00:02:30,489 of folks and the operations and 60 00:02:32,849 --> 00:02:31,659 achieving their and getting their 61 00:02:34,649 --> 00:02:32,859 scientific results is really the 62 00:02:37,229 --> 00:02:34,659 capstone of any kind of mission that 63 00:02:38,339 --> 00:02:37,239 there that you can be part of and this 64 00:02:41,369 --> 00:02:38,349 has been missing from a lot of these 65 00:02:42,990 --> 00:02:41,379 educational opportunities so this flight 66 00:02:44,339 --> 00:02:43,000 allows this team to actually see the 67 00:02:45,629 --> 00:02:44,349 outcome of the results both 68 00:02:46,860 --> 00:02:45,639 scientifically and the technical 69 00:02:50,069 --> 00:02:46,870 developments that they've been trying to 70 00:02:51,569 --> 00:02:50,079 achieve those are very important to see 71 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:51,579 the design choice and see how they play 72 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:53,169 out actually in an operational system 73 00:02:57,119 --> 00:02:56,019 the second aspect is of our cube set 74 00:02:58,349 --> 00:02:57,129 launch initiative is actually to 75 00:03:00,899 --> 00:02:58,359 demonstrate that students can lead 76 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:00,909 missions that bring significant results 77 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:02,889 be they scientific or technology 78 00:03:07,890 --> 00:03:05,620 developments and these these results are 79 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:07,900 actually go way beyond just education 80 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:10,329 outputs but actually real mission values 81 00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:13,870 that we get back as an agency and what 82 00:03:17,729 --> 00:03:15,939 better way to actually conduct education 83 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:17,739 by giving but by giving the next 84 00:03:21,420 --> 00:03:18,970 generation workforce hands-on 85 00:03:23,550 --> 00:03:21,430 opportunities not just classroom based 86 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:23,560 or lab-based case studies but real 87 00:03:26,939 --> 00:03:25,150 missions that they get to work on today 88 00:03:29,430 --> 00:03:26,949 and actually see them all the way 89 00:03:31,289 --> 00:03:29,440 through flight and with that today 90 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:31,299 you'll hear about our overall along 91 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:33,729 emission from my colleagues here and 92 00:03:38,339 --> 00:03:35,769 then our individual satellites as well 93 00:03:40,110 --> 00:03:38,349 thank you alright thank you Jason and 94 00:03:42,059 --> 00:03:40,120 we'll go down to Garrett's crow bought 95 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:42,069 the Alana mission manager from the NASA 96 00:03:46,649 --> 00:03:44,109 launch services program at Kennedy 97 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:46,659 Garrett thank you George good afternoon 98 00:03:51,089 --> 00:03:48,310 everyone and thank you for being here 99 00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:51,099 this afternoon to listen about the Alana 100 00:03:56,189 --> 00:03:53,260 briefing and what the NASA initiative 101 00:03:57,569 --> 00:03:56,199 for cube sets will be one of NASA's 102 00:03:59,599 --> 00:03:57,579 missions is to attract and retain 103 00:04:01,890 --> 00:03:59,609 students and the sciences technology 104 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:01,900 engineering and mathematics or we call 105 00:04:07,129 --> 00:04:03,970 STEM disciplines creating missions of 106 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:07,139 programs to achieve the important goal 107 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:10,449 helps train since NASA's net nation's 108 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:12,430 future workforce as well as engage and 109 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:14,049 inspire Americans in the rest of the 110 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:16,870 world in the last three years an attempt 111 00:04:20,430 --> 00:04:18,310 to bring back educational space flight 112 00:04:22,350 --> 00:04:20,440 NASA generated a new and exciting 113 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:22,360 initiative the initiative is a NASA 114 00:04:27,140 --> 00:04:24,099 educational launch of nanosatellite 115 00:04:28,890 --> 00:04:27,150 orellana which is now in folsom 116 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:28,900 alanna missions are the first 117 00:04:32,580 --> 00:04:30,430 educational packages to be carried on 118 00:04:34,980 --> 00:04:32,590 expendable launch vehicles for NASA's 119 00:04:36,689 --> 00:04:34,990 launch services program these missions 120 00:04:39,330 --> 00:04:36,699 contain small auxiliary satellite 121 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:39,340 payloads we call cube sets these cube 122 00:04:43,409 --> 00:04:41,289 sets are built by students throughout 123 00:04:46,469 --> 00:04:43,419 America from high schools through 124 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:46,479 graduate level when Glory's t9 mission 125 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:48,370 lights it's motors the first line 126 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:50,110 emission will begin its journey as an 127 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:52,960 auxiliary payload once in orbit hundreds 128 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:54,970 of students from around the country will 129 00:04:58,350 --> 00:04:56,139 be able to experience the feeling of 130 00:05:02,600 --> 00:04:58,360 accomplishment we are truly launching 131 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:02,610 education in the space on my next image 132 00:05:07,650 --> 00:05:05,289 to give a little bit of detail on the 133 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:07,660 first mission here villano it comprises 134 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:11,050 of what we call 31 you cube sets the 135 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:12,430 bill built by Montana State University 136 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:15,759 implore one explore one prime the 137 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:18,330 University of Colorado Boulder hermes in 138 00:05:25,670 --> 00:05:22,900 Kentucky Space consortium KY SAP the 3 139 00:05:28,379 --> 00:05:25,680 cube sets what could be contained 140 00:05:30,270 --> 00:05:28,389 through flight and california and 141 00:05:33,749 --> 00:05:30,280 polytechnic state university or we call 142 00:05:35,430 --> 00:05:33,759 Cal Poly at Sandy bisko's poly Pico 143 00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:35,440 satellite orbital deployer what we call 144 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:38,349 the pea pod these three cubes these cube 145 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:40,270 SATs are designed and built by students 146 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:42,969 the pea pod is built by students and 147 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:46,000 once separated from the pea pod the cube 148 00:05:51,659 --> 00:05:47,500 sets will be tracked by students around 149 00:05:55,649 --> 00:05:51,669 the world in tracking stations next 150 00:05:59,100 --> 00:05:55,659 slide please this image here represents 151 00:06:02,399 --> 00:05:59,110 the integration of the flight pea pod 152 00:06:03,570 --> 00:06:02,409 and cube sets back in November but one 153 00:06:05,010 --> 00:06:03,580 of the things that three cubes had to 154 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:05,020 complete what we call the mission ready 155 00:06:09,390 --> 00:06:07,210 to review each one of these tubes went 156 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:09,400 through a review process just like a 157 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:11,650 primary spacecraft would do the students 158 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:13,150 had to get up in front of a NASA team 159 00:06:18,930 --> 00:06:17,800 and a Cal Poly team and present their 160 00:06:23,180 --> 00:06:18,940 basis of meeting all the requirements 161 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:23,190 for flight the image on the Left shows 162 00:06:29,459 --> 00:06:27,130 Hermes on the far left their tools KY 163 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:29,469 sat in the middle and it's 41 prime on 164 00:06:35,250 --> 00:06:33,130 the far right the other two images are 165 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:35,260 Cal Poly's students actually doing the 166 00:06:39,269 --> 00:06:36,639 integration of the flight systems 167 00:06:40,790 --> 00:06:39,279 preparing it for flight and final 168 00:06:43,020 --> 00:06:40,800 testing 169 00:06:45,870 --> 00:06:43,030 each one of these cube SATs weighs about 170 00:06:47,309 --> 00:06:45,880 one kilogram or 2.2 pounds and the 171 00:06:50,309 --> 00:06:47,319 complete integrated system weighs about 172 00:06:52,890 --> 00:06:50,319 six kilograms the cube sets are 10 173 00:06:58,650 --> 00:06:52,900 centimeter cubes or just over under 4 174 00:07:00,779 --> 00:06:58,660 inches cubed next image now where these 175 00:07:02,550 --> 00:07:00,789 Don cubes be located with the pea pod 176 00:07:05,490 --> 00:07:02,560 it's going to forward in the vehicle we 177 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:05,500 call on the third stage it's a patch to 178 00:07:12,450 --> 00:07:09,250 the F ring on the apt enter the tourists 179 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:12,460 third stage with a mounting bracket that 180 00:07:19,529 --> 00:07:15,069 was provided by orbital to attach it to 181 00:07:22,399 --> 00:07:19,539 the launch vehicle on the next slide our 182 00:07:25,589 --> 00:07:22,409 next image here is a orbital technician 183 00:07:28,050 --> 00:07:25,599 installing the Alana pea pod on februari 184 00:07:31,620 --> 00:07:28,060 6 this is a big day of accomplishment 185 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:31,630 for a lot of us and we really took a big 186 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:32,800 sigh of relief will neither had to 187 00:07:39,930 --> 00:07:35,710 happen and was all bolted up the next 188 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:39,940 image shows the sequence of timing and 189 00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:42,370 when the actual separation of the cubes 190 00:07:47,999 --> 00:07:45,849 will be glory will separate about 13 191 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:48,009 minutes into flight in 10 seconds later 192 00:07:52,709 --> 00:07:50,440 the three cubes will eject from the pea 193 00:07:55,499 --> 00:07:52,719 pod in the direction opposite of that of 194 00:07:57,209 --> 00:07:55,509 glory they may ask why we were going on 195 00:07:59,279 --> 00:07:57,219 the opposite direction well our analysis 196 00:08:02,189 --> 00:07:59,289 showed that by going in the opposite 197 00:08:04,649 --> 00:08:02,199 direction we help and do no recontact to 198 00:08:08,189 --> 00:08:04,659 the primary the whole mission is to 199 00:08:10,559 --> 00:08:08,199 basically had no risk to the mission the 200 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:10,569 engineering team at KSC did a fantastic 201 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:13,210 job the Cal Poly teen did a fantastic 202 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:15,340 job each one and keeps that team did an 203 00:08:20,430 --> 00:08:17,139 unreal job on meeting all the 204 00:08:22,260 --> 00:08:20,440 requirements that we proposed to them so 205 00:08:23,820 --> 00:08:22,270 with that I like to say thank you to the 206 00:08:27,689 --> 00:08:23,830 glory project for allowing us to ride 207 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:27,699 along your mission to all the lot of 208 00:08:30,809 --> 00:08:29,110 team members that did all the extraneous 209 00:08:33,329 --> 00:08:30,819 hard work overlap at the past three 210 00:08:35,430 --> 00:08:33,339 years and to the senior management team 211 00:08:38,819 --> 00:08:35,440 for believing in the Alana mission thank 212 00:08:41,219 --> 00:08:38,829 you okay thank you Gary we'll go now to 213 00:08:43,019 --> 00:08:41,229 David club are you use the Explorer 1 214 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:43,029 prime principal investigator from 215 00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:47,050 Montana State University David thank you 216 00:08:51,930 --> 00:08:50,140 George I'm pleased to be here today as 217 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:51,940 the representative of a lot of folks 218 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:54,040 who've made this moment 219 00:09:00,090 --> 00:08:57,730 possible for us we could have the first 220 00:09:02,220 --> 00:09:00,100 slide I represent Montana State 221 00:09:04,350 --> 00:09:02,230 University the Montana Space Grant 222 00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:04,360 consortium and the space science and 223 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:07,360 engineering laboratory at MSU I also 224 00:09:13,769 --> 00:09:10,560 represent more than 400 college students 225 00:09:17,660 --> 00:09:13,779 who have been touched by our program 226 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:17,670 over the 11 years since its founding the 227 00:09:23,819 --> 00:09:21,970 next slide more than 125 students have 228 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:23,829 worked on the Explorer 1 mission alone 229 00:09:29,730 --> 00:09:26,920 since 2006 that's five years in the 230 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:29,740 process here the photo you're looking at 231 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:33,430 is a group photo of the SS al team taken 232 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:37,810 recently of the 400 or more students 233 00:09:43,999 --> 00:09:40,810 who've been touched I very proudly 234 00:09:46,650 --> 00:09:44,009 represent the many who have found 235 00:09:50,129 --> 00:09:46,660 founded successful careers in the 236 00:09:53,870 --> 00:09:50,139 aerospace industry and at NASA centers 237 00:09:56,550 --> 00:09:53,880 and other government laboratories I 238 00:09:59,400 --> 00:09:56,560 represent our made our many partners and 239 00:10:01,110 --> 00:09:59,410 collaborators without them this program 240 00:10:02,730 --> 00:10:01,120 and the Explorer 1 prime mission would 241 00:10:05,460 --> 00:10:02,740 not have been would not be taking place 242 00:10:08,069 --> 00:10:05,470 the space dynamics laboratory in Logan 243 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:08,079 Utah and the Lockheed Martin enterprise 244 00:10:12,990 --> 00:10:10,930 integration group now known as the SI 245 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:13,000 organization provided substantial 246 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:18,160 assistance e 1 p as we fondly refer to 247 00:10:24,769 --> 00:10:21,220 it however receives major support from 248 00:10:28,350 --> 00:10:24,779 NASA's Montana Space Grant consortium 249 00:10:31,829 --> 00:10:28,360 msg sees founding director dr. William a 250 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:31,839 his was our fervent supporter until 251 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:35,649 his recent passing Billy I know you're 252 00:10:42,090 --> 00:10:38,949 watching this week to all I'm extremely 253 00:10:44,429 --> 00:10:42,100 grateful without the tenacity and 254 00:10:46,769 --> 00:10:44,439 perseverance of Garrett's robot on my 255 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:46,779 right and Larry and Bill his colleagues 256 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:49,689 at NASA launch services program Alana 257 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:52,329 certainly would not exist so I thank you 258 00:10:57,210 --> 00:10:54,430 NASA and I think you Garrett for making 259 00:10:59,629 --> 00:10:57,220 it possible for us to be here today and 260 00:11:01,829 --> 00:10:59,639 of course without the glory mission 261 00:11:04,139 --> 00:11:01,839 allowing us to hitch a ride on their 262 00:11:04,540 --> 00:11:04,149 rocket we also wouldn't have been here 263 00:11:06,550 --> 00:11:04,550 today 264 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:06,560 now let me say a few words about our 265 00:11:14,850 --> 00:11:09,970 program and our Explorer 1 prime mission 266 00:11:18,790 --> 00:11:14,860 I'm holding in the palm of my hand a 267 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:18,800 cubesat this is this is not a scale 268 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:23,810 model this is full size it's identical 269 00:11:28,810 --> 00:11:26,029 in size to the 3 cube SATs mounted on 270 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:28,820 the top of the Taurus XL each of these 271 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:31,370 10 centimeter by 10 centimeter by 10 272 00:11:36,970 --> 00:11:34,579 centimeter cubes has all of the 273 00:11:40,180 --> 00:11:36,980 fundamental subsystems that any 274 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:40,190 scientific spacecraft requires as a 275 00:11:46,150 --> 00:11:43,490 power system it has communication system 276 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:46,160 these are the antennas it has an 277 00:11:55,470 --> 00:11:49,810 attitude determination system control 278 00:11:59,350 --> 00:11:55,480 telemetry ground ground contact and 279 00:12:03,280 --> 00:11:59,360 command and data Hamlet all that's 280 00:12:06,699 --> 00:12:03,290 packed into one kilogram of material in 281 00:12:09,579 --> 00:12:06,709 silicon more than 60 cube sets have been 282 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:09,589 launched in the past eight years and 283 00:12:14,319 --> 00:12:12,470 they at work they all were are they many 284 00:12:16,630 --> 00:12:14,329 of most of them work and they're 285 00:12:19,350 --> 00:12:16,640 definitely not toys I won't say they all 286 00:12:22,510 --> 00:12:19,360 work considering that they're built to 287 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:22,520 widely spaced universities well one 288 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:25,010 might ask how could such a small package 289 00:12:32,170 --> 00:12:28,850 do anything useful I'd like to share 290 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:32,180 with you my my vision and it's a vision 291 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:33,950 shared by many of my space science 292 00:12:40,210 --> 00:12:37,550 colleagues I'll ask you not to think of 293 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:40,220 the power of just one or two or maybe 294 00:12:46,030 --> 00:12:44,120 three of these diminutive satellites but 295 00:12:49,449 --> 00:12:46,040 I'll ask you to think instead of the 296 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:49,459 potential power of 10 or 20 or 30 or 297 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:53,050 maybe even 50 or 100 nano satellites 298 00:12:58,920 --> 00:12:56,930 distributed as a constellation working 299 00:13:04,329 --> 00:12:58,930 synergistically toward a common goal 300 00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:04,339 that's our big vision the next slide I'd 301 00:13:10,139 --> 00:13:07,519 like to talk about our students for 302 00:13:12,340 --> 00:13:10,149 glory and virtually all other NASA 303 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:12,350 scientific flight programs the launch 304 00:13:16,540 --> 00:13:14,270 represents the beginning the data 305 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:16,550 flowing from the from 306 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:19,910 mission orbit after orbit day after day 307 00:13:25,420 --> 00:13:22,970 month after month and the scientific 308 00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:25,430 interpretation of that data represent 309 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:29,750 the true and goal in contrast for our 310 00:13:36,009 --> 00:13:32,690 program student hands-on training is 311 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:36,019 that is really the prime goal by 312 00:13:41,380 --> 00:13:38,390 delivering an in-house design build and 313 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:41,390 tested satellite that's fully qualified 314 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:44,570 for spaceflight we've basically achieved 315 00:13:52,509 --> 00:13:47,510 in excess of ninety five percent of our 316 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:52,519 goal working on space in space of course 317 00:13:57,490 --> 00:13:54,290 is the frosting on the cake and that's 318 00:13:59,470 --> 00:13:57,500 why we're all here today next slide many 319 00:14:01,660 --> 00:13:59,480 dozens of students know intimately 320 00:14:03,550 --> 00:14:01,670 though through direct first-hand 321 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:03,560 experience as Garrett has pointed out 322 00:14:10,269 --> 00:14:05,649 what is needed now to produce 323 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:10,279 spaceflight hardware next slide let me 324 00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:12,860 repeat that it really is this hands-on 325 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:15,680 student training process getting to the 326 00:14:20,319 --> 00:14:17,860 eve of the launch with a fully qualified 327 00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:20,329 Space Flight qualified satellite that's 328 00:14:26,319 --> 00:14:23,750 our primary goal now to be sure our 329 00:14:29,079 --> 00:14:26,329 mission is scientific and technical 330 00:14:32,829 --> 00:14:29,089 element and and a historical 331 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:32,839 significance as well just like glory 332 00:14:37,449 --> 00:14:34,700 will will operate in space return 333 00:14:39,519 --> 00:14:37,459 scientific data interpret and publish 334 00:14:42,030 --> 00:14:39,529 the data if we could go to the next 335 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:42,040 slide I'll talk just very briefly about 336 00:14:48,130 --> 00:14:44,930 our mission the satellite is named 337 00:14:51,130 --> 00:14:48,140 Explorer 1 prime because of its close 338 00:14:54,210 --> 00:14:51,140 relationship to the original Explorer 339 00:14:56,710 --> 00:14:54,220 one that carried a Geiger counter 340 00:14:59,490 --> 00:14:56,720 experiment produced by Professor James 341 00:15:02,980 --> 00:14:59,500 Van Allen at the University of Iowa that 342 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:02,990 experiment on explorer 1 led to the 343 00:15:09,639 --> 00:15:05,810 discovery of what are now known as the 344 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:09,649 Van Allen radiation belts depicted in 345 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:11,810 the upper left and the and the right 346 00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:15,110 hand side of this visual our Explorer 1 347 00:15:21,639 --> 00:15:18,800 prime is carrying an authentic Van Allen 348 00:15:24,510 --> 00:15:21,649 Geiger tube Geiger counter supplied to 349 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:24,520 us by Van just before he passed away in 350 00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:26,490 2006 351 00:15:35,570 --> 00:15:32,630 so as the slide shows our orbit will 352 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:35,580 pass through the horns of the radiation 353 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:38,240 belts about four times per orbit our 354 00:15:43,490 --> 00:15:41,310 experiment will report back variations 355 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:43,500 in the intensity and location of the 356 00:15:47,810 --> 00:15:46,110 radiation belts these variations are 357 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:47,820 driven by disturbances on the Sun that 358 00:15:53,030 --> 00:15:50,610 propagate to earth and jostle the 359 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:53,040 magnetic field that controls the motion 360 00:15:56,870 --> 00:15:55,110 of the very energetic electrons and 361 00:16:01,210 --> 00:15:56,880 protons that are trapped in the 362 00:16:05,420 --> 00:16:01,220 radiation belts the next visual shows 363 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:05,430 the radiation belts as seen by the no 364 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:09,779 oppose instruments depicted on a map of 365 00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:12,270 the of the earth and the yellow bands 366 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:15,390 that represent the the horns of the 367 00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:18,420 radiation belts where we will obtain our 368 00:16:25,370 --> 00:16:22,200 primary data so I'll go to the last 369 00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:25,380 visual just to conclude with this 370 00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:27,180 photograph of our baby that's now 371 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:30,089 sitting out there on the Pat as it 372 00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:32,310 looked just before delivery we're 373 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:35,339 thrilled to be here and we look forward 374 00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:40,050 with enthusiasm to the on-orbit phase of 375 00:16:48,590 --> 00:16:44,279 our mission all right thank you David 376 00:16:50,329 --> 00:16:48,600 and now to James lump use the KY set one 377 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:50,339 principal investigator from the 378 00:16:57,319 --> 00:16:53,610 University of Kentucky James thank you 379 00:16:58,670 --> 00:16:57,329 George good afternoon I am really happy 380 00:17:00,860 --> 00:16:58,680 to be here I'm really happy to be at 381 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:00,870 this point where our spacecraft is up on 382 00:17:05,030 --> 00:17:02,310 top of that beautiful rocket down by the 383 00:17:06,829 --> 00:17:05,040 coast happy to talk to you today a 384 00:17:09,110 --> 00:17:06,839 little bit about our satellite and our 385 00:17:11,929 --> 00:17:09,120 team and really proud to represent our 386 00:17:13,549 --> 00:17:11,939 team back in Kentucky which includes 387 00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:13,559 many dedicated people who spent a lot of 388 00:17:20,030 --> 00:17:16,260 hard work and time bringing this to 389 00:17:21,679 --> 00:17:20,040 reality the team that built KY is that 390 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:21,689 one is is somewhat unique in that it 391 00:17:26,470 --> 00:17:23,490 consists of students from a consortium 392 00:17:29,810 --> 00:17:26,480 of public universities across the state 393 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:29,820 that we call Kentucky space the 394 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:31,470 consortium includes University of 395 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:33,290 Kentucky Morehead State University 396 00:17:38,030 --> 00:17:36,090 Western Kentucky University the 397 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:38,040 University of Louisville murray state 398 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:39,390 university and the 399 00:17:45,710 --> 00:17:40,710 kentucky community and technical college 400 00:17:47,810 --> 00:17:45,720 system as Dave mentioned hands-on 401 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:47,820 experiences like building a satellite 402 00:17:52,550 --> 00:17:50,160 are invaluable to engineering technology 403 00:17:55,310 --> 00:17:52,560 and science students and really a 404 00:17:57,830 --> 00:17:55,320 hands-on educational experience was the 405 00:18:01,190 --> 00:17:57,840 focus of our effort throughout that that 406 00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:01,200 kind of set up the way we organize the 407 00:18:05,660 --> 00:18:03,600 team that we built the subsystems and 408 00:18:07,430 --> 00:18:05,670 even made its way into the concept of 409 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:07,440 operations for the satellite itself 410 00:18:12,980 --> 00:18:10,110 which includes a substantial outreach 411 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:12,990 component for K through 12 education to 412 00:18:18,290 --> 00:18:14,760 engage K through 12 students in stem 413 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:18,300 fields I'll talk a little bit about that 414 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:20,010 more later but let me go ahead and and 415 00:18:26,780 --> 00:18:21,990 bring up the first graphic and introduce 416 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:26,790 kya one the first image shows the 417 00:18:29,450 --> 00:18:27,930 picture of the final launch 418 00:18:31,070 --> 00:18:29,460 configuration of the satellite as it's 419 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:31,080 currently integrated inside the pea pod 420 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:34,050 on the Taurus XL it's a 1u cubesat the 421 00:18:39,950 --> 00:18:37,530 triangular solar cells on all six faces 422 00:18:42,010 --> 00:18:39,960 provide power the golden bands wrapped 423 00:18:44,450 --> 00:18:42,020 around the satellite are in fact the 424 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:44,460 communications antennas and there's a 425 00:18:47,870 --> 00:18:45,810 black circle on the top face there 426 00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:47,880 that's the lens of our digital camera 427 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:50,880 the second image shows the satellite 428 00:18:56,330 --> 00:18:53,280 with the solar cells and the frame 429 00:18:59,030 --> 00:18:56,340 removed you can see the stack there and 430 00:19:00,530 --> 00:18:59,040 in this testing there are black whip 431 00:19:02,270 --> 00:19:00,540 antennas in place of the flight antennas 432 00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:02,280 the camera module is visible in the 433 00:19:07,070 --> 00:19:05,040 foreground KY set one serves as a 434 00:19:09,830 --> 00:19:07,080 testbed for several satellite bus 435 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:09,840 technologies that we're developing to 436 00:19:13,970 --> 00:19:11,610 support a variety of orbital and 437 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:13,980 suborbital missions the bus includes a 438 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:15,210 flexible command and data handling 439 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:18,770 system generic payload interface and 440 00:19:23,450 --> 00:19:21,810 extensive health and status monitoring 441 00:19:25,630 --> 00:19:23,460 throughout the satellite that can be 442 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:25,640 programmed in various telemetry modes 443 00:19:30,530 --> 00:19:28,350 the third image shows the satellite in 444 00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:30,540 its flight configuration with the intent 445 00:19:34,730 --> 00:19:32,580 is deployed you can see that there's 446 00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:34,740 three antennas in the picture the longer 447 00:19:40,370 --> 00:19:37,980 to support a UHF VHF radio system the 448 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:40,380 short one at the top there supports an 449 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:45,510 s-band high-bandwidth radio system the 450 00:19:50,510 --> 00:19:48,450 UHF VHF radio is the primary support for 451 00:19:51,769 --> 00:19:50,520 our educational outreach and provides 452 00:19:53,810 --> 00:19:51,779 beacons and login 453 00:19:57,399 --> 00:19:53,820 beacons for the satellite and then the 454 00:19:59,869 --> 00:19:57,409 s-band provides much higher bandwidth 455 00:20:01,509 --> 00:19:59,879 communications for uploading audio files 456 00:20:04,940 --> 00:20:01,519 for the radio and downloading images 457 00:20:08,570 --> 00:20:04,950 larger data sets the fourth image shows 458 00:20:10,129 --> 00:20:08,580 on the left the 21 meter parabolic dish 459 00:20:11,749 --> 00:20:10,139 at morehead state that we'll use to 460 00:20:14,169 --> 00:20:11,759 communicate with the s-pen radio and 461 00:20:17,029 --> 00:20:14,179 then sort of in contrast on the right is 462 00:20:19,039 --> 00:20:17,039 an example of a handheld station that 463 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:19,049 can also be used to communicate with Kos 464 00:20:24,109 --> 00:20:22,799 at one these images sort of represent 465 00:20:26,509 --> 00:20:24,119 the extremes of the ground stations that 466 00:20:28,219 --> 00:20:26,519 can contact the satellite our UHF 467 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:28,229 downlink radio is is powerful enough 468 00:20:33,589 --> 00:20:31,049 that a modest handheld transceiver like 469 00:20:35,239 --> 00:20:33,599 the one in the picture can can receive 470 00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:35,249 signals from the satellite and a 471 00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:38,070 handheld radio can even command the 472 00:20:43,369 --> 00:20:40,499 satellite using DTMF touch tones to 473 00:20:45,829 --> 00:20:43,379 request beacons and do things such as a 474 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:45,839 request photographs to be taken we're 475 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:48,299 working with a network of K through 12 476 00:20:52,219 --> 00:20:50,210 schools throughout Kentucky to make 477 00:20:54,049 --> 00:20:52,229 handheld ground stations like the one in 478 00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:54,059 the picture available to students to go 479 00:20:58,009 --> 00:20:55,139 right in their own backyard known 480 00:21:01,489 --> 00:20:58,019 playground at school and command KY set 481 00:21:06,919 --> 00:21:01,499 one the first video I have here is a 482 00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:06,929 sequence of images of the team and shows 483 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:10,409 the the team and some of the operations 484 00:21:14,389 --> 00:21:12,690 you know ky7 provided a unique workforce 485 00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:14,399 development opportunity to train future 486 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:16,919 aerospace engineers over the course of 487 00:21:20,539 --> 00:21:18,210 the project many students have worked on 488 00:21:21,950 --> 00:21:20,549 the program and our graduated and 489 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:21,960 working in the aerospace industry across 490 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:24,570 the country to support the KY set one 491 00:21:28,459 --> 00:21:26,369 mission we developed infrastructure in 492 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:28,469 Kentucky space schools including thermal 493 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:30,809 vacuum facilities vibration facilities 494 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:34,169 clean room facilities VHF uhf and has 495 00:21:38,899 --> 00:21:36,450 been testing and communications ground 496 00:21:40,789 --> 00:21:38,909 stations the team also carried out a 497 00:21:44,379 --> 00:21:40,799 series of high-altitude balloon missions 498 00:21:46,459 --> 00:21:44,389 suborbital rocket flights and 499 00:21:48,919 --> 00:21:46,469 experiments to test subsystems of the 500 00:21:51,739 --> 00:21:48,929 satellite we even have the opportunity 501 00:21:53,899 --> 00:21:51,749 to test our antenna actuation system on 502 00:21:58,389 --> 00:21:53,909 a NASA sounding rocket in March 2010 in 503 00:22:03,950 --> 00:22:01,669 the project has had a big impact and I'm 504 00:22:07,519 --> 00:22:03,960 going to go ahead and put the second 505 00:22:10,009 --> 00:22:07,529 video queue up and well that's queuing 506 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:10,019 up i'd like to go ahead and thank some 507 00:22:14,899 --> 00:22:11,490 of the pan like to thank Jason and his 508 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:14,909 team for making Alana possible I'd like 509 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:18,809 to thank Garrett scro bot and Larry and 510 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:21,210 the team at LSP for all their support 511 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:26,490 and their expertise the once the second 512 00:22:33,799 --> 00:22:31,259 video starts well I guess let me also 513 00:22:38,629 --> 00:22:33,809 thank the Cal Poly team and their 514 00:22:40,220 --> 00:22:38,639 support ok I'll do the thank yous at the 515 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:40,230 end sorry about that the second video 516 00:22:44,539 --> 00:22:43,350 shows KY set one orbit the white image 517 00:22:46,009 --> 00:22:44,549 there shows the focal plane of the 518 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:46,019 camera and you can see when a six 519 00:22:49,730 --> 00:22:48,450 hundred kilometer orbit satellite is 520 00:22:51,710 --> 00:22:49,740 tracking the magnetic field of the earth 521 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:51,720 which does extend into low-earth orbit 522 00:22:55,129 --> 00:22:53,730 so the sped up image kind of shows the 523 00:22:59,180 --> 00:22:55,139 satellite nodding as it tracks that 524 00:23:02,090 --> 00:22:59,190 magnetic field you'll see in the 525 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:02,100 animation that will have a ground 526 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:03,840 contact coming up here the yellow shows 527 00:23:07,039 --> 00:23:05,250 a ground contact from our station in 528 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:07,049 Kentucky this is the six orbit of the 529 00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:09,570 satellite and is the first pass over the 530 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:11,100 middle of the US would be the first 531 00:23:15,619 --> 00:23:12,600 chance for students at our ground 532 00:23:17,810 --> 00:23:15,629 stations to interrogate the details of 533 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:17,820 health of the status health and status 534 00:23:24,619 --> 00:23:21,990 of the satellite so the video can play 535 00:23:26,779 --> 00:23:24,629 out so I did want to thank Garrett in 536 00:23:28,330 --> 00:23:26,789 his team thank the group at Cal Poly for 537 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:28,340 their support we owe a debt of gratitude 538 00:23:33,049 --> 00:23:31,320 back to in Kentucky to the Kentucky 539 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:33,059 science and technology corporation for 540 00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:35,070 sort of spearheading the establishment 541 00:23:39,139 --> 00:23:37,830 of Kentucky space NASA Kentucky space 542 00:23:43,070 --> 00:23:39,149 grant consortium for their support 543 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:43,080 throughout the years in closing since 544 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:46,200 the KY set one effort started it has 545 00:23:50,210 --> 00:23:48,330 really served as a catalyst for several 546 00:23:52,669 --> 00:23:50,220 activities that are going on throughout 547 00:23:55,519 --> 00:23:52,679 the state today students at Kentucky 548 00:23:57,619 --> 00:23:55,529 Space consortium schools are are working 549 00:23:59,509 --> 00:23:57,629 on a series of small satellite missions 550 00:24:01,850 --> 00:23:59,519 we're operating payloads aboard the 551 00:24:03,950 --> 00:24:01,860 International Space Station and students 552 00:24:06,169 --> 00:24:03,960 are dreaming up many new initiatives all 553 00:24:07,010 --> 00:24:06,179 that stem directly from the experience 554 00:24:10,370 --> 00:24:07,020 of working on KY 555 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:10,380 that one the excitement created by the 556 00:24:14,090 --> 00:24:12,630 Ilana launch and the outreach activities 557 00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:14,100 that we've established with Kos at one 558 00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:16,470 have introduced a whole generation of K 559 00:24:21,050 --> 00:24:18,150 through 12 students and college students 560 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:21,060 to opportunities in space and we look 561 00:24:23,660 --> 00:24:22,350 forward to sharing the satellite with 562 00:24:26,330 --> 00:24:23,670 the rest of the world as it launches 563 00:24:29,540 --> 00:24:26,340 later this week thanks George all right 564 00:24:32,450 --> 00:24:29,550 thank you James and dr. Brian Sanders 565 00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:32,460 the Hermes principal investigator from 566 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:34,320 the university of colorado at boulder 567 00:24:38,990 --> 00:24:37,710 brian thank you George thank you 568 00:24:40,370 --> 00:24:39,000 everyone for coming out today and 569 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:40,380 hearing a little bit about our Ilana 570 00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:42,390 mission I'm representing the students 571 00:24:45,260 --> 00:24:43,620 from the University of Colorado at 572 00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:45,270 Boulder the color of space grant 573 00:24:49,550 --> 00:24:47,670 consortium and the hard work that they 574 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:49,560 put forth over the past almost five 575 00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:53,010 years five years ago we said we want to 576 00:24:56,270 --> 00:24:54,840 build a CubeSat and we let the students 577 00:24:58,250 --> 00:24:56,280 figure out what it is that they wanted 578 00:24:59,720 --> 00:24:58,260 to do they took a look at the community 579 00:25:01,640 --> 00:24:59,730 and figure it out what are some of the 580 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:01,650 main areas that at least at that point 581 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:04,380 needed some more development they want 582 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:05,810 to take a look at an extensible bus 583 00:25:11,030 --> 00:25:07,950 develop some subsystems that could be 584 00:25:12,950 --> 00:25:11,040 used in future cubesat missions they 585 00:25:15,650 --> 00:25:12,960 wanted to take a look at the environment 586 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:15,660 up there as well take a look and see how 587 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:17,370 their attitude system would perform with 588 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:21,150 a passive attitude system and one of the 589 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:23,430 tall poles quite frankly and CubeSat 590 00:25:27,230 --> 00:25:25,800 missions especially data-hungry deep 591 00:25:30,110 --> 00:25:27,240 scientific missions is that 592 00:25:32,450 --> 00:25:30,120 communications question so we wanted to 593 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:32,460 develop a high rate data s-band 594 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:35,310 communication system and most 595 00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:37,110 importantly is what you've heard already 596 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:39,720 from the panel it's really the student 597 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:41,520 impact if we go to the first image 598 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:45,930 please students have developed every 599 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:48,450 major component within the cubesat 600 00:25:52,940 --> 00:25:50,310 develop developing the printed circuit 601 00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:52,950 boards populating the parts going 602 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:54,660 through the entire life cycle of the 603 00:26:00,890 --> 00:25:57,570 project and hardware development and the 604 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:00,900 next image please this is Hermes on the 605 00:26:07,550 --> 00:26:04,910 bench in Colorado a little bit before 606 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:07,560 summer time when they were developing 607 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:08,850 all the boards getting them together 608 00:26:12,830 --> 00:26:10,230 into the final check out and going 609 00:26:14,450 --> 00:26:12,840 through the final iterations the 610 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:14,460 students are really the ones behind this 611 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:16,890 entirely there's program managers that 612 00:26:20,540 --> 00:26:18,090 are responsible for budgets and 613 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:20,550 personnel it's really a microcosm for 614 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:21,840 what these students will be doing in 615 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:23,130 just a few short years when they get out 616 00:26:30,530 --> 00:26:26,970 into the NASA and Industry the next 617 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:30,540 picture please they go through the 618 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:32,490 entire development lifecycle they 619 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:33,870 develop the hardware and in fact we've 620 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:35,250 taken a lot of lessons learn from this 621 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:36,480 mission and applied it to our upcoming 622 00:26:40,430 --> 00:26:38,070 missions that we're really excited about 623 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:40,440 as well that our CubeSat and other small 624 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:44,250 satellite based missions in the next 625 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:47,570 slide please they really do get a 626 00:26:52,130 --> 00:26:50,610 fantastic into end perspective so again 627 00:26:53,870 --> 00:26:52,140 some freshman might be working on 628 00:26:56,030 --> 00:26:53,880 soldering some boards together testing 629 00:27:00,560 --> 00:26:56,040 those out and as they go through their 630 00:27:01,910 --> 00:27:00,570 academic careers they get more skills 631 00:27:03,590 --> 00:27:01,920 through their classes that they can 632 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:03,600 apply to the hands-on projects that they 633 00:27:08,150 --> 00:27:06,210 do and eventually end up as juniors or 634 00:27:11,060 --> 00:27:08,160 seniors working with hardware and a 635 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:11,070 clean room facility in the next image 636 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:14,550 please these are pictures these next 637 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:16,050 three photos are over the past couple 638 00:27:21,290 --> 00:27:19,110 months really over the past year in 639 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:21,300 Colorado were very fortunate to have 640 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:23,610 some fantastic aerospace community 641 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:25,770 support and they've really come through 642 00:27:30,380 --> 00:27:28,190 both in terms of technical mentorship 643 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:30,390 debugging and some fantastic test 644 00:27:36,740 --> 00:27:34,890 facilities in the next photo this is our 645 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:36,750 humble abode back at the University of 646 00:27:41,870 --> 00:27:39,510 Colorado with our bell jar I love this 647 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:41,880 photo cubesat you can almost see right 648 00:27:46,070 --> 00:27:44,400 next to the pm's face but we have the 649 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:46,080 the NASA meatball up there proudly 650 00:27:49,610 --> 00:27:48,210 displaying and this is really what helps 651 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:49,620 to inspire a lot of the students is that 652 00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:51,510 correlation between NASA and actually 653 00:27:58,250 --> 00:27:52,920 launching something that they'd build 654 00:28:01,130 --> 00:27:58,260 into space in the next image again David 655 00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:01,140 had a fantastic human reference but this 656 00:28:06,110 --> 00:28:03,990 really helps to show what we're talking 657 00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:06,120 about the CubeSat is the very very small 658 00:28:10,730 --> 00:28:07,740 thing on the top of the vibration 659 00:28:13,490 --> 00:28:10,740 drumhead we were able to go down to a 660 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:13,500 facility that tests huge huge huge 661 00:28:18,140 --> 00:28:16,770 satellites and we can say without a 662 00:28:21,530 --> 00:28:18,150 doubt that we've been we are the small 663 00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:21,540 satellite they've ever tested in the 664 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:24,750 next image please and this is really 665 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:26,370 representing something unique for us as 666 00:28:30,290 --> 00:28:27,570 well as we're going to the Mission 667 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:30,300 Operations phases this is our s-band 668 00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:32,730 communication system just northeast of 669 00:28:35,330 --> 00:28:33,840 Boulder Colorado 670 00:28:36,769 --> 00:28:35,340 the students have put together the 671 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:36,779 ground station have done a whole bunch 672 00:28:41,659 --> 00:28:39,690 of testing in addition to a UHF and VHF 673 00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:41,669 system on top of our building at the 674 00:28:46,820 --> 00:28:44,190 University of Colorado and in the final 675 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:46,830 image this is our launch team this 676 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:48,690 picture was only taken about two weeks 677 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:50,970 ago these are all the mission operators 678 00:28:55,310 --> 00:28:53,490 some students are freshmen that have 679 00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:55,320 been under studies for folks who have 680 00:28:58,820 --> 00:28:56,640 been around a little bit longer but it's 681 00:29:01,730 --> 00:28:58,830 a fantastic way to get hands-on 682 00:29:03,529 --> 00:29:01,740 experience even at a very early age to 683 00:29:06,529 --> 00:29:03,539 then apply that as you go out into 684 00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:06,539 industry and I'd like to point out the 685 00:29:10,490 --> 00:29:07,830 picture at the very bottom you can see 686 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:10,500 all the pizza boxes the Sun might be the 687 00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:14,250 the driver for the the solar activities 688 00:29:19,789 --> 00:29:16,950 around a lot of what glory studying 689 00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:19,799 pizza is really the the driver behind 690 00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:22,080 what students do and it's really topped 691 00:29:27,010 --> 00:29:24,539 off with the unforgettable experience of 692 00:29:30,350 --> 00:29:27,020 actually launching something into space 693 00:29:32,870 --> 00:29:30,360 thank you Brian key and we're ready now 694 00:29:34,399 --> 00:29:32,880 to take questions once again if you'll 695 00:29:36,409 --> 00:29:34,409 give your name and affiliation and we'll 696 00:29:38,029 --> 00:29:36,419 start with Nora where Wallace Santa 697 00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:38,039 Barbara news-press could you three 698 00:29:41,990 --> 00:29:40,080 gentlemen speak about how many people 699 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:42,000 you brought with you this week and also 700 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:44,730 financial commitment to create your 701 00:29:53,389 --> 00:29:52,470 experiment I'll start we have about 100 702 00:29:55,430 --> 00:29:53,399 students have been involved in the 703 00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:55,440 program over the past five years we have 704 00:29:59,539 --> 00:29:57,120 10 students that will be here physically 705 00:30:01,190 --> 00:29:59,549 in California for the launch and a 706 00:30:02,299 --> 00:30:01,200 couple three of our students the 707 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:02,309 leadership of the team have been out 708 00:30:06,289 --> 00:30:05,010 here for a couple days one of the great 709 00:30:10,039 --> 00:30:06,299 things about cube SATs is they're 710 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:10,049 relatively affordable the I'll use a lot 711 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:11,490 of off-the-shelf parts figure out how to 712 00:30:16,279 --> 00:30:13,890 make them available for space so you're 713 00:30:18,830 --> 00:30:16,289 not in the billions or millions it's 714 00:30:24,380 --> 00:30:18,840 really quite affordable especially for 715 00:30:29,019 --> 00:30:24,390 university projects we have I believed 716 00:30:32,060 --> 00:30:29,029 seven students here for the launch and 717 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:32,070 as Brian said you know you can spend 718 00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:33,809 tens of thousands of dollars on the 719 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:36,809 materials and supplies for a cube set vs 720 00:30:41,010 --> 00:30:38,880 vs million so it sits on the orders of 721 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:41,020 tens and 722 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:43,450 we working on the arse for about five 723 00:30:46,530 --> 00:30:44,770 years as well and then probably about a 724 00:30:47,910 --> 00:30:46,540 hundred students have participated to 725 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:47,920 the years on various aspects of the 726 00:30:54,650 --> 00:30:51,910 system so lots of impact the Montana 727 00:30:58,860 --> 00:30:54,660 State University official travel team 728 00:31:02,100 --> 00:30:58,870 here in California is is about 11 or 12 729 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:02,110 people we have a number of students who 730 00:31:07,140 --> 00:31:04,210 are now in the industry a lot of them 731 00:31:09,270 --> 00:31:07,150 here in Southern California there it's 732 00:31:11,610 --> 00:31:09,280 an uncountable number i don't know how 733 00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:11,620 many are actually coming in i know that 734 00:31:16,770 --> 00:31:13,480 some students are flying in from halfway 735 00:31:19,470 --> 00:31:16,780 across the country former students I 736 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:19,480 think we might number 20 people by the 737 00:31:27,150 --> 00:31:23,850 time tomorrow night's launch arrives the 738 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:27,160 costs of building lease is is a little 739 00:31:33,990 --> 00:31:30,730 hard to quantify because we depend so 740 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:34,000 much on on industry collaborators and 741 00:31:40,890 --> 00:31:37,570 partners to provide light kind support 742 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:40,900 and and and and get get involved with us 743 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:43,270 and our students it's good for them 744 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:47,110 because they they get a chance to to vet 745 00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:49,410 students before they might hire them and 746 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:52,030 and it's good for the students because 747 00:31:56,220 --> 00:31:54,130 they get to work with professionals and 748 00:32:02,190 --> 00:31:56,230 mentors and and have that industry 749 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:02,200 contact that's so important so I'll just 750 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:10,469 Janine Scully santa maria times lompoc 751 00:32:16,049 --> 00:32:13,570 record how valuable is this experience 752 00:32:18,330 --> 00:32:16,059 for the students to actually do this 753 00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:18,340 versus just reading books and writing 754 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:21,519 papers oh I'd like to a little easier to 755 00:32:27,629 --> 00:32:24,220 answer yeah that now that we could talk 756 00:32:35,599 --> 00:32:27,639 about it it's it's it's incredibly 757 00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:35,609 valuable and I I it it so many instances 758 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:39,759 will see a student who will design a 759 00:32:45,299 --> 00:32:43,690 system make a design in and just have so 760 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:45,309 much confidence that it's that it's 761 00:32:48,060 --> 00:32:46,330 going to work that they won't even 762 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:48,070 bother to build it you know all your 763 00:32:53,009 --> 00:32:50,529 launch isn't until a month from now look 764 00:32:54,779 --> 00:32:53,019 yeah but once you get my head and test 765 00:32:57,330 --> 00:32:54,789 your system out three years in advance 766 00:33:00,509 --> 00:32:57,340 and what they discover is it doesn't 767 00:33:02,669 --> 00:33:00,519 work and it's that interactive back and 768 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:02,679 forth that's oh my gosh scratching the 769 00:33:06,839 --> 00:33:04,210 head and going back and trying to figure 770 00:33:08,539 --> 00:33:06,849 out why that's so important and the 771 00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:08,549 other thing that's very important is is 772 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:11,289 the interdisciplinary nature of the 773 00:33:14,129 --> 00:33:13,330 project so you have a mechanical 774 00:33:16,649 --> 00:33:14,139 engineering student in electrical 775 00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:16,659 engineering a CS student they come 776 00:33:20,489 --> 00:33:18,340 together and they and they understand 777 00:33:22,409 --> 00:33:20,499 each others worlds a little better and 778 00:33:24,719 --> 00:33:22,419 they understand that they have to give 779 00:33:26,879 --> 00:33:24,729 and take in order to satisfy the entire 780 00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:26,889 mission systems engineering constraints 781 00:33:31,669 --> 00:33:29,019 so it's just huge it's just really huge 782 00:33:34,529 --> 00:33:31,679 and I could add one thing Dave on that 783 00:33:36,629 --> 00:33:34,539 working with NASA we took in this 784 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:36,639 approach with the students as they have 785 00:33:40,859 --> 00:33:38,710 project managers and these project 786 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:40,869 managers are required to manage the 787 00:33:44,609 --> 00:33:43,330 mission and report back to us and we put 788 00:33:48,239 --> 00:33:44,619 them through every one of the review 789 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:48,249 cycles come launch night I have three 790 00:33:50,849 --> 00:33:49,450 slots for each one of the project 791 00:33:52,259 --> 00:33:50,859 manager on console so let me sit down 792 00:33:53,789 --> 00:33:52,269 console experiencing the whole effect 793 00:33:57,419 --> 00:33:53,799 now they don't know who might call them 794 00:33:59,999 --> 00:33:57,429 yet or not we may so but I think the 795 00:34:02,099 --> 00:34:00,009 experience they've experienced over the 796 00:34:04,469 --> 00:34:02,109 life of the mission the telecon the 797 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:04,479 meetings has been a beneficial to them 798 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:07,690 and it makes them a better manager or 799 00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:15,399 can you address the lifespan or is it 800 00:34:25,659 --> 00:34:22,159 the same as glorious at three years the 801 00:34:27,730 --> 00:34:25,669 hardware is built to last for a long 802 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:27,740 long period of time for her me 803 00:34:31,359 --> 00:34:29,570 specifically were designed to last for 804 00:34:33,550 --> 00:34:31,369 at least six months if not a year in 805 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:33,560 terms of primary and secondary mission 806 00:34:37,930 --> 00:34:36,470 objectives but there's no reason that I 807 00:34:42,070 --> 00:34:37,940 can't last for a long time operationally 808 00:34:43,149 --> 00:34:42,080 on orbit orbit life the over life for 809 00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:43,159 each of the satellites is probably on 810 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:46,190 the order of 15 years but then for us 811 00:34:50,139 --> 00:34:47,810 it'll probably better better recycling 812 00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:50,149 time maybe 18 months two years would be 813 00:34:57,910 --> 00:34:55,730 a great goal for us I just add that most 814 00:35:00,730 --> 00:34:57,920 of these cubes none of the ones that are 815 00:35:04,210 --> 00:35:00,740 applying tomorrow night have any 816 00:35:05,980 --> 00:35:04,220 consumables so unlike glory where they 817 00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:05,990 have propellants and three years from 818 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:09,350 now they may run out there's no reason 819 00:35:14,890 --> 00:35:10,910 to believe these satellites won't work 820 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:14,900 for four years and years one of the 821 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:17,630 technologies that does the program is 822 00:35:23,050 --> 00:35:20,290 set up to do is to try to utilize 823 00:35:26,109 --> 00:35:23,060 commercial off-the-shelf parts that you 824 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:26,119 can just buy almost almost locally 825 00:35:31,690 --> 00:35:29,390 literally and we're trying to understand 826 00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:31,700 how those parts can survive in the space 827 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:34,070 environment and we may have some early 828 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:36,580 failures or we may understand that 829 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:40,760 indeed low-cost commercial parts that 830 00:35:45,490 --> 00:35:42,170 are used in cell phones and everything 831 00:35:48,070 --> 00:35:45,500 else are just fine for satellites are 832 00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:48,080 real wessler KSBY TV I wondering from 833 00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:49,280 the three of you did you have to work 834 00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:51,710 with Cal Poly students to discuss the 835 00:35:59,230 --> 00:35:53,750 pea pod that was going to house your 836 00:36:01,870 --> 00:35:59,240 satellites we work very closely with 837 00:36:04,870 --> 00:36:01,880 with the team at Cal Poly excellent 838 00:36:06,970 --> 00:36:04,880 group of students and you know they are 839 00:36:09,370 --> 00:36:06,980 a real advocate for the cubesat form 840 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:09,380 factor and work with schools throughout 841 00:36:14,770 --> 00:36:12,890 the country to to have them build cube 842 00:36:16,270 --> 00:36:14,780 sets and it was a great experience 843 00:36:19,820 --> 00:36:16,280 working with them work very closely with 844 00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:23,010 all right if we any follow-up questions 845 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:27,790 here again in the front all right in 846 00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:30,250 that event that will look include our 847 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:32,860 briefing a programming note about our 848 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:36,040 NASA TV launch coverage it will begin at 849 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:38,640 twelve-thirty a.m. pacific time on 850 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:40,690 wednesday morning that's three thirty 851 00:36:48,450 --> 00:36:43,570 eastern time and it will conclude after 852 00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:48,460 we have deployed both glory and alana so