1 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:06,650 good afternoon once again we're back 2 00:00:12,259 --> 00:00:09,480 down with our a lot of CubeSat briefing 3 00:00:14,530 --> 00:00:12,269 cube SATs also on our Delta two rocket 4 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:14,540 to be launched on Friday morning and 5 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:17,460 here to discuss the cube sets and their 6 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:20,430 mission is garrett's crow bot the Alana 7 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:22,500 mission manager from the NASA law 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:24,390 services program at the Kennedy Space 9 00:00:31,490 --> 00:00:29,250 Center and Roland Coelho the peapod 10 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:31,500 program lead from the california 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:34,170 polytechnic state university in san luis 12 00:00:39,319 --> 00:00:37,050 obispo california and we'll begin first 13 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:39,329 with our project our mission manager 14 00:00:44,299 --> 00:00:41,760 Garrett's cravat Garrett thank you 15 00:00:46,459 --> 00:00:44,309 George good afternoon everyone and that 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:46,469 you can make it out what an incredible 17 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:48,570 opportunity we have on Friday morning to 18 00:00:52,970 --> 00:00:51,750 be able to launch Alana three Alana is 19 00:00:56,119 --> 00:00:52,980 educational launch of NATO satellite 20 00:00:58,939 --> 00:00:56,129 this our third in a series we have right 21 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:58,949 now we look at it from the point of 22 00:01:04,009 --> 00:01:00,960 we're educating enhancing education 23 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:04,019 through space flight the mission has six 24 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:06,570 cube sets of which are five missions and 25 00:01:13,250 --> 00:01:10,710 if we go to the first slide nice 26 00:01:19,850 --> 00:01:13,260 actually the second slide but we'll go 27 00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:21,719 okay go back go ahead and look about 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:25,360 their previous slide the you know one of 29 00:01:29,419 --> 00:01:26,770 NASA's missions and goals is to be able 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:29,429 to retain students in the mathematics 31 00:01:33,899 --> 00:01:31,329 science mathematics engineering 32 00:01:35,819 --> 00:01:33,909 disciplines and through the coop set 33 00:01:38,460 --> 00:01:35,829 projects we were able to create a 34 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:38,470 program to acidify students drink to 35 00:01:44,340 --> 00:01:42,579 strengthen NASA and the resources to do 36 00:01:46,109 --> 00:01:44,350 this Alana program we had what we call 37 00:01:48,630 --> 00:01:46,119 we developed dia to keep set initiative 38 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:48,640 to day just been to calls for cube sets 39 00:01:52,469 --> 00:01:50,830 throughout the educational community 40 00:01:53,609 --> 00:01:52,479 nonprofits and the third one is 41 00:01:57,210 --> 00:01:53,619 currently on the streets and the 42 00:01:58,770 --> 00:01:57,220 proposals are due in November 14th from 43 00:02:00,210 --> 00:01:58,780 these calls we've received 32 cubesat 44 00:02:02,460 --> 00:02:00,220 missions have been selected to fly so 45 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:02,470 far and of these 32 we have 26 46 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:04,750 manifested and a part of these are on 47 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:08,709 the MPP mission the Alana three I put 48 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:10,269 together this graphic area of the United 49 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:12,370 States basically showing the states 50 00:02:17,130 --> 00:02:15,060 where the Alana project has touched two 51 00:02:19,410 --> 00:02:17,140 cubes that's being developed and has 52 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:19,420 been selected currently there's 18 and 53 00:02:25,740 --> 00:02:21,280 we're hoping to be able to one day had 54 00:02:29,190 --> 00:02:25,750 this whole map completely filled out the 55 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:29,200 next chart next slide please here's our 56 00:02:33,750 --> 00:02:31,690 mission patch Alana 3 we have like I 57 00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:33,760 said we have five missions on board 58 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:39,760 Montana the one prime all be set for 59 00:02:45,140 --> 00:02:42,910 University of Auburn University M cubed 60 00:02:47,819 --> 00:02:45,150 from Michigan University of Michigan 61 00:02:49,349 --> 00:02:47,829 racks to will also be from the 62 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:49,359 University of Michigan and dice from 63 00:02:54,090 --> 00:02:52,090 Utah State University none of this could 64 00:02:56,069 --> 00:02:54,100 be possible without the Cal Poly and the 65 00:02:59,039 --> 00:02:56,079 cube into poly Pico orbital employer and 66 00:03:00,720 --> 00:02:59,049 there are what will the keep Seth will 67 00:03:04,349 --> 00:03:00,730 be fitted into and we'll show you that 68 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:04,359 in a little bit so and here we have our 69 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:06,489 patches indicating the educational 70 00:03:12,180 --> 00:03:09,040 launch of Netta satellite so if we go to 71 00:03:15,180 --> 00:03:12,190 the next image well that was the first 72 00:03:16,589 --> 00:03:15,190 image we talked about but this is where 73 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:16,599 we talk i'll go ahead and go back we 74 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:21,880 talked to it anyway well what ok yeah 75 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:23,530 that's right here basically showing the 76 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:25,690 the word the international the national 77 00:03:29,670 --> 00:03:27,489 concept of being able to go out and 78 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:29,680 recruit students students working on the 79 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:32,500 cubes themselves maintaining the science 80 00:03:37,290 --> 00:03:35,230 knowledge engineering and launching a 81 00:03:39,030 --> 00:03:37,300 key element as launching education into 82 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:39,040 space for these students and given the 83 00:03:44,310 --> 00:03:42,730 hands-on experience flying touching and 84 00:03:47,370 --> 00:03:44,320 actually building flight hardware for a 85 00:03:49,380 --> 00:03:47,380 commission which really makes them a key 86 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:49,390 entity going into the aerospace 87 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:51,790 workforce so now if you go to the next 88 00:03:56,370 --> 00:03:54,160 image we'll take a look at the some of 89 00:03:59,460 --> 00:03:56,380 the students here epic Cal Poly actually 90 00:04:01,920 --> 00:03:59,470 integrating the Alana three missions you 91 00:04:04,170 --> 00:04:01,930 see the peapod there on the lower right 92 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:04,180 hand corner fully integrated and end up 93 00:04:10,830 --> 00:04:06,160 above the three cubes right before going 94 00:04:12,270 --> 00:04:10,840 in with any of the project the students 95 00:04:14,490 --> 00:04:12,280 act just like system engineers they do 96 00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:14,500 testing they verify they check and they 97 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:16,060 ensure that everything is proper before 98 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:18,810 it goes into a if not into the vehicle 99 00:04:25,710 --> 00:04:24,490 so we went to the next image the amount 100 00:04:28,170 --> 00:04:25,720 of three missions is going to be flight 101 00:04:30,540 --> 00:04:28,180 upon the second stage of the Delta Q 102 00:04:33,659 --> 00:04:30,550 vehicle here it's enclosed into the 103 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:33,669 payload fairing this verse image shows 104 00:04:37,380 --> 00:04:35,470 the Delta to this would be look like on 105 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:37,390 Friday night Friday morning and then 106 00:04:40,890 --> 00:04:39,130 down on the second stage there on the 107 00:04:43,230 --> 00:04:40,900 struts and then we blow it up with the 108 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:43,240 3p pods on the next image up there in 109 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:45,610 the upper right-hand corner so we go to 110 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:47,760 the next one we showed where the actual 111 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:50,020 ula engineer is actually installing the 112 00:04:54,330 --> 00:04:52,600 the pea pod onto the vehicle here we 113 00:04:58,050 --> 00:04:54,340 showed a pea pod number three with dice 114 00:05:00,480 --> 00:04:58,060 and pea pod number one with e 1 prime 115 00:05:02,550 --> 00:05:00,490 flight to all be sad and M cube co and 116 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:02,560 then peapod number two there by itself 117 00:05:09,090 --> 00:05:04,810 on the other side of the vehicles racks 118 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:09,100 too so if we go to the next next image 119 00:05:14,490 --> 00:05:12,430 this is just a layout of the the flight 120 00:05:16,890 --> 00:05:14,500 profile of the first two orbits once the 121 00:05:21,270 --> 00:05:16,900 peapod separate approximately about 1 122 00:05:23,010 --> 00:05:21,280 minute 38 seconds after t0 along this 123 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:23,020 flight path you'll see we start seeing 124 00:05:28,950 --> 00:05:25,930 circles around South Africa Europe we 125 00:05:30,270 --> 00:05:28,960 have a whole network of student ground 126 00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:30,280 stations throughout the world that will 127 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:33,190 be collecting data to determine the 128 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:34,960 likeness of the spacecraft to cube sads 129 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:38,260 as they fly around the earth to make 130 00:05:41,010 --> 00:05:39,310 sure we get health and so when the 131 00:05:44,430 --> 00:05:41,020 primary station starts commanding they 132 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:48,070 thank you there so you know another part 133 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:49,730 of the Alana project is has been a 134 00:05:54,430 --> 00:05:51,920 continuing challenge for students to fly 135 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:54,440 spacecraft of this type and in the past 136 00:05:59,020 --> 00:05:57,170 that the keeps s had been built by many 137 00:06:01,060 --> 00:05:59,030 universities across America and they've 138 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:01,070 been sitting on the shelf the Alana 139 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:02,450 program has now given two cubes 140 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:05,050 opportunities a continual basis to fly 141 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:07,250 right now this is a lot of three 142 00:06:10,810 --> 00:06:09,050 currently a lot of four five and six 143 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:10,820 they're already manifested on button on 144 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:12,650 the books and we'd be flying those out 145 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:16,250 through twenty twelve and thirteen so 146 00:06:21,130 --> 00:06:18,710 when we wended engines light up on 147 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:21,140 friday morning hundreds of students 148 00:06:25,210 --> 00:06:23,390 across America be ready sitting at 149 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:25,220 ground stations all across around the 150 00:06:30,210 --> 00:06:27,230 world waiting for the first indication 151 00:06:32,980 --> 00:06:30,220 of separation and the first data and 152 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:32,990 being able to get the signs down for the 153 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:35,990 different organizations I do want to 154 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:37,490 make a couple notes here that this is a 155 00:06:41,580 --> 00:06:39,020 very unique mission compared to the 156 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:41,590 Llano one with we flew last bag marched 157 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:43,670 we're partnership with the National 158 00:06:48,550 --> 00:06:45,650 Science Foundation on this mission the 159 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:48,560 Jet Propulsion Laboratory s RI and a 160 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:50,030 stream are also part of our partners 161 00:06:55,090 --> 00:06:53,150 illness and it's very unique a couple 162 00:06:57,220 --> 00:06:55,100 thank-yous that I like to throw out 163 00:06:58,420 --> 00:06:57,230 there is our LSP management team you 164 00:07:01,120 --> 00:06:58,430 know they've been very supportive and 165 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:01,130 believed in the Alana project and has 166 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:03,080 moved forward and also a deep 167 00:07:07,210 --> 00:07:05,360 appreciation to the NPP project for 168 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:07,220 allowing us to attach a hitch a ride on 169 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:10,190 their vehicle so thank you Thank You 170 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:13,430 Garrett and now to roll in coello say 171 00:07:18,970 --> 00:07:16,130 pea pod program lead from the california 172 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:18,980 polytechnic state university in san luis 173 00:07:24,370 --> 00:07:21,590 obispo rollin thanks George thanks 174 00:07:27,940 --> 00:07:24,380 Garrett so this is my first press 175 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:27,950 conference it's extremely exciting I'm 176 00:07:33,580 --> 00:07:29,570 probably smiling from here to here right 177 00:07:36,850 --> 00:07:33,590 now this is an amazing opportunity that 178 00:07:39,790 --> 00:07:36,860 nASA has given to us to to to the 179 00:07:41,770 --> 00:07:39,800 students I just want to give a brief 180 00:07:44,620 --> 00:07:41,780 overview of the CubeSat program it 181 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:44,630 started in nineteen ninety nine so we've 182 00:07:51,310 --> 00:07:47,470 been at this for about 12 years now and 183 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:51,320 the original goal of the CubeSat program 184 00:07:56,620 --> 00:07:54,400 and the CubeSat standard was to give 185 00:07:59,170 --> 00:07:56,630 students access to space 186 00:08:04,030 --> 00:07:59,180 routine affordable access and prior to 187 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:04,040 that it really wasn't there and so it 188 00:08:09,070 --> 00:08:06,830 all started with Bob twigs and dr. 189 00:08:11,890 --> 00:08:09,080 Geordie poots woori came up with the 190 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:11,900 idea concept came believe it or not from 191 00:08:19,180 --> 00:08:15,920 a beanie baby box they had the size of 192 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:19,190 the box and actually this is a satellite 193 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:22,250 this is a CubeSat it's a one you when 194 00:08:26,770 --> 00:08:24,950 was the last time have you ever had a 195 00:08:31,690 --> 00:08:26,780 real satellite at a press conference 196 00:08:33,610 --> 00:08:31,700 before real scale so they figured out 197 00:08:35,770 --> 00:08:33,620 that they could get about one watt 198 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:35,780 on-orbit average power with the one you 199 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:38,450 cots components you can get them off 200 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:41,510 line something very easy and simple that 201 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:44,060 students can go ahead and build these 202 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:49,190 satellites so currently we have over 150 203 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:51,500 CubeSat developers worldwide it's truly 204 00:08:56,470 --> 00:08:54,710 global and so we are working with 205 00:08:59,200 --> 00:08:56,480 international partners to launch their 206 00:09:01,360 --> 00:08:59,210 satellites and here in the US it's 207 00:09:05,970 --> 00:09:01,370 really Ben Garratt you know in his group 208 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:05,980 here launching us universities so these 209 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:09,470 cube SATs get integrated into the poly 210 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:11,990 Pico satellite orbital deployer or or 211 00:09:19,150 --> 00:09:15,890 pea pod built by Cal Poly which is this 212 00:09:22,180 --> 00:09:19,160 you can see here this is full-scale this 213 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:22,190 mounts to the V struts on the Delta two 214 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:25,250 upper stage I will be showing you guys a 215 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:27,230 video of CubeSat integration actually at 216 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:29,810 Cal Poly in a little bit but this pea 217 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:31,610 pod was developed to protect the launch 218 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:33,260 vehicle on the primary payload I mean 219 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:36,980 that was the big intent deploying cube 220 00:09:40,990 --> 00:09:38,870 SATs and getting them into space was 221 00:09:43,570 --> 00:09:41,000 secondary but really we had to show the 222 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:43,580 US launch community that we put the 223 00:09:47,650 --> 00:09:44,810 launch vehicle on the primary payload 224 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:47,660 first to reduce as much risk as possible 225 00:09:54,130 --> 00:09:51,290 and so one of the interesting stories 226 00:09:56,460 --> 00:09:54,140 about the sizing of the peapod actually 227 00:09:59,590 --> 00:09:56,470 came from a delta to launch vehicle 228 00:10:01,330 --> 00:09:59,600 there was about 99 2000 we are 229 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:01,340 developing the peapod and we actually 230 00:10:05,950 --> 00:10:03,050 went out and looked at all of the launch 231 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:05,960 vehicle accommodations out there delta 2 232 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:07,850 was one of the only ones that actually 233 00:10:13,270 --> 00:10:09,950 had a secondary payload accommodate 234 00:10:15,790 --> 00:10:13,280 in their users guide so you can actually 235 00:10:18,970 --> 00:10:15,800 fit three of these cube sets into the 236 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:18,980 peapod and the length of this pea pod is 237 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:22,130 actually about the length of the Delta 238 00:10:28,030 --> 00:10:24,260 two secondary payload accommodations and 239 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:28,040 so that's where the form factor came 240 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:31,970 about and so over the years over the 241 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:35,390 last 12 years Ilana three is our tenth 242 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:39,250 launch it's exciting for us at Cal Poly 243 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:42,890 because we finally made it to to you 244 00:10:48,130 --> 00:10:45,740 know to the Delta two and two prominent 245 00:10:50,140 --> 00:10:48,140 US launch vehicles this is a huge step 246 00:10:53,850 --> 00:10:50,150 we originally started out with the 247 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:53,860 Russians we had three launches with them 248 00:10:58,780 --> 00:10:56,690 first and then we started working 249 00:11:03,370 --> 00:10:58,790 towards getting the pea pods and cube 250 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:03,380 sets on us launch vehicles and so we've 251 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:07,090 kind of come full circle in terms of 252 00:11:12,490 --> 00:11:10,490 starting off as a student project going 253 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:12,500 with the Russians and now we're 254 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:14,150 launching it in our own backyard it's 255 00:11:19,450 --> 00:11:17,990 absolutely amazing and so one of the 256 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:19,460 things I just wanted to tell you guys 257 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:22,600 some a brief story of how i met Garrett 258 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:28,730 I was about 21 years old went to the 259 00:11:33,820 --> 00:11:30,650 small payloads rideshare conference 260 00:11:36,970 --> 00:11:33,830 about six or seven years ago and I 261 00:11:39,850 --> 00:11:36,980 pretty much knew nothing our advisor 262 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:39,860 Jordi puts woori said go to Denver go to 263 00:11:45,490 --> 00:11:42,710 the conference have fun but get us 264 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:45,500 launches on us vehicles it was a pretty 265 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:47,330 daunting task I had no idea what I was 266 00:11:54,070 --> 00:11:51,350 getting myself into and so actually 267 00:11:56,470 --> 00:11:54,080 talking to people at the conference a 268 00:11:58,930 --> 00:11:56,480 bunch of people said you see that 269 00:12:03,340 --> 00:11:58,940 gentleman over there his name's Big 270 00:12:06,540 --> 00:12:03,350 Daddy you have to talk to him and he's a 271 00:12:11,470 --> 00:12:06,550 NASA mission manager and you know I was 272 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:11,480 scared to death to approach him but I 273 00:12:17,110 --> 00:12:13,310 started talking with them and we had an 274 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:17,120 amazing conversation at the workshop he 275 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:23,440 continued with the launches get flight 276 00:12:31,510 --> 00:12:27,710 heritage but be patient it will come one 277 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:31,520 day and that was 67 years ago and you 278 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:34,010 know six seven years you know till now 279 00:12:39,910 --> 00:12:36,890 it's an amazing experience we're finally 280 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:39,920 here we have something sustainable and 281 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:41,750 Garrett the biggest heart in the world 282 00:12:49,030 --> 00:12:44,480 you know he kept his promise and you 283 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:49,040 know and here we are today also to the 284 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:52,130 tremendous impact the Alana program has 285 00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:55,730 had on the CubeSat community and the 286 00:13:01,180 --> 00:12:57,710 students at Cal Poly is absolutely 287 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:01,190 tremendous I think one of the one of the 288 00:13:06,910 --> 00:13:05,510 big things that may be lacking in some 289 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:06,920 of the education that we get in the 290 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:08,630 classroom is we don't get this real 291 00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:11,210 world experience we don't get real 292 00:13:16,660 --> 00:13:13,070 engineering problems we have to solve 293 00:13:19,780 --> 00:13:16,670 and so if you fail a test you get an F 294 00:13:22,060 --> 00:13:19,790 if you fail problems or if you can't 295 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:22,070 resolve issues you don't go on the 296 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:24,740 mission mission is over and the impact 297 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:29,150 is much widespread and so the ability to 298 00:13:34,090 --> 00:13:31,310 work with NASA and for the students to 299 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:34,100 understand systems engineering to work 300 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:35,600 with multiple disciplines with 301 00:13:40,630 --> 00:13:37,460 Mechanical Engineers electrical 302 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:40,640 engineers computer science physicists is 303 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:44,450 a tremendous opportunity and it's very 304 00:13:49,690 --> 00:13:47,450 difficult to find that you know to find 305 00:13:51,370 --> 00:13:49,700 that in the classroom and so that's what 306 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:51,380 the cube set program gives and that's 307 00:13:56,890 --> 00:13:54,260 what NASA is allowing us to do is to 308 00:14:00,070 --> 00:13:56,900 really have all of these students come 309 00:14:04,690 --> 00:14:00,080 together build a real spacecraft get it 310 00:14:06,790 --> 00:14:04,700 launched and and operated on orbit so 311 00:14:09,490 --> 00:14:06,800 some of the students you know at Cal 312 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:09,500 Poly tremendous opportunities for them 313 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:11,930 because those students get to work with 314 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:14,630 Garrett and his team on a daily basis 315 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:16,610 you know we understand what requirements 316 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:18,890 are we understand what verifications are 317 00:14:24,670 --> 00:14:21,770 and so when they graduate they move 318 00:14:27,220 --> 00:14:24,680 directly into their job knowing full 319 00:14:31,690 --> 00:14:27,230 well what you know what they need to do 320 00:14:32,650 --> 00:14:31,700 and finally just want to thank everybody 321 00:14:36,189 --> 00:14:32,660 than that 322 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:36,199 set NASA headquarters Jason and an NASA 323 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:40,810 LSP from James Wood to Amanda to Garrett 324 00:14:46,990 --> 00:14:44,360 and to Bill and Larry it's been a 325 00:14:48,970 --> 00:14:47,000 tremendous opportunity to you know to 326 00:14:53,769 --> 00:14:48,980 work with everybody and just want to 327 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:53,779 thank everybody for working through some 328 00:14:58,420 --> 00:14:55,970 of the issues that we've had you know 329 00:15:01,030 --> 00:14:58,430 through these 2 Alana missions never 330 00:15:03,579 --> 00:15:01,040 giving up on us always saying there is 331 00:15:06,879 --> 00:15:03,589 an answer there is a solution we just 332 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:06,889 need to go work it and that is amazing 333 00:15:13,119 --> 00:15:10,550 so thank you thank you rollin and now we 334 00:15:14,499 --> 00:15:13,129 have a feature coming up for you all 335 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:14,509 we're going to let Garrett tell us a 336 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:15,800 little bit about what we're going to see 337 00:15:21,249 --> 00:15:19,790 in a moment yeah okay some of the 338 00:15:22,749 --> 00:15:21,259 research directors and principal 339 00:15:26,369 --> 00:15:22,759 investigators from Yolanda 3 mission 340 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:26,379 took a lil bit of time out this week and 341 00:15:31,449 --> 00:15:29,689 put together a video describing a little 342 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:31,459 bit about their to keep sets and some of 343 00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:32,870 the science and what they're doing at 344 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:34,639 the home universities and so we just 345 00:15:40,329 --> 00:15:37,310 want to show that video now keeps it is 346 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:40,339 a radio our Explorer it's a grant of 347 00:15:44,769 --> 00:15:42,740 space by City greater experiments so our 348 00:15:47,170 --> 00:15:44,779 mission is unique because we get to use 349 00:15:49,410 --> 00:15:47,180 very narrow beam very strong radars that 350 00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:49,420 gives us very high resolution 351 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:51,740 measurements of disturbance in altitude 352 00:15:57,550 --> 00:15:55,130 and at the same time it as a spacecraft 353 00:16:01,090 --> 00:15:57,560 flies over the experimental zone we get 354 00:16:02,650 --> 00:16:01,100 there are different views of the the 355 00:16:05,559 --> 00:16:02,660 turbulence with respect to the magnetic 356 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:05,569 field lines we have two websites wanted 357 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:08,120 sra international and one at University 358 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:10,370 of Michigan the SR I site provides 359 00:16:15,189 --> 00:16:12,250 information about the science operations 360 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:15,199 ground-based radar Operations and also 361 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:17,779 presents data that are immediately after 362 00:16:21,549 --> 00:16:20,089 the experiment the Michigan website 363 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:21,559 provides information on the spacecraft 364 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:23,630 status spacecraft health status 365 00:16:29,590 --> 00:16:25,910 operations and also planned experiments 366 00:16:31,780 --> 00:16:29,600 as well keep sets are unique in bringing 367 00:16:36,549 --> 00:16:31,790 together students of different academic 368 00:16:39,579 --> 00:16:36,559 background engineering physics power 369 00:16:41,410 --> 00:16:39,589 system communication folks who wouldn't 370 00:16:43,299 --> 00:16:41,420 normally be seen in the same room 371 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:43,309 together or having to pool their 372 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:45,680 energies to carry out a CubeSat mission 373 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:47,450 and because they're doing that the 374 00:16:52,450 --> 00:16:50,540 students can then go forward and claim 375 00:16:54,370 --> 00:16:52,460 to their respective employers that they 376 00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:54,380 have a lot of interdisciplinary 377 00:17:00,250 --> 00:16:58,070 information in particular this racks to 378 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:00,260 CubeSat is supported by the national 379 00:17:06,220 --> 00:17:03,470 science foundation and the data from it 380 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:06,230 will be available to students decades 381 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:09,260 from now this is an exciting time for 382 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:11,270 all of us keeps hats are flying on a 383 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:14,420 yearly basis and at our research 384 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:16,850 institution we're working on a variety 385 00:17:21,549 --> 00:17:19,850 of remote sensing instruments and 386 00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:21,559 payloads that can go in future cube sets 387 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:23,420 and we look forward to the day when 388 00:17:30,070 --> 00:17:28,010 there's not one or two going up per year 389 00:17:38,659 --> 00:17:30,080 for research purposes but there's maybe 390 00:17:44,039 --> 00:17:41,159 the name of our CubeSat is dynamic 391 00:17:46,620 --> 00:17:44,049 ionosphere CubeSat experiment or dice 392 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:46,630 for short what dice is going to do is 393 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:48,130 it's going to look at storms in the 394 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:51,210 ionosphere that occur periodically 395 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:53,410 especially over the United States so 396 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:54,880 this is especially interesting because 397 00:18:00,030 --> 00:17:56,770 it's a u.s. experiment looking at a 398 00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:00,040 uniquely u.s. phenomenon and these 399 00:18:07,260 --> 00:18:04,230 storms occur and they can disrupt 400 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:07,270 systems like GPS navigation systems 401 00:18:11,789 --> 00:18:08,980 communication systems and surveillance 402 00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:11,799 systems and the atmosphere affects radio 403 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:14,200 communications at all frequencies and so 404 00:18:17,159 --> 00:18:15,610 it's very important that we understand 405 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:17,169 what's going on in the atmosphere there 406 00:18:21,870 --> 00:18:19,330 were 23 students involved over two years 407 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:21,880 at Utah State University and they mostly 408 00:18:26,010 --> 00:18:23,679 worked at the space dynamics lab which 409 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:26,020 is the engineering spacecraft 410 00:18:30,150 --> 00:18:27,490 engineering part of utah state 411 00:18:32,940 --> 00:18:30,160 university and they were involved in 412 00:18:34,650 --> 00:18:32,950 building the instruments building the 413 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:34,660 satellite they also helped him the 414 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:37,059 design so they did mathematical studies 415 00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:39,730 of the heat transfer within the 416 00:18:44,130 --> 00:18:42,760 satellite the operation of various 417 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:44,140 components and they helped to design 418 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:46,450 some of the mechanical components so 419 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:47,710 they were very involved in the design 420 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:50,080 and the building of the satellite well 421 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:51,370 the National Science Foundation 422 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:53,290 initiated the project and they provided 423 00:18:58,710 --> 00:18:56,260 1.2 million dollars of funding but in 424 00:19:02,330 --> 00:18:58,720 addition there's been support from NASA 425 00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:02,340 through the Wallops Island ground-based 426 00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:05,230 tracking station and the Alana program 427 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:06,880 to which we're very grateful for that 428 00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:08,890 help and the alarm program actually made 429 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:10,870 it possible to launch the satellites the 430 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:13,210 public can be involved by looking at the 431 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:15,370 Astra website there's information there 432 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:18,760 about the dice CubeSat program and there 433 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:20,169 will be data shown once it becomes 434 00:19:27,810 --> 00:19:24,970 available and they can go to ww Astra 435 00:19:29,970 --> 00:19:27,820 space net and we also have phone apps 436 00:19:31,409 --> 00:19:29,980 that are developed by Astra and we'll be 437 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:31,419 putting some of the data and some of the 438 00:19:47,989 --> 00:19:45,009 name of our cube set is all be set one 439 00:19:52,269 --> 00:19:47,999 it's named after a mascot at the 440 00:19:56,419 --> 00:19:52,279 University I'll be and it's going to 441 00:19:58,789 --> 00:19:56,429 mostly look at two encapsulants we put 442 00:20:00,739 --> 00:19:58,799 on solar panels and see how well they 443 00:20:03,919 --> 00:20:00,749 protect the solar panels from the harsh 444 00:20:05,749 --> 00:20:03,929 environment of space I think what makes 445 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:05,759 it unique is how many undergraduate 446 00:20:11,899 --> 00:20:08,369 students have worked on it we over the 447 00:20:15,229 --> 00:20:11,909 years we've had over a hundred probably 448 00:20:17,690 --> 00:20:15,239 200 undergraduate students working at no 449 00:20:20,499 --> 00:20:17,700 grad students know professors directly 450 00:20:25,519 --> 00:20:20,509 involved it's a complete undergraduate 451 00:20:28,479 --> 00:20:25,529 effort the end result is that well 452 00:20:31,849 --> 00:20:28,489 hundreds of students went through a 453 00:20:34,909 --> 00:20:31,859 project which is NASA funded and which 454 00:20:37,879 --> 00:20:34,919 is also NASA inspired and they have 455 00:20:40,580 --> 00:20:37,889 learned our number of skills which I 456 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:40,590 couldn't develop in a classroom these 457 00:20:46,609 --> 00:20:44,730 are skills of communication of learning 458 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:46,619 management learning systems engineering 459 00:20:52,129 --> 00:20:49,710 and not book learning if you want but it 460 00:20:54,259 --> 00:20:52,139 really is learning by doing we have 461 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:54,269 approached the international amateur 462 00:20:59,299 --> 00:20:57,299 radio community and told them about our 463 00:21:01,609 --> 00:20:59,309 satellite we have to just give them now 464 00:21:04,399 --> 00:21:01,619 the Clarion elements so they know where 465 00:21:06,259 --> 00:21:04,409 to look for it and when and they know 466 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:06,269 the kind of messages that's supposed to 467 00:21:10,609 --> 00:21:09,090 hear and then what they do is they email 468 00:21:12,950 --> 00:21:10,619 them to us and tell us what they heard 469 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:12,960 and where they were located etc so we're 470 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:14,700 going to hopefully get the news from our 471 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:17,369 satellites from all over the world the 472 00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:19,470 public can participate by logging on to 473 00:21:26,779 --> 00:21:24,559 our website space dot a burn dot edu and 474 00:21:29,899 --> 00:21:26,789 they're going to get find the 475 00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:29,909 instructions on how to download the data 476 00:21:41,420 --> 00:21:32,159 and also where the satellite will be and 477 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:44,430 the name of our CubeSat is M cubed it 478 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:46,210 stands for Michigan multi-purpose mini 479 00:21:50,580 --> 00:21:48,430 SAT and the cubesat is developed by the 480 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:50,590 University of Michigan it has a camera 481 00:21:53,910 --> 00:21:51,820 on board that will take medium 482 00:21:55,830 --> 00:21:53,920 resolution images of the earth and then 483 00:21:58,760 --> 00:21:55,840 there's a secondary payload on this cube 484 00:22:01,200 --> 00:21:58,770 set that was developed by NASA JPL and 485 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:01,210 that payload will do some image 486 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:03,040 processing well what's unique about this 487 00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:04,810 mission is I think the collaboration 488 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:07,840 that was established between Michigan 489 00:22:15,230 --> 00:22:11,830 and JPL to develop a secondary payload 490 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:15,240 and roughly a year ago we started this 491 00:22:20,250 --> 00:22:17,350 effort through funding from their 492 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:20,260 science technology office and through 493 00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:22,000 the collaboration we will be validating 494 00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:23,800 hardware and a software algorithm for a 495 00:22:29,190 --> 00:22:26,080 future instrument that is being 496 00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:29,200 developed by NASA for in support of the 497 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:31,390 decatur survey mission over the course 498 00:22:36,450 --> 00:22:34,030 of the entire project there are roughly 499 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:36,460 50 students involved at the University 500 00:22:41,370 --> 00:22:38,950 in this last year of concentrated effort 501 00:22:44,190 --> 00:22:41,380 with NASA JPL the core team was about 502 00:22:45,930 --> 00:22:44,200 ten students and we had roughly six 503 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:45,940 part-time professionals at JPL also 504 00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:48,070 supporting the payload development they 505 00:22:53,130 --> 00:22:49,840 did all the hands-on work development 506 00:22:55,550 --> 00:22:53,140 for this keep set they did machining for 507 00:22:58,500 --> 00:22:55,560 the structure they developed the 508 00:23:00,600 --> 00:22:58,510 subsystems built their own hardware I 509 00:23:01,890 --> 00:23:00,610 think the experience of developing these 510 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:01,900 keep sets that the universe is very 511 00:23:07,890 --> 00:23:06,250 important we really look for that direct 512 00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:07,900 experience in our early career hire 513 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:09,670 program at JPL it's been very 514 00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:12,370 interesting to see these students coming 515 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:13,630 through the programs with their hands on 516 00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:15,670 experience the public can participate in 517 00:23:19,950 --> 00:23:17,620 this mission through the amateur 518 00:23:22,050 --> 00:23:19,960 satellite community where the ham radio 519 00:23:25,110 --> 00:23:22,060 frequencies for M cubed will be made 520 00:23:27,870 --> 00:23:25,120 known and they can track the data as 521 00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:27,880 well as at the university website um q 522 00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:31,030 org we will have results of the mission 523 00:23:47,289 --> 00:23:44,260 our satellite is called Explorer 1 Prime 524 00:23:51,310 --> 00:23:47,299 it's named after the United States's 525 00:23:53,590 --> 00:23:51,320 first satellite explorer one that 526 00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:53,600 discovered the fenelon radiation belts 527 00:24:01,330 --> 00:23:57,679 in 1958 our satellite is carrying one of 528 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:01,340 Van Allen's Geiger counters that was 529 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:03,919 used to discover radiation around the 530 00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:07,190 planets and it was donated to us by dr. 531 00:24:13,690 --> 00:24:08,630 Van Allen before he passed away about 532 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:13,700 five years ago our students began 533 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:16,730 working on explorer 1 prime in 2006 and 534 00:24:20,289 --> 00:24:18,890 we've had about a hundred and 535 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:20,299 twenty-five students involved in the 536 00:24:24,669 --> 00:24:22,179 program during these five years 537 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:24,679 oftentimes students only have the 538 00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:27,049 opportunity to do a design or a concept 539 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:30,020 study and it's my experience that what 540 00:24:34,060 --> 00:24:31,730 really makes the difference is when the 541 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:34,070 students are allowed to actually build 542 00:24:38,919 --> 00:24:36,470 their designs test them and discover 543 00:24:40,779 --> 00:24:38,929 that they don't really work and then 544 00:24:43,659 --> 00:24:40,789 they have to go back and do a redesign 545 00:24:46,779 --> 00:24:43,669 and then retest and this whole process 546 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:46,789 of qualifying a satellite no matter what 547 00:24:52,299 --> 00:24:50,240 its size is for spaceflight is where the 548 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:52,309 rubber really meets the road in terms of 549 00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:55,730 the learning process we hope that our 550 00:24:59,590 --> 00:24:58,039 satellite will keep on ticking for about 551 00:25:02,049 --> 00:24:59,600 four months which would equal the 552 00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:02,059 lifetime of the Explorer run original 553 00:25:07,149 --> 00:25:04,640 explore one satellite we're currently 554 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:07,159 building two other satellite programs 555 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:10,210 one for National Science Foundation a 556 00:25:15,340 --> 00:25:12,890 scientific experiment to study radiation 557 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:15,350 belts and a second one under the 558 00:25:21,430 --> 00:25:17,990 university nano set program for the Air 559 00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:21,440 Force Research Laboratories we believe 560 00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:23,390 that the real utility these very 561 00:25:30,610 --> 00:25:27,289 diminutive satellites is in the ability 562 00:25:33,519 --> 00:25:30,620 to launch large constellations dozens of 563 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:33,529 satellites working together in this very 564 00:25:37,299 --> 00:25:35,419 small form factor to do things that 565 00:25:51,820 --> 00:25:37,309 we've never been able to do in space in 566 00:25:56,210 --> 00:25:54,889 alright read it out to take questions so 567 00:25:58,190 --> 00:25:56,220 please give your name and affiliation 568 00:26:01,450 --> 00:25:58,200 again when the mic comes to you and 569 00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:01,460 we'll start right over here with Nora I 570 00:26:05,989 --> 00:26:04,230 Nora Wallace Santa Barbara news-press do 571 00:26:07,580 --> 00:26:05,999 you have any idea how many students 572 00:26:09,289 --> 00:26:07,590 might be coming to the launch and also 573 00:26:12,859 --> 00:26:09,299 can you give us any sense of the 574 00:26:16,879 --> 00:26:12,869 collective cost of the satellites on 575 00:26:18,169 --> 00:26:16,889 this rocket I know that some of the 576 00:26:19,669 --> 00:26:18,179 universities are not able to bring the 577 00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:19,679 students due to the class schedules but 578 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:21,769 from what I'm hearing there's probably 579 00:26:27,529 --> 00:26:25,320 30 to 50 students as be in the area for 580 00:26:29,539 --> 00:26:27,539 the admission but most of movie watching 581 00:26:32,450 --> 00:26:29,549 it on television on the webcast back in 582 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:32,460 the university dorms or you know getting 583 00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:35,610 ready for it as to the cost everyone I'm 584 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:37,110 to la believes a little bit different 585 00:26:41,899 --> 00:26:39,470 they all costs in a different aspect 586 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:41,909 ones like dice like they indicated was 587 00:26:45,950 --> 00:26:43,710 like 1.2 million for that because it's 588 00:26:47,749 --> 00:26:45,960 doing significant science where you may 589 00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:47,759 have all be sad or what are the other 590 00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:49,049 ones that has this to very smaller 591 00:26:58,279 --> 00:26:56,159 science be a lot less Janine Scully 592 00:26:59,869 --> 00:26:58,289 santa maria times lompoc record what you 593 00:27:02,779 --> 00:26:59,879 mentioned some future missions what 594 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:02,789 vehicles and will those fly on and do 595 00:27:09,139 --> 00:27:04,369 you know approximately what time frame 596 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:09,149 yes Ilana six will be flying in July of 597 00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:12,330 2012 we have three P pods which keep 598 00:27:17,060 --> 00:27:13,980 sets on it and we're partnering with the 599 00:27:20,029 --> 00:27:17,070 in a row one of their missions after 600 00:27:23,239 --> 00:27:20,039 that we have us CRS two and three flight 601 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:23,249 out at Kennedy scheduled for late 12 or 602 00:27:31,609 --> 00:27:26,730 13 and we have four pods on crs two and 603 00:27:35,060 --> 00:27:31,619 five peapods on crs three currently any 604 00:27:37,460 --> 00:27:35,070 other questions Nora 605 00:27:38,810 --> 00:27:37,470 at this point is it is it long enough in 606 00:27:41,749 --> 00:27:38,820 the program that you're starting to see 607 00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:41,759 students come to NASA and JPL and 608 00:27:45,649 --> 00:27:43,139 everywhere else looking for jobs that 609 00:27:49,759 --> 00:27:45,659 have worked on some of these case in 610 00:27:52,180 --> 00:27:49,769 point absolutely and a lot of the 611 00:27:55,249 --> 00:27:52,190 students who graduate are now working 612 00:27:57,940 --> 00:27:55,259 you know for these companies and they're 613 00:28:01,899 --> 00:27:57,950 coming back to us with cubes on ideas 614 00:28:04,310 --> 00:28:01,909 collaboration we see it all the time in 615 00:28:07,879 --> 00:28:04,320 government agencies like NASA also 616 00:28:09,769 --> 00:28:07,889 commercial I would want to say like the 617 00:28:13,490 --> 00:28:09,779 CubeSat mafia is slowly starting to 618 00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:13,500 spread and it's it's amazing to see that 619 00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:16,320 the passion still in them that they want 620 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:18,000 to come back and you know help support 621 00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:20,909 their university there's actually I 622 00:28:25,909 --> 00:28:22,409 believe one of the students from Cal 623 00:28:27,950 --> 00:28:25,919 Poly that's supporting mpb so I was 624 00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:27,960 talking to them at the hotel the other 625 00:28:33,740 --> 00:28:31,590 evening all right we have no other 626 00:28:36,590 --> 00:28:33,750 questions none from other centers or 627 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:36,600 online so that is going to conclude this 628 00:28:41,029 --> 00:28:39,450 briefing and our next activity will be 629 00:28:44,379 --> 00:28:41,039 launched coverage which will begin at