INSPIRE and Beyond
Deep Space CubeSats at JPL
Andrew Klesh
[email protected]
JPL’s LEO CubeSat Fleet
300-800 km
M-Cubed / COVE 1 & 2
CubeSat On-Orbit Verification Experiment
Intelligent Payload EXperiment (IPEX)
GRIFEX
GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Experiment
RACE
Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment
LMRST
Low Mass Radio Science Transponder
LEO
CubeSats
Beyond Low-Earth Orbit
1,500,000 km
INSPIRE-A
Earth Orbit
INSPIRE
Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder
In a Relevant Environment
INSPIRE-B
Mission Objectives:
• Demonstrate and characterize nano-spacecraft
telecommunications, navigation, command & data
handling, and relay communications
• Demonstrate science utility with compact science payloads
• Demonstrate ability to monitor and power cycle COTS &
university systems
INSPIRE: Ready for Flight
X-Band Patch Antennas &
Structure (JPL)
UHF Antenna (ISIS)
Magnetometer (JPL)
Cold-Gas ACS (U. Texas)
Star Tracker (Blue Canyon)
Processing Board (Tyvak)
CDH & UHF Radio (AstroDev)
Batteries & EPS (U. Michigan)
X-Band Transponder (JPL)
Deployable Solar Panels (Pumpkin)
INSPIRE Overview:
Volume: 2 x 3U (10x10x30cm)
Mass: 4.0 kg
Power Generation:
3 Axis Stabilized: 20 W
Tumbling: 13 W
Data Rates: 62-256,000 bps
Software:
Developed in-house (protos)
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I&T:
In-house S/C I&T, external
environmental testing, NASA CLI
P-Pod/Launch Integration
Operations:
Primary: DSN
Secondary (Receive only): DSS-28
(GAVRT), & Secondary Stations
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Status:
Ready for launch campaign
157,077,764 km
Mars
Entry, Descent, and Landing
Sept 28, 2016
March 2016
Earth
MarCO
TCM 5
Mars
Mars Cube One
TCM 4
TCM 3
6.5 Month Cruise
TCM 2
March 2016
TCM 1
Earth
Entry, Descent, and Landing
Sept 28, 2016
MarCO
Mars Cube One
Mission Objective:
• Provide an 8kbps real-time
relay for InSight’s Entry,
Descent and Landing at
Mars
MGA, LGA,
Structure (JPL)
Solar Arrays (MMA)
Cold Gas Thrusters (Vacco)
X-Band Transponder (JPL)
SSPA & LNA (JPL)
CDH & EPS (AstroDev)
Attitude Control (BCT)
High Gain Reflectarray (JPL)
MarCO Overview:
Volume: 2 x 6U (12x24x36cm)
Mass: 14.0 kg
Power Generation:
Earth: 35 W
Data Rates: 62-8,000 bps
Delta-V: >40 m/s
Software:
FSW: protos (JPL)
GSW: AMPCS (NASA/JPL)
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I&T:
In-house S/C I&T, testing,
Tyvak NLAS/Launch Integration
Operations:
Primary: DSN 34m
EDL: Madrid 70m
Mission Objective:
• Provide an 8kbps real-time
relay for InSight’s Entry,
Descent and Landing at
Mars
UHF Antenna (JPL)
Thermal Radiator (JPL)
MarCO Overview:
Volume: 2 x 6U (10x10x30cm)
Mass: 14.0 kg
Power Generation:
Earth: 35 W
Data Rates: 62-8,000 bps
Delta-V: >40 m/s
Software:
FSW: protos (JPL)
GSW: AMPCS (NASA/JPL)
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I&T:
In-house S/C I&T, testing,
Tyvak NLAS/Launch Integration
Operations:
Primary: DSN 34m
EDL: Madrid 70m
Mission Objective:
• Provide an 8kbps real-time
relay for InSight’s Entry,
Descent and Landing at
Mars
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CubeSats at Mars
Arriving 2016
© California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.