Proba Spacecraft Family

SMALL MISSION SOLUTIONS FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE

September 21 24, 2010 UN symposium on Small Satellite Programmes for Sustainable Development Graz - Austria
QinetiQ Space nv Hogenakkerhoekstraat 9 B-9150 Kruibeke Belgium www.qinetiq.be Jo Bermyn Director Marketing & Performance Tel: +32 3 250 14 14 Tel: +32 3 250 43 37 (direct) Fax:+32 3 253 14 64 Jo.bermyn@qinetiq.be

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Company introduction

QinetiQ Space nv
Satellites & Platforms Scientific Payloads Subsystems

(former Verhaert Space)

The leading provider of Small Space Systems

Ground Operations Services

Small satellite bus

End-to-end mission solutions ESA Export

Microgravity research
Planetary exploration Earth observation

On-board computers
Docking & Berthing Systems Space Mechanisms

IOT Services
LEO & GEO ops Teleport Integrated Appl. Institutional Commercial

Technical consultancy
Systems engineering Project management Aerospace High-tech

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Company introduction

Key Data
Former Verhaert Space (name change April 2010 to QinetiQ Space nv) Founded in 1969 as product developer Space activities started in 1983 Delivered 100+ systems and sub-systems for manned space stations, satellites and interplanetary missions Belgians leading space company and innovative product developer Acquired by the QinetiQ group (UK) in 2005 110 highly educated specialists employed in Belgium Turnover over 22 MEURO (FY10)
QinetiQ Space nv Headquarters
Located in Kruibeke - Belgium Offices: 3.742 m, Warehouses: 1.200 m 2 Class 100.000 cleanrooms

QinetiQ Space nv Ground Station Operations

Located in Redu - Belgium ESA satellite ground station Jointly operated with SES Astra

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PROBA Small Satellites

General introduction and heritage

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PROBA Satellites introduction

QinetiQ Space nv is the principal provider of Lightsat satellites for ESA PROBA missions

Proba 1

Proba 2

Proba V
Launch 2012

Proba 3

Proba IP

Altius

Commercial

Launch 2001 Launch 2009

Satellites and platforms

Mission Definition : mission analysis, AOCS engineering, requirements analysis Design, analysis, integration, testing and operation of turnkey satellite systems including payloads and ground segment. Handling of launcher interface, launch campaign and insurance aspects In-orbit commissioning and operations Satellite engineering training and mission studies

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PROBA Satellites introduction

PROBA Heritage
PROBA 1 Earth Observation mission for ESA Pan 4m GSD, multispectral 17 m GSD 9 years working in orbit daily used by ESA PROBA 2 Sun Observation mission for ESA Working in orbit since November 2009 PROBA V SPOT like earth observation mission for ESA Ph CD/E1 started launch 2012 PROBA 3 Formation flying mission for ESA Coronograph instrument Ph B started PROBA Altius / Proba IP Several ph A study concepts worked out based on Proba concept

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PROBA Small Satellites General capabilities

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PROBA key figures & features

Proba platform
Mass : 100 kg class satellite (up to 40 % P/L) Volume : 80cm x 60cm x 60cm (Proba 1) Power : 50 W average platform, 120 W peak High pointing accuracy (0.015 2sigma) Position knowledge: 20 arc sec (20m) Powerful computer (up to 100 MIPS) Proven in-orbit lifetime of 9 years

Customized Proba platform

Accommodation all kind of payloads; high resolution, hyperspectral, miniSAR, telecom, atmospheric research, space weather, ... Mass : up to few 100s of kg Power : deployable solar panels Propulsion capabilities Increased on-board storage and downlink capability (X-band) Extended mass memory capacity Shared / dedicated launch

Modular and flexibility in design

ESA Quality label

Short Time-to-Orbit

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PROBA Avionics

PROBA AVIONICS: Advanced Data and Power Management System

Avionics Objective: more resources available for the Payloads ADPMS: most powerful computer for space in Europe, developed by QinetiQ Space PROBA- 1 Mass ~25% for the payloads ~75 % for the satellite bus Power ~30% for the payloads ~70 % for the satellite bus PROBA- 2 Mass ~35% for the payloads ~ 65% for the satellite bus Power ~50% for the payloads ~50 % for the satellite bus

Target: 20% reduction for the bus elements

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PROBA Attitude Control Performant and versatile attitude control system

3 axis stabilised platform
20 arcsec (~60m@600km) absolute measurement accuracy 150 arcsec absolute pointing accuracy 5 arcsec stability over 10 sec (1 Chris image) Agile platform: Agility along and across track +/- 30 off-track pointing (useful images) Slew rates up to 1/sec + stabilisation (1 min)

Motion compensation possibility during scanning

e.g. Chris instrument factor 3,5 (7 to 2 km/s)

Position knowledge up to 20 m accuracy Several pointing and imaging modes Navigation function (autonomous orbit estimation, target fly-by and orbital events predictions) Guidance function (generation imaging scan profiles: angle/rate/acceleration) Automatic code generation from MatrixX simulation environment to C

GPS Receiver AOCS Software - Navigation - Guidance - Control Reaction Wheels (4) Magnetotorquers (4)

Head Head

Star Tracker (2)

Magnetomet ers (2)

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PROBA Pointing & Agility

Pointing Modes & Agility

Inertial Pointing
Possible Utilisation: - Astronomy - Solar physics

Earth Pointing
Possible Utilisation: - Earth Observation (pushbroom) - Telecommunications - Space Environment

Fixed Earth Target Pointing

Possible Utilisation: - Earth Observation (snapshot high resolution imaging) - Elevation Modeling - Disaster Monitoring

Complex Manoeuvring
Possible Utilisation: - Earth Observation (TDI, BRDF) - Multiple target imaging - Image Paving

Agile platform 3 axis stabilised

Sovereign class ACS performance

Multiple backward forward scanning

Complex manouvring push broom imaging High pointing accuracy

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High pointing stability snapshot imaging

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Complex maneuvring
Take Image 2
Image5 End imaging Image4 Image3 Image2 Image1 Begin imaging

Rotate

Take Image 1

Line-of-sight of imager 15km Scanning speed = 1/5 of spacecraft ground speed

PROBA
Scannen Scan 768 768 lijnen lines
25 m 19 km 25 m

19 km

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PROBA Autonomous operation

PROBA

On-board attitude, navigation & FDIR calculations

Planning Resources management ACNS calculations Execution+Manoeuvres FDIR

On-board autonomy
PROBA

Upload request

1 image = 1 command
Request Stand-by/on call

Simple commanding

Internet

Low operational cost

Groundstation Operator

Scientist/Student

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PROBA Satellites introduction

PROBA key advantages

low operational cost High pointing accuracy and stability of satellite resulting in high quality imagery complex manoeuvring & multiple target imaging Simple commanding State of the art technology ESA quality label standard redundant systems Off-the-shelf and bespoke solutions

Use of international standards

Turn-key solutions incl. launch and operations Operations facilities available at Redu

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Training : our experience

Part of most of our space projects

QinetiQ manages entire training of UK Army

QinetiQ manages training forSpace Adventures

PROBA Small Satellites Missions Overview

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Proba 1 Earth Observation mission vegetation study

Launched 22nd Oct 2001

9 years in Orbit!
All images Proba 1 credit to ESA / Proba consortium QinetiQ Space nv
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Proba 1 Instruments
Three Gorges Dam, China Pyramids Gizeh, Egypt HRC instrument (OIP)

High Resolution Camera

Miniutarized telescope Monochromatic camera 5m @ 600 km geometrical resolution 0.5 deg field of view (4 km at nadir)

Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

Push broom imager 17 m @ 600 km resolution at nadir Up to 62 spectral bands simultaneously (415 - 1050 nm) Spectral resolution of 5-12 nm Swath width 14 km at nadir Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function measurements

Palm Island, Dubai

Three Gorges Dam, China

CHRIS Instrument (SIRA UK)

Image 5

Image 4

Image 3

Im age 2

Image 1

End imaging 8 9 Li ne of sight of im ager 10

4 3 2 1

Begin imaging

19 km

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Proba 1 User Community

PROBA 1 is operated by ESA EO on a daily basis. Currently used in support of Science (102), Education (14) & Public Relations (35) objectives
Value for money: Low operational cost & outstanding performance with low cost instruments

(69 sites) Science

Preparation for the SPECTRA Mission Land use and agriculture, coastal and inland waters and forestry Volcano Observations, water constituents, leaf index maps, Joint activities with the BIRD to investigate global wildfire activity

Joint CHRISBIRD activities

(15 sites)

Autonomous Operation Onboard Autonomy (orbit & attitude determination, FDIR) Ground Segment Automation (low operational cost) Simple commanding : 1 image = 1 command (coordinates) Performant on-board computer (ADPMS)

Fine Pointing & Stability Agile platform (3-axis stabilized) High pointing accuracy High pointing Stability (point & stare snapshot imaging) Complex manoeuvring (motion compensation push broom imaging multiple backward / forward scanning)

User community and applications

DRAGON Programme

(4 sites)

Joint collaborative activities involving European and Chinese scientists. Precision farming and vegetation studies Acquisition of image maps of wetlands of international importance

(14 sites) GLOBWETLAND

Disaster Management Charter (35 sites)

An ESA commitment to make imaging assets available to support disaster management worldwide

ESA PR

Compilation of interesting images for public relations

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Proba 1 Applications Summary

Environment studies Vegetation studies Disaster monitoring

Urbanisation planning

Precision farming

Volcano observation

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Proba 1 Applications Summary - Examples

Vegetation studies: Estimation of cotton crop health, maturity and yield (University of New South Wales Australia) Assessing the effects of different land use strategies on vegetation types in Central Nambias savannahs Study the state of woodland in the Rhineland Palatine in Germany Coastal & water studies: Mapping of Chlorophyll and Suspended Particle Matter Maps of the Ostend Core Site (RBINS Belgium)

Mapping Water Constituents in Lake Constance

Disaster monitoring: Survey of longer term damage done by forest fires by identification of vegetation regrowth Proba images are used in support of the International Charter on Space and Major disasters (forest fires Var region France 2003, Arles river flood France 2003, Tsunami disaster Asia, Earthquakes Iran 2005 Environmental Evaluating aerosol retrieval in Hong Kong Helping map and measure alpine snow cover in the Swiss National Park Water run-off and soil erosion from crops (GRGM France)

Proba/Chris workshop papers available on http://earth.esa.int/workshops

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Proba 1 Disaster Monitoring Platform

Since end 2003: Invited Guest for International Charter

07.12.2003 Arles (France) Floodings

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Proba 1 Disaster Monitoring Platform

Etna eruption, Sicily, 20.10.2002

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Proba 1 PR

20.03.2004 Pyramids Gizeh, Egypt

24.04.2004 Ayers Rock, Australia

4 m GSD panchromatic snapshot image

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Proba 1 PR

Palm Islands
Dubai, 05.11.2007

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Proba 1 images
Ostend, Belgium (ESA) 4 m GSD panchromatic snapshot image Antwerp, Belgium (ESA) 17 m GSD hyperspectral pushbroom image

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Proba 2 Science Mission - Space Weather

Launched 02nd Nov 2009

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Proba 2 Science Mission - Space Weather

Proba 2
Technology demonstration / space weather mission
15+ Technology items ADPMS Lon 2 based computer

Instrument
Sun Watcher using APS and image Processing (SWAP) for space weather monitoring (EUV telescope) Lyman Alpha Radiometer (Lyra), solar UV radiometer

System characteristics
Orbit LEO SSO 725 km 6h00 Satellite system mass 122 kg 60x70x85 cm

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Proba 2 Science Mission - Space Weather

Sun observation instruments

SWAP (CSL, ROB): -Extreme UV imaging of the solar corona -Built on the heritage of EIT on SOHO - CMOS APS detector - mass: 10 kg - power: 6W combined with LYRA - Volume: 570 mm x 150 mm x 110 mm - nominal cadence: 1 image per minute - image processing done on-board

LYRA (CSL, ROB, PMODWRC): - Solar UV radiometer - 4 UV bands, relevant to solar physics - 3 detectors with closeable covers - mass:3.5 kg - power: 6W combined with SWAP - Volume: 315 mm x 222 mm x 76 mm - cadence: up to 100 Hz - Data processing done on board

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Proba 2 Science Mission - First results 70,000 images taken until end of May 2010

Images:Royal Observatory Belgium

Much more data is available on the Proba 2 Science Center website: http://proba2.sidc.be

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Proba V Vegetation study

Proba Vegetation
Gap filler mission for Spot-Vegetation and Sentinel 3
Spectral and radiometric performance identical to Vegetation Ground sampling distance 100 - 300 m Daily global coverage for latitudes above 35 Complete global land coverage in two days

Instrument
3 identical TMA telescopes -> 102,6 FOV together (~2250 km swath) Blue, Red, NIR (100 m unbinned) and SWIR (200 m unbinned) On-board binning of pixels > 300 m resolution NIR, 600 m SWIR 37 Mbit/sec data flow

System characteristics
Orbit 820 km near-SSO 10h30 Satellite system mass 160 kg Peak power consumtion 131 W X-band downlink and 12 Gbit on-board storage

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Conclusion Proba platforms have demonstrated to deliver outstanding capabilities for earth observation and science missions. Furthermore Proba class missions have following key advantages:
Affordable Low operational cost Innovative Demonstrated top performance for earth observation missions Short development times

ESA quality label & standard redundant systems

Use of international standards Turn-key solutions Operations facilities available at REDU

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