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Buccaneer Main Mission
Dr David Lingard
Group Leader Space Systems
Intelligence, Surveillance & Space Division
UNCLASSIFIED – APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
2019 CubeSat Innovation WorkshopUNSW Kensington5th September 2019
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Buccaneer Main Mission (BMM)
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▪ 6U CubeSat successor to Risk Mitigation Mission (2017)
▪ Launch: 2021 through US Partnership
▪ Primary objective: To contribute to JORN calibration research
▪ Payloads:▪ Primary: Digital High Frequency receiver
▪ Secondary: Laser communications terminal
CubeSat identification
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High Frequency Receiver
• Objective: Contribute to JORN calibration research
• Payload includes HF receiver, antenna, Kea GPS receiver & wide-view cameras
• Antenna deployment & payload commissioning de-risked during BRMM
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Laser communications
• Objective: Optical communications demonstration
• Laser module developed by Aerospace Corp (provided to DST via RSC MOU).
• UniSA developing modem firmware.
• Demonstrated >100 Mbps on AeroCube7-B and –C (2018).
• Pointing accuracy <0.025 deg required.
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CubeSat Identification Tag (CUBIT)
• Objective: Enable unequivocal, early identification of BMM satellite.
• Developed by SRI International (provided to DST through RSC MOU).
• Self-contained system, requires no interface with Cubesat.
• SRI’s 50m Stanford Dish receives signal
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Defence S&T Strategy for Space
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Vision of a Resilient Affordable Space System to become a Space Enabled Force
S&T program develops & demonstrates core space technologies
We imagine a future where Australia operates a world-class space system sized to the ADF’s
need. Within this system Australia will build recognised world-leading capabilities in
several niche space technologies including sensing,
communications and intelligent processing