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Suborbital Research Platforms of the Future – Suborbitale Forschungsplattformen der Zukunft
12 December, 2014
14. Gravimeeting, Erlangen
Dr. Olympia Kyriopoulos
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Suborbital Research Platforms
of the Future
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What is a suborbtial space flight…
TERMINOLOGY
Suborbital flights
flights that follow parabolic arcs
and reach above 100 km
altitude providing several
minutes of micro-g
Space Tourism
commercial activities that offer
customers a direct experience
of the space environment
SUBSPACE
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Suborbital Research Platforms
of the Future
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SUBSPACE
There is a market with
explicit need for
research under
microgravity
Nowadays, a multitude
of campaigns realised
per year with Drop
Tower in Bremen,
Parabolic Flights and
TEXUS (MAXUS)
Each platform has its
strength
They complement
each other
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SUBSPACE
New commercial
access provided with
sRLV (suborbital
Reusable Launch
Vehicles)
Routine daily flights
above 100km into the
near-space
environment, with
accompanying short
periods of
weightlessness
Main advantages:
flexible, repetitive,
inexpensive related to
micro-g time
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Suborbital Research Platforms
of the Future
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Google search results
FUTURE SPACE VEHICLES…
SUBSPACE
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SUBSPACE
Who is trying to change the paradigm?
MAIN ACTORS AND THEIR VEHICLES
Virgin Galactic XCOR Aerospace
Armadillo/EXOS
Aerospace
Whittinghill
Aerospace
Blue Origin UP Aerospace
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SUBSPACE
Who is trying to change the paradigm?
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SUBSPACE
Who is trying to change the paradigm?
STATUS QUO
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XCOR Aerospace
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LYNX MARK I MOCK-UP 1:1
SUBSPACE
XCOR Aerospace
XCOR XR-5K18 "Lynx" main engine test
on the flight weight fuselage
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LYNX MK. II – MISSION PROFILE
SUBSPACE
XCOR Aerospace
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LYNX PAYLOAD INTEGRATION
SUBSPACE
XCOR Aerospace
Secondary Payload A – Behind-Pilot
Primary Payload B – Right-of-Pilot
XCOR Pre-Flight Review
Payload integration in Mojave, CA
Final Safety Review
Flight Readiness Review
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UP Aerospace
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UP Aerospace
SPACELOFT XL
SUBSPACE
Operations at Spaceport America, New Mexico (NM)
9 years of professional aerospace integration and launch
management services
Highly reliable, low-cost access to space
Minimal on-pad effort, simplified pre-launch and launch
operations
Payload access prior to launch for testing, updating and
final preparations
On-land experiment and payload recovery
Single-stage unguided suborbital launch vehicle
Overall height 6.10 m, max. diameter 0.26 m
Standard mission liftoff weight (incl. payloads) 354 kg
Sourc
e:
UP
Aero
space
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UP Aerospace
MISSION SCHEDULING
SUBSPACE
Standard mission payloads up to 36 kg
Standard mission apogee ~115 km
Standard microgravity time ~3 min.
Source: UP Aerospace
Higher apogee and more microgravity
time with lower payload mass
Suborbital space access also with 50 kg
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UP Aerospace
NOSE CONE (NC) & PAYLOAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (PTS)
SUBSPACE
NC-1 NC-2 NC-3 PTS4-X PTS10-X
Maximum Inside Height (cm) 35.6 34.3 21.6 8.3 23.5
Maximum Inside Diameter (cm) 8.4 15.9 20.3 24.8 24.8
Maximum Payload Volume (cm3) 868.5 5915.7 6980.9 3982.0 11323.4
Maximum Useable Payload Weight
(kg) excluding the PTS module 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.5 3.2
Payload weight including the PTS
Module or Bulkhead (kg) 1.1 3.7 5.3 3.4 5.8
Access to Space No No No Yes Yes
PTS4 module
(Al) and access
opening to
space
PTS10 module
(Al) and
customizable
access panel
window to space
Source: UP Aerospace
NC modules for
autonomous payloads
(no power, electronics) ©
UP
C
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Our Services…
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Communication with VG
ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO…
SUBSPACE
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Our Services…
…TPZV OBJECTIVE WAS/ IS
SUBSPACE
providing a ‘one stop
shop’ for all customer
services during every
key step to flight,
from initial enquiry
through to payload
integration and return
offering sRLV flights
via a range of systems
and operators to
ensure both,
optimum and cost
effective service
solutions
To be THE preferred
agent /broker for
suborbital Reusable
Launch Vehicle (sRLV)
services
by:
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SUBSPACE
Our Services…
MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
For us to ‘broker’ an all-inclusive service package, we had to be able to
provide at least the following:
the optimal suborbital flight among the providers
logistics services to transport the payload and researchers to/from the
launch site
integration services to ensure the payload can operate as expected
aboard the vehicle
contractual services to ensure all legal, regulatory and fiscal
requirements are fully met
consultation services to tailor current and future customer needs to
specific flight services
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What have we
achieved so far?
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SubSpace Meeting, 11/11/11
ONCE UPON A TIME IN 2011…
SUBSPACE
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How is TPZV involved?
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE…
SUBSPACE
Contract for 1st ‘pilot’ flight opportunity with AA’s STIG-B Signed in May with TU Braunschweig for the MEDEA experiment
Contract for 2nd ‘pilot’ flight opportunity with AA’s STIG-B Signed in July with TU Magdeburg for the GAGa experiment
Suborbital flight opportunities for MEDEA Combined System Test (CST) at Armadillo’s facility & three launch attempts
with STIG-B at Spaceport America (NM) in Oct/Nov 2012 and Jan 2013
2012
2013
Marketing activities, presentations and workshops Promotion of ‘SubSpace’ services within TPZV, to European space agencies
and industries, identify research needs, purchase of PTS 10 unit from UP
Finalise the business case Consolidate the business case via market analysis and discussions with
potential customers (in collaboration with TPZ Strategy)
Strategic partnership with sRLV providers and potential customers Sign agreements of intent / MoUs with a limited set of prime operators/ customers
2014 Tailor contractual basis for suborbital flights UP pricing proposal for entire SL flight campaign, XCOR suborbital flight
payload integration and support agreement; negotiate terms and conditions
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TPZV Broker Checklist
TO SUM UP…
SUBSPACE
As a ‘broker’ we achieved the following:
the optimal suborbital flight among the providers (e.g. AA, UP, XCOR)
logistics services to transport the payload and researchers to/from the
launch site
integration services to ensure the payload can operate as expected aboard
the vehicle
contractual services to ensure all legal, regulatory and fiscal requirements
are fully met
consultation services to tailor customer needs to specific flight services
…and all of it in only 5 months, from contract to launch!
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What can we expect in the future?
…FUTURE ACTIVITIES & FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES
SUBSPACE
Suborbital flight opportunity for GAGa CST & Launch with Lynx Mk. I at XCOR’s Mojave facility in Spring 2015
Open up the SubSpace market Leverage flight experience to stimulate interest and then demand from ‘future’
experiments, eventually build experiments for industry
Fly your experiments / pathfinder flights Fly follow-on experiments funded via DLR and/or ESA on-board e.g.
SpaceLoft XL, Lynx Mk. I and other sRLV systems, as they become available
2015
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SUBSPACE
Thank you for your attention…
…questions/ comments?
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Olympia Kyriopoulos: [email protected]
Head of New Space Section, TPZV D, Europaplatz 5, 64293 Darmstadt
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Backup slides…
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Armadillo Aerospace
(EXOS Aerospace)
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Armadillo (EXOS) Aerospace
LAUNCH OF FIRST EUROPEAN PAYLOAD
Flight opportunities with the suborbital reusable launch vehicle
(sRLV), Armadillo Aerospace’s STIG-B, realized on Oct/Nov
2012 and Jan 2013 from Space Port America in New Mexico
Payload is MEDEA experiment, built by Technische Universität
Braunschweig with funding from DLR
SUBSPACE
* Early vehicle capabilities; expected to significantly improve with later versions
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Virgin Galactic
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SPACESHIPTWO
SUBSPACE
Virgin Galactic
Payload information form available
Payload safety document (templated by VG)
Payload rack hardware developed by
NanoRacks (19‘‘ Racks)
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Blue Origin
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Blue Origin
NEW SHEPARD
SUBSPACE
Interface cabin payload bay (CPB) or
customized
Standard-height (~23 cm) but also
double-height available (~49 cm)
Length (~51 cm) and width (~42 cm)
Payload weight limit ~11 kg or for double
CPB ~23 kg