TJ Faculty Presentation 2006

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TJ Faculty Presentation 2006
http//activities.tjhsst.edu/excelsior/
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Conception of Excelsior

• Excelsior Club was started last year
• For TJ students to be able to learn about and
  participate in aerospace engineering
• The plausibility of high school students
  designing and manufacturing a satellite was
  researched
• We learned it is actually feasible!
• Orbital Sciences Corp., one of the world's
  leading providers of small to medium class
  satellites, agreed to help manufacture satellite
  and to acquire a launch service

• Systems Engineering course began to be offered
  this year to help build a satellite

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Objectives of TJsat

• Primary Objectives
• Defined, created, and run by students
• Provide data for TJ students to use in class or
  for possible Senior Tech projects
• Provide data for public
• Secondary Objectives
• Educate TJ students / other high school and
  middle school students about satellites
• Show capability of TJ students
• Inspire other high schools around the world to
  tackle projects that seem unfeasible

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TJsat Details

• It will be a picosatellite less than 10 kg
• Orbital is providing us with the CubeSat kit
  developed at Stanford University
• 10 cm cube with a mass of up to 1 kg
• Low Earth Orbit
• Orbit the Earth approximately once every 90
  minutes
• Launch piggy-back on a launch vehicle as a
  secondary payload
• The mission for it will be determined within the
  next 3 months

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CubeSat kit
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CubeSat Deployed by P-POD
Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer
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CubeSat Images
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Systems Engineering Course

• Goals of the class
• The student will show understanding of space
  missions, space environment, orbits, atmospheric
  entry, spacecraft design, spacecraft subsystems,
  and space operations
• The student will become familiar with the Design
  Process and its implications within Systems
  Engineering
• The student will be proficient in the
  technologies corresponding with the development
  of a student built satellite
• The student will be able to explain the
  fundamentals of system engineering

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Systems Engineering cont.

• Timeline
• Year 1 Base station construction, STK training,
  HAM training, Design Review
• Year 2 Construction of the prototype and
  software development
• Year 3 Final build and Launch!

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Orbital Sciences Corp.

• Leading Developer and Manufacturer of Small
  Rockets and Space Systems
• Focused on Growing Market Niches Not Well Served
  By Larger Companies
• Distinctive Strength in Providing High
  Reliability at Affordable Prices
• Over 750 Satellites and Rockets Built or On
  Contract for Customers
• 533 Systems Developed, Built and Delivered From
  1982 to 2005
• 221 Systems Under Contract for Deliveries From
  2006 to 2011
• Headquartered in Dulles, VA
• Largest satellite manufacturing facility east of
  the Mississippi

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Orbital TJSat

• Orbital will be a major sponsor of TJSat
• Approved by our CEO
• Visibility throughout the company
• Supply hardware and facilities
• Orbital will procure the CubeSat kit
• TJ will have full access to our environmental
  test facilities
• Provide mentorship to students
• Over 30 engineers have volunteered as potential
  mentors
• Help to acquire a launch service

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Excelsior Club Projects

• TJsat
• This year keep club members not enrolled in
  Systems Engineering up to date on everything we
  learn in the class so that they can enroll next
  year without being behind
• The following years be an extension of the
  class
• Participate in CanSat University level
  non-orbiting satellite building competition
• Communicate with satellites
• Build and launch model rockets
• Invite Orbital Engineers to lecture on Aerospace
  Engineering concepts
• Host Aerospace Conference at TJ for high school
  students in surrounding counties

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Aerospace Conference

• Goal Bring FCPS students and faculty together
  to discuss and learn about Aerospace
• Tentative dates
• February 2007 (first annual conference)
  Satellite2007
• October 2007 (second annual conference)
  NCSSSMST Conf
• Method Presentations, seminars, workshops,
  showcases
• Speakers
• Former/present high school students ? Aerospace
  Science Exhibit
• Orbital Sciences Engineers
• Satellite 2007 Conference http//www.satellite200
  7.com/
• Other Aerospace Companies

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Advertising Help

• We need help from YOU!
• Science and Tech teachers
• Please advertise Excelsior Club within your
  classes
• We have a handout you can hang in your class
  room
• There will be a short (1 page) application for
  prospective students with a teachers signature
  as a recommendation for that student
• Excelsior Club interest meetings will be held
  for about the next 2 weeks and thats where
  applications are handed out
• Counselors Please only allow Excelsior Club
  members to sign up for Systems Engineering next
  year

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