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If you are capable, please help us to create good quality subtitles: https://c3subtitles.de/talk/905 Thanks! 1 00:00:15,660 --> 00:00:17,969 This talk's called upset, 2 00:00:17,970 --> 00:00:20,399 the first open source satellite, 3 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,350 so I'll just fall back a little bit 4 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:24,869 before I was born, 5 00:00:26,310 --> 00:00:28,649 there was a situation where a beep 6 00:00:28,650 --> 00:00:30,299 freaked out half of the world. 7 00:00:31,450 --> 00:00:32,919 And the other half of the world had a big 8 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:33,920 party. 9 00:00:34,670 --> 00:00:35,670 Today. 10 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:38,639 You could send that beep from outer 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,380 space down to the world. 12 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:43,529 With upset, an open 13 00:00:43,530 --> 00:00:44,530 source satellite. 14 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:48,679 Here I give you Pietro's paper 15 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,049 deals with this talk. 16 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:52,880 Give me a warm, welcome form, please. 17 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:57,609 Thank you. 18 00:00:57,610 --> 00:00:58,989 Thank you. 19 00:00:58,990 --> 00:00:59,990 Thanks. 20 00:01:01,930 --> 00:01:04,208 Hello, my name is serious 21 00:01:04,209 --> 00:01:06,309 about this, and we're here 22 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:08,589 to talk about the upset or upset 23 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:09,590 or upset. 24 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:13,739 It's going to be a brief history 25 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,629 of the satellite itself, how we got 26 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:18,329 started, how 27 00:01:18,330 --> 00:01:20,069 you know what our struggle is to create 28 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:21,839 an open sort of satellite and in the 29 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,459 process of doing so and why we did that 30 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:25,619 and what do we want to do more 31 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:27,390 around it than other projects? 32 00:01:29,490 --> 00:01:31,709 The project is a liberal space foundation 33 00:01:31,710 --> 00:01:33,869 project and we are also members of 34 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:34,870 the Space Foundation. 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,889 NSF Liberal Space Foundation is a 36 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:39,989 nonprofit organization designed to 37 00:01:39,990 --> 00:01:42,779 create open source technologies in space 38 00:01:42,780 --> 00:01:44,879 and includes satellites, what we call 39 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,609 upstream in the space industry, 40 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:49,169 but also downstream and mainstream 41 00:01:49,170 --> 00:01:50,579 applications. And now we're going to be 42 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:52,739 having a talk right after hours 43 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:55,109 here about Sputnik's 44 00:01:55,110 --> 00:01:57,179 from Nikko's, which is the ground station 45 00:01:57,180 --> 00:01:59,789 network that we built with 46 00:01:59,790 --> 00:02:00,790 the Space Foundation. 47 00:02:01,950 --> 00:02:04,859 So how how it all started. 48 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:07,589 It was 2012, 49 00:02:07,590 --> 00:02:09,779 and Von Karman Institute of Fluid 50 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:12,569 Dynamics in Belgium 51 00:02:12,570 --> 00:02:15,449 set out to create an audacious project, 52 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:16,860 which was QB 50 53 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,639 to be 50. The concept is basically this 54 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,559 There is a central institute that is 55 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,689 monitoring the science part of many 56 00:02:24,690 --> 00:02:26,789 satellites, and it's making a 57 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:28,799 call out to all different academic 58 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,749 institutions and research institutions 59 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:33,089 universities to create 60 00:02:33,090 --> 00:02:34,979 a satellite around a sensor 61 00:02:36,150 --> 00:02:38,489 and help you along this process, 62 00:02:38,490 --> 00:02:40,619 mainly with securing your loans, 63 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:42,389 which is super critical and getting a 64 00:02:42,390 --> 00:02:44,549 satellite in space, but 65 00:02:44,550 --> 00:02:46,439 also a bit of guidance around the science 66 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,539 itself because every satellite needs a 67 00:02:48,540 --> 00:02:50,609 reason to be up there and science is 68 00:02:50,610 --> 00:02:52,349 a it isn't good enough, actually. 69 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,240 So 70 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,009 what we started with and what 71 00:02:59,010 --> 00:03:01,169 every project of QB 50 started with 72 00:03:01,170 --> 00:03:03,359 was basically a sensor, 73 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,429 the sensor, the specifics of it 74 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:07,619 is basically a mental p 75 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,049 multi needle like large probe, 76 00:03:10,050 --> 00:03:12,119 which practically is 77 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,489 used to measure plasma concentrations 78 00:03:14,490 --> 00:03:15,449 from the federal sphere. 79 00:03:15,450 --> 00:03:17,339 That's a part of the atmosphere. 80 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:19,469 And Von Karman Institute would 81 00:03:19,470 --> 00:03:21,299 like to do some more science around 82 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:23,639 modeling this part of the atmosphere, 83 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,889 the federal sphere and 84 00:03:25,890 --> 00:03:27,599 the build. Many designed and built many 85 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,609 different sensors around it. 86 00:03:29,610 --> 00:03:31,559 So basically, you you got started with 87 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,749 one of those so early 88 00:03:33,750 --> 00:03:35,999 in 2012, they opened up 89 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,129 applications for different universities 90 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:39,869 to come in and build satellites around 91 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:40,870 the sensors. 92 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:43,919 And the concept was that in Greece, 93 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,659 one of the universities, University of 94 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:47,909 Patras, initially got accepted 95 00:03:47,910 --> 00:03:50,409 in 2013. 96 00:03:50,410 --> 00:03:52,679 It's 40 years ago to 97 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,269 create one of the satellites, one of the 98 00:03:54,270 --> 00:03:56,159 50 satellites. 99 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,259 And while most, if 100 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:00,389 not all, cube satellites 101 00:04:00,390 --> 00:04:02,309 went in the way which was pretty 102 00:04:02,310 --> 00:04:03,929 traditional for CubeSats. 103 00:04:05,010 --> 00:04:07,229 And by the way, CubeSats are small 104 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:08,129 satellites. 105 00:04:08,130 --> 00:04:10,319 It's a form factor, and this 106 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:11,789 is a form factor that you can see here. 107 00:04:13,410 --> 00:04:15,599 So most of the universities in the 108 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,969 50 program went on the traditional 109 00:04:17,970 --> 00:04:20,159 way of just going out and 110 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,009 buying off the shelf modules 111 00:04:23,010 --> 00:04:25,739 and assembling a satellite. 112 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:28,229 There is a quite growing market 113 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:30,479 of commercial in off the shelf components 114 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,689 to buy and create your own satellite. 115 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:35,999 But this is the costly road 116 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,189 to go down, but it's also the 117 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:42,389 non exploratory and non innovative 118 00:04:42,390 --> 00:04:44,159 road to go down. 119 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:45,749 And to their credit, the University of 120 00:04:45,750 --> 00:04:47,310 Padua said, Well, 121 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,519 we're not going to be, you know, buying 122 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,259 components from here and there. 123 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:53,669 We're going to be designing a satellite 124 00:04:53,670 --> 00:04:55,350 from scratch and building from scratch. 125 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,489 And that's actually quite a 126 00:04:59,490 --> 00:05:01,859 quite a struggle and quite an 127 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:03,959 adventure to go down 128 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:04,960 to. 129 00:05:05,250 --> 00:05:07,349 And due to various different 130 00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:09,569 reasons, financial organizational 131 00:05:09,570 --> 00:05:11,909 reasons and reasons within the university 132 00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:14,219 itself, like managerial type of things 133 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:15,220 that you always have. 134 00:05:16,140 --> 00:05:18,329 They were not really able to progress 135 00:05:18,330 --> 00:05:20,399 with the building of the satellite. 136 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,559 So at some point and that was 137 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,619 late 2015, 138 00:05:25,620 --> 00:05:28,019 like December 2015, 139 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:30,179 they picked up the phone and 140 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:31,859 called the Space Foundation, and they 141 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:33,539 said, well, initially they wanted the 142 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:35,099 ground station. And then after the ground 143 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:37,319 station, it came different components 144 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,059 of the satellite itself. 145 00:05:39,060 --> 00:05:40,499 And one thing led to another. 146 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,809 And finally, we were building 147 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:44,729 the whole satellite from scratch because 148 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:46,739 most of the research that was done around 149 00:05:46,740 --> 00:05:48,479 the satellite up until that point was not 150 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,699 really usable when 151 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:52,919 we first got the call about 152 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,059 building of the satellite. 153 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:56,129 We asked, Well, how much time do 154 00:05:56,130 --> 00:05:57,179 we have? 155 00:05:57,180 --> 00:05:59,759 And they said, well, six months. 156 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,919 And for 157 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,440 those of you that know, like the time 158 00:06:05,940 --> 00:06:08,069 in space project and timeframe, 159 00:06:08,070 --> 00:06:10,499 that space for a project that involved 160 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:12,839 six months is pretty much nothing 161 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,939 like most of the CubeSats or even, you 162 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:16,499 know, like really small satellites that 163 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:18,599 ending up to, you know, very large 164 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,909 satellites take a couple of years, 165 00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:22,709 at least in development and then 166 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:24,539 verification and then actually getting a 167 00:06:24,540 --> 00:06:26,069 launch in space. 168 00:06:26,070 --> 00:06:28,139 So when they told us six months, 169 00:06:28,140 --> 00:06:30,959 we were like, Yeah, that's 170 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,149 like, Yeah, but let let 171 00:06:33,150 --> 00:06:34,560 let us get back to you on that. 172 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:38,069 And the fact is that there is 173 00:06:38,070 --> 00:06:40,349 a hard deadline, which is the launch 174 00:06:40,350 --> 00:06:42,209 itself, like there is a rocket waiting 175 00:06:42,210 --> 00:06:44,309 for you or almost like 176 00:06:44,310 --> 00:06:47,279 this and you have to arastoo 177 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,469 to meet those deadlines, right? 178 00:06:49,470 --> 00:06:51,539 And we sat down together with the rest 179 00:06:51,540 --> 00:06:52,589 of the people, especially one day soon, 180 00:06:52,590 --> 00:06:54,809 like the whole team. And we said, well, 181 00:06:54,810 --> 00:06:56,829 we might not be getting a chance to build 182 00:06:56,830 --> 00:06:58,559 the open sort of satellite from scratch 183 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,459 anytime soon. 184 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:01,979 So yeah, what the hell, let's 185 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:03,359 let's do it. 186 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,549 So, yeah, started 187 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:08,129 with a really short timeframe. 188 00:07:08,130 --> 00:07:10,589 What the responsible engineers do is take 189 00:07:10,590 --> 00:07:12,719 if there is anything out there 190 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,029 that we can reuse or take, 191 00:07:15,030 --> 00:07:16,679 you know, knowledge from abstract, some 192 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,989 best practices and how we can really 193 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:20,399 kick start the effort of creating a 194 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,599 satellite. 195 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,089 So we went into our favorite 196 00:07:24,090 --> 00:07:26,129 site attending and typed in, well, 197 00:07:26,130 --> 00:07:29,039 Open-Source satellite or 198 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,319 documentation about CubeSats or how 199 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,389 do I build a satellite or 200 00:07:33,390 --> 00:07:35,969 more complicated questions like this. 201 00:07:35,970 --> 00:07:38,099 And what we what we found out is 202 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:40,289 that there were a couple of groups 203 00:07:40,290 --> 00:07:41,699 in the past couple of years that have 204 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,979 tried to do things in 205 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:46,139 the open, not necessarily open source 206 00:07:46,140 --> 00:07:48,929 in the licensing aspect of things 207 00:07:48,930 --> 00:07:51,209 starting with autostart, which 208 00:07:51,210 --> 00:07:52,759 claimed to be open source, but that for. 209 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,049 And Lee was not at all. 210 00:07:54,050 --> 00:07:55,279 The only thing that was open source was 211 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,279 the part that was executing Arduino code 212 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,579 while in orbit, like none of the hardware 213 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:02,209 and none of the software underlying the 214 00:08:02,210 --> 00:08:03,409 mission itself. 215 00:08:03,410 --> 00:08:04,999 Then we had the open source satellite 216 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,099 initiative satellite that was never 217 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:08,399 really operational, plus a 218 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,649 recommendation. 219 00:08:09,650 --> 00:08:11,629 It was not licensed as an open source, 220 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:13,579 you know, in the typical sense that we've 221 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:15,679 we've grown accustomed to, like 222 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,619 GPL license or whatever else it is. 223 00:08:18,620 --> 00:08:20,329 And there were like some guidelines about 224 00:08:20,330 --> 00:08:22,459 what you should be careful and what you 225 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,589 should do, but nothing more than that. 226 00:08:25,790 --> 00:08:27,980 And then that group, specifically 227 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,769 U.S. 228 00:08:30,770 --> 00:08:33,798 North America, I'm sorry, is the amateur 229 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:35,630 satellite groups 230 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,408 that are creating satellites 231 00:08:39,409 --> 00:08:40,639 for amateur radio. 232 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,709 UCITS have 233 00:08:42,710 --> 00:08:44,749 done things in the past and publish them 234 00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:46,929 in various different formats on paper, 235 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:48,739 in proceedings, in conferences and 236 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:49,909 congresses. 237 00:08:49,910 --> 00:08:51,289 But that's really far away from open 238 00:08:51,290 --> 00:08:53,869 source. Plus, due to 239 00:08:53,870 --> 00:08:56,209 either regulations, that's 240 00:08:56,210 --> 00:08:57,649 export regulations from U.S. 241 00:08:57,650 --> 00:08:59,329 it was really hard to actually reuse or 242 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:01,639 even get a hold of those 243 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,099 paper proceedings from conferences, so. 244 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:05,100 Hmm. 245 00:09:05,570 --> 00:09:07,699 And then a couple of other things like a 246 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:10,369 Swiss cube, which is example done right 247 00:09:10,370 --> 00:09:12,469 that have published extremely 248 00:09:12,470 --> 00:09:14,599 well documentation about the project 249 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,209 itself, but still the actual schematics 250 00:09:17,210 --> 00:09:18,919 for the hardware or the actual code of 251 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,169 the software was completely missing. 252 00:09:21,170 --> 00:09:23,479 So we said, Well, yeah, 253 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,699 not really like it's nothing, 254 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,259 you know, completely open so that we can 255 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:28,880 reuse or build upon. 256 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,509 So we started to design everything 257 00:09:32,510 --> 00:09:34,669 from scratch, and we 258 00:09:34,670 --> 00:09:36,889 had to take care of many 259 00:09:36,890 --> 00:09:38,749 mechanical considerations around the 260 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:40,969 science payload itself. 261 00:09:40,970 --> 00:09:42,679 You can see the science payload on the 262 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,599 left side together for the full four 263 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,849 probes folded on the sides. 264 00:09:46,850 --> 00:09:48,949 And then as you move your way up to a 265 00:09:48,950 --> 00:09:50,909 two units cubesat like this. 266 00:09:50,910 --> 00:09:52,999 So then by 10 centimeters, 267 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,200 by 20 in height, 268 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:56,839 then you can find the electrical and 269 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,909 power system that's the EPS, then the 270 00:09:58,910 --> 00:10:01,039 attitude, determination and control 271 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,959 that understands what of the satellite is 272 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,899 and how it's positioned and tries to 273 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:07,279 control that. 274 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,899 Then the onboard computer, which is the 275 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:10,909 heart of the satellite itself with a 276 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:11,910 mounting unit, 277 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,469 the i ac 278 00:10:15,470 --> 00:10:17,929 to imagine acquisition component. 279 00:10:17,930 --> 00:10:19,669 Everything in space has to be in fancy 280 00:10:19,670 --> 00:10:21,139 acronyms, although this is just the 281 00:10:21,140 --> 00:10:22,140 camera. 282 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,269 And then the communication 283 00:10:26,270 --> 00:10:28,189 subsystem, the subsystem and the antenna 284 00:10:28,190 --> 00:10:29,190 deployment 285 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,749 structure itself, as you can see here 286 00:10:32,750 --> 00:10:34,099 on the mock up of the satellite. 287 00:10:35,210 --> 00:10:37,369 So starting to do a bit of design 288 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:39,649 around the satellite itself then went 289 00:10:39,650 --> 00:10:42,949 down into the and kind of in parallel 290 00:10:42,950 --> 00:10:45,649 into the electrical and electronics 291 00:10:45,650 --> 00:10:46,789 side of things. 292 00:10:46,790 --> 00:10:48,769 And this is the main diagram of how the 293 00:10:48,770 --> 00:10:50,419 different components communicate with 294 00:10:50,420 --> 00:10:51,589 each other. 295 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:53,659 We try to stay as relevant and 296 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,629 as up to the 297 00:10:57,650 --> 00:10:59,299 latest developments around 298 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:01,669 microcontrollers and best practices 299 00:11:01,670 --> 00:11:03,799 around them as we can be, 300 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,179 which is not typical for the space 301 00:11:05,180 --> 00:11:07,189 industry, like the default for space 302 00:11:07,190 --> 00:11:09,169 industries. If it works, you never change 303 00:11:09,170 --> 00:11:11,509 it. And that's how you end up running, 304 00:11:11,510 --> 00:11:13,519 you know, code that has been written 30 305 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,559 years ago for microcontrollers that were 306 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:16,820 designed 50 years ago. 307 00:11:18,770 --> 00:11:20,299 So we our main 308 00:11:21,590 --> 00:11:24,859 microcontroller is the M32, 309 00:11:24,860 --> 00:11:26,029 but it's different flavors of it, 310 00:11:26,030 --> 00:11:27,319 depending on the system. 311 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,029 And then you would have the power lines 312 00:11:29,030 --> 00:11:31,159 and all the communications among the 313 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,199 the stamps themselves. 314 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,969 And that's how you end up with a master 315 00:11:34,970 --> 00:11:37,069 plan about how 316 00:11:37,070 --> 00:11:38,149 you know you're going to be building your 317 00:11:38,150 --> 00:11:39,139 satellite. 318 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:41,779 And then we had to start from something 319 00:11:41,780 --> 00:11:43,549 in terms of the physical format of the 320 00:11:43,550 --> 00:11:44,869 satellite itself. 321 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:46,819 And as this was developed in our 322 00:11:46,820 --> 00:11:48,139 hackerspace, the first thing that you do 323 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:50,149 is get the 3D print quickly, something 324 00:11:50,150 --> 00:11:51,150 that you can see, right? 325 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,349 So literally, that was the first week of 326 00:11:54,350 --> 00:11:56,509 development. Like we we had to start from 327 00:11:56,510 --> 00:11:58,789 something and be able to communicate with 328 00:11:58,790 --> 00:12:01,159 that weather that we meant 329 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,289 the z minus side and then 330 00:12:03,290 --> 00:12:05,359 left to the X Y side. 331 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,299 It's much more, you know, he was able to 332 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:11,029 actually have a a mock up like a model 333 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:12,030 that you can point to. 334 00:12:13,250 --> 00:12:15,169 And then along the way, we had to 335 00:12:15,170 --> 00:12:17,539 discover a lot of the processes 336 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:20,239 and reading through the commendations 337 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,949 and trying to figure out the standards 338 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:24,079 and how, you know, like big satellites 339 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,399 are built. 340 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,709 We designed many things and 341 00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,989 discovered them from scratch, starting 342 00:12:29,990 --> 00:12:32,119 from cleanroom procedures or 343 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,950 cleanness procedures 344 00:12:35,330 --> 00:12:37,639 to also, you know how you integrate 345 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,769 and start building things that 346 00:12:39,770 --> 00:12:40,790 have a physical form 347 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:43,459 in a sense of a satellite. 348 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:45,619 And gradually, over the course 349 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,599 of, you know, weeks and weeks and weeks 350 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,729 out, many of the things 351 00:12:49,730 --> 00:12:51,829 were starting to be developed much 352 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:52,939 more. 353 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,189 Efficiently and trying to work each other 354 00:12:55,190 --> 00:12:57,469 as a team like really 355 00:12:57,470 --> 00:12:59,779 in a as paralyzed way as possible, 356 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:01,939 given the really short timeframe that we 357 00:13:01,940 --> 00:13:02,940 had. 358 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:05,659 And quickly, one thing led 359 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:07,379 to another in terms of the design, and we 360 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:08,899 were able to produce really 361 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,469 fast and intuitive approaches 362 00:13:12,470 --> 00:13:14,779 on the open hardware 363 00:13:14,780 --> 00:13:16,099 side of things like the hardware side of 364 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:17,389 things. 365 00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:19,519 So we used keycard for 366 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,769 the idea, for the 367 00:13:21,770 --> 00:13:24,079 schematics and the components 368 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,389 themselves and the 369 00:13:26,390 --> 00:13:28,699 boards were designed there and then 370 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:30,859 free cards to most extend for 371 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:32,569 the structure itself and some of the 372 00:13:32,570 --> 00:13:33,570 analysis around it. 373 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,609 And, you know, things 374 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:39,169 moved rather quickly. 375 00:13:40,310 --> 00:13:42,529 And you can see the progress 376 00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:45,199 here within only a month 377 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,389 or probably less in this case, 378 00:13:47,390 --> 00:13:49,189 where on the right side, you can see what 379 00:13:49,190 --> 00:13:51,379 we call engineering model. 380 00:13:51,380 --> 00:13:52,939 So engineering model would be a board 381 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:55,039 that is not meant to be in space, but 382 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,289 it's meant to be staying here around 383 00:13:57,290 --> 00:13:59,539 your engineers and actually quickly 384 00:13:59,540 --> 00:14:00,740 verifying what you do. 385 00:14:02,450 --> 00:14:05,149 And some of the components 386 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:07,519 change some of the 387 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,589 manufacturing processes, chains and are 388 00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:11,569 less restrictive than the actual flight 389 00:14:11,570 --> 00:14:13,819 model, which you can see on there or 390 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:15,349 on the left side. 391 00:14:15,350 --> 00:14:17,299 This is the exact exact same board with 392 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,179 the exact same functionality. 393 00:14:20,180 --> 00:14:22,339 That's the electrical and power system, 394 00:14:22,340 --> 00:14:23,340 the EBS. 395 00:14:24,140 --> 00:14:25,969 And then the satellite started to take 396 00:14:25,970 --> 00:14:28,039 form by itself, and we need to build 397 00:14:29,180 --> 00:14:31,339 and find out how to even build 398 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:33,499 a carrying case like a case that 399 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,779 we can carry the satellite around 400 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:37,369 for different testing purposes 401 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:40,699 or even for doing vibrational tests 402 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:41,700 and everything else. 403 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:44,149 And that involved a lot of back and 404 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:46,279 forth. So we built something and then we 405 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,449 didn't work over the weekend. 406 00:14:47,450 --> 00:14:49,729 We would rebuild it and try to 407 00:14:49,730 --> 00:14:51,849 to make use of the 408 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:53,959 hyperspace that we we 409 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:54,889 are operating out of. 410 00:14:54,890 --> 00:14:57,439 That's the hackerspace dockyard in 411 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,539 Athens, Greece, and try to get 412 00:14:59,540 --> 00:15:01,639 access to as much materials 413 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,919 and and tools that we could 414 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,439 that we could in order to progress 415 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,299 as fast as possible. 416 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:10,729 One of those things was that 417 00:15:10,730 --> 00:15:12,529 during various different phases of the 418 00:15:12,530 --> 00:15:14,869 satellite integration, you actually 419 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:17,179 need a clean 420 00:15:17,180 --> 00:15:19,309 books like something that is clean enough 421 00:15:19,310 --> 00:15:22,159 in order to assemble your satellite. 422 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,049 So basically, here you can see the clean 423 00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:25,849 books that we designed and built. 424 00:15:25,850 --> 00:15:27,499 We were looking around for different, you 425 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:29,239 know, best practices around that. 426 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,859 Again, zero open source sort of 427 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:33,019 recommended designs around around it. 428 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:35,569 But we would, you know, 429 00:15:35,570 --> 00:15:37,639 like enough to have enough people 430 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,529 to be able to concentrate on that and 431 00:15:39,530 --> 00:15:40,819 create something that was actually 432 00:15:40,820 --> 00:15:41,820 usable. 433 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:44,539 So the clean books and then 434 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:46,639 some thermal verifications, 435 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,899 when we first booted up the components 436 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,629 just to make sure that nothing you know 437 00:15:50,630 --> 00:15:52,759 is off the chart, you can 438 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,759 see the power amplified on the comms 439 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,260 platform really heating up there 440 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,349 when it first got 441 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:02,569 operated and then one critical 442 00:16:02,570 --> 00:16:04,759 component in order to do really 443 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,699 fast paced and 444 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,679 as open as possible procedure of creating 445 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,839 a satellite is to be able to give your 446 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,429 engineers, especially on the software 447 00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:15,319 side of things, give them the ability to 448 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,119 work on the hardware as as fast and 449 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,549 as direct as possible. 450 00:16:19,550 --> 00:16:21,499 So one thing we set out to do was that we 451 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,689 created multiple engineering models that 452 00:16:23,690 --> 00:16:25,459 we distributed to all the core members of 453 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:27,469 the engineering software engineering team 454 00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:29,869 so that they were able to quickly verify 455 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:32,059 the code in real time 456 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:33,979 in real hardware. So you can see here one 457 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:36,439 of the engineering stocks that was 458 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,719 given to the engineering team, 459 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,609 and while doing that, keeping everything 460 00:16:40,610 --> 00:16:42,989 in the open like we defaulted to open 461 00:16:42,990 --> 00:16:45,439 and publishing everything from scratch 462 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,809 from the day one, we just had the public 463 00:16:47,810 --> 00:16:50,059 repositories and putting code 464 00:16:50,060 --> 00:16:52,459 there and taking everything there, 465 00:16:52,460 --> 00:16:53,899 because one thing that we found out is 466 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:55,489 that many people say that they're going 467 00:16:55,490 --> 00:16:57,739 to be publishing things along the way and 468 00:16:57,740 --> 00:16:59,839 maybe they do sometime down the 469 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,489 down the road. 470 00:17:01,490 --> 00:17:03,679 But it's completely different in terms 471 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,439 of the mentality that it creates 472 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,328 for the engineers and the teams that are 473 00:17:08,329 --> 00:17:11,659 working together to get everything public 474 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:14,209 from day zero until 475 00:17:14,210 --> 00:17:16,399 the project is is delivered the 476 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,358 right to visibility. 477 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,429 And it gives a much better history 478 00:17:19,430 --> 00:17:20,868 of the project. So you can see what are 479 00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:23,210 the mistakes were made and and whatnot 480 00:17:24,950 --> 00:17:27,078 in the process of almost completing 481 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,849 the satellite, we had to create the 482 00:17:28,850 --> 00:17:30,679 telecom month and control capability 483 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,019 itself, and that's built on top of sudden 484 00:17:33,020 --> 00:17:34,339 looks. You're going to be hitting about 485 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:35,729 certain books in the next book. 486 00:17:35,730 --> 00:17:37,519 That's the ground station network that we 487 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,799 have and again trying 488 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,049 to stay as modular as possible 489 00:17:42,050 --> 00:17:44,269 so that other missions can to use 490 00:17:44,270 --> 00:17:45,270 this. 491 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:47,599 So here are a couple of photos about the 492 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,669 last integration steps of the 493 00:17:49,670 --> 00:17:51,799 satellite in the local hackerspace 494 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,949 space. Here we are on the 495 00:17:53,950 --> 00:17:55,869 vibrational testing team, but 496 00:17:55,870 --> 00:17:57,249 unfortunately, we couldn't build the 497 00:17:57,250 --> 00:17:59,739 vibrational tape they built ourselves, 498 00:17:59,740 --> 00:18:01,449 although they said silence that we should 499 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:02,589 accept for the next satellite. 500 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,069 And you can see the satellite thing there 501 00:18:06,070 --> 00:18:08,349 in the vibration box 502 00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:10,170 ready to be tested on one of the boxes. 503 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:14,979 And here is a vacuum chamber 504 00:18:14,980 --> 00:18:17,559 that does the thermal testing. 505 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,529 So basically, you put something in there. 506 00:18:20,530 --> 00:18:22,689 There is vacuum generated inside 507 00:18:22,690 --> 00:18:24,999 the the 508 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,129 box itself, and then there 509 00:18:27,130 --> 00:18:29,139 are thermal cycles that you go through. 510 00:18:29,140 --> 00:18:31,539 So plus 40 degrees Celsius, 511 00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:33,009 minus 20 degrees Celsius. 512 00:18:33,010 --> 00:18:35,139 And that again and again, simulating 513 00:18:35,140 --> 00:18:37,359 as much as you can the space environment. 514 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:38,619 And we built it also 515 00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:42,009 from scratch as we couldn't have access 516 00:18:42,010 --> 00:18:44,109 to a facility like this. 517 00:18:45,490 --> 00:18:47,229 That's the satellite right after the 518 00:18:47,230 --> 00:18:48,519 thermal vacuum testing. 519 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:52,059 And then unfortunately, we couldn't build 520 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:53,859 an ongoing chamber like this because 521 00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:54,860 that's quite huge. 522 00:18:56,230 --> 00:18:58,419 This is a military facility in 523 00:18:58,420 --> 00:19:00,309 Greece that we got access. 524 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:02,259 Actually, it's demilitarized now, so 525 00:19:02,260 --> 00:19:03,260 that's good. 526 00:19:04,150 --> 00:19:06,849 And we got access to 527 00:19:06,850 --> 00:19:08,529 to do some testing around the 528 00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:10,299 electromagnetic compatibility and the 529 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:12,009 electromagnetic interference here among 530 00:19:12,010 --> 00:19:13,539 the components. 531 00:19:13,540 --> 00:19:15,669 So this is my knowledge are happy are 532 00:19:15,670 --> 00:19:17,949 defensive near that the audio components 533 00:19:17,950 --> 00:19:19,150 actually worked as predicted, 534 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:22,809 and those are the final pictures 535 00:19:22,810 --> 00:19:24,159 of the satellite to literally a day 536 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,459 before it was delivered to the 537 00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:29,689 launch coordinator. 538 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:31,729 That then it can be integrated into the 539 00:19:31,730 --> 00:19:33,939 deployed as we were going to be seeing. 540 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:36,039 So this is a photo of 541 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,109 the US 542 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,239 basically delivering the satellite to the 543 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,729 big clean room of the integrator. 544 00:19:42,730 --> 00:19:43,989 Those are some final touches on the 545 00:19:43,990 --> 00:19:45,789 satellite itself. One of the science 546 00:19:45,790 --> 00:19:48,159 components have to be integrated 547 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,689 at the end of it, and this is the 548 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,669 official picture of the liberty of the 549 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:52,869 satellite. 550 00:19:52,870 --> 00:19:56,439 And that happened August 2016. 551 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,749 And from that point, you just wait, 552 00:19:58,750 --> 00:19:59,769 there's nothing you can do. You have 553 00:19:59,770 --> 00:20:01,179 delivered your satellite. 554 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:02,439 You're just waiting for the other 555 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,839 satellite to come in, get delivered, 556 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,299 be integrated 557 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,369 inside the deployer box, 558 00:20:09,370 --> 00:20:11,349 which is basically an aluminum box with 559 00:20:12,490 --> 00:20:14,589 a spring on one side and then a 560 00:20:14,590 --> 00:20:16,599 door on the other side and that gets in 561 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,789 space. The door opens, spring 562 00:20:18,790 --> 00:20:20,589 pushes the satellites out, and that's the 563 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:22,539 deployment. There's nothing more fancy 564 00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:24,609 around it. So you can see 565 00:20:24,610 --> 00:20:26,769 you be on the left side and then 566 00:20:26,770 --> 00:20:28,869 barely see the next CubeSat 567 00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:30,939 next to us. That's a French satellite 568 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,249 effort of 04 from 569 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,359 Cuba 50 program also. 570 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,519 So that happened August and September 571 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,379 2016. 572 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,599 And then once everything is integrated, 573 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,819 they have to be exported to us, get 574 00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:46,820 into the 575 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:50,609 delivery spacecraft, 576 00:20:50,610 --> 00:20:52,389 to the International Space Station. 577 00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:54,669 That was our launch procedure would 578 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,169 we would be delivered to the 579 00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:57,429 International Space Station. 580 00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:59,349 And once we had up there, we would be 581 00:20:59,350 --> 00:21:01,869 deployed from the SS 582 00:21:01,870 --> 00:21:03,669 and we were waiting and waiting. 583 00:21:03,670 --> 00:21:04,689 And for those of you that have been 584 00:21:04,690 --> 00:21:06,789 following space exploration 585 00:21:06,790 --> 00:21:08,949 and space time schedules, 586 00:21:08,950 --> 00:21:10,509 it can be really frustrating like one 587 00:21:10,510 --> 00:21:12,069 thing led to another and there is always 588 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:13,389 delays on the launches and everything 589 00:21:13,390 --> 00:21:16,029 else. But the magical moment came 590 00:21:16,030 --> 00:21:18,789 and that happened on the 17th 591 00:21:18,790 --> 00:21:20,799 of May 2000 and 592 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,950 2017. So this year, basically. 593 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:26,559 So we were waiting for almost eight 594 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,919 months basically to 595 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,209 to get to see our our satellite in space. 596 00:21:31,210 --> 00:21:33,039 And once you are in space, then you have 597 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,019 to wait another month in order to be 598 00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:37,059 deployed out of the ice. 599 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:38,289 And that's the magical moment of 600 00:21:38,290 --> 00:21:40,329 deployment. You can see the people 601 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:42,309 opening and pushing the three satellites 602 00:21:42,310 --> 00:21:43,969 up outwards. 603 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,549 And the first one would be our satellite 604 00:21:45,550 --> 00:21:47,859 and then to others following following 605 00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:48,860 that. 606 00:21:49,180 --> 00:21:51,039 And you can see the glorious bundles of 607 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,509 solar abundance of Ice S2. 608 00:21:52,510 --> 00:21:53,679 It's a really nice picture. 609 00:21:56,890 --> 00:21:57,890 Thank you. 610 00:22:04,370 --> 00:22:07,429 And then you wait again, 611 00:22:07,430 --> 00:22:09,109 but this time you wait for a short time 612 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:11,149 and you have to wait for basically 30 613 00:22:11,150 --> 00:22:13,189 minutes. The regulations state that once 614 00:22:13,190 --> 00:22:15,289 you are deployed from ISIS, you have to 615 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:17,449 shut down everything for 30 minutes and 616 00:22:17,450 --> 00:22:19,819 then start pulling everything 617 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:22,069 in in operational mode because 618 00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:24,349 you have to be far away enough, far away 619 00:22:24,350 --> 00:22:26,659 from the ISIS itself 620 00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:28,819 in order to not interfere with anything 621 00:22:28,820 --> 00:22:30,829 which is a human rated environment. 622 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:32,599 Because are astronauts actually in ISIS? 623 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,299 And you wouldn't want to upset that, that 624 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:36,300 that part. 625 00:22:37,310 --> 00:22:39,379 So we have 626 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:41,209 the global ground station network. 627 00:22:41,210 --> 00:22:43,339 So we were scheduling busses of the 628 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:45,769 predicted position of the upset 629 00:22:45,770 --> 00:22:46,879 and rightfully so. 630 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:47,930 30 minutes after 631 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,949 the satellite we got, we 632 00:22:51,950 --> 00:22:53,539 got word that the satellite was deployed 633 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:55,339 from the ISIS. 634 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:57,799 There was one bus off the 635 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,109 Ubisoft above one of our ground stations 636 00:23:00,110 --> 00:23:01,369 in Bloomington, Indiana, 637 00:23:02,690 --> 00:23:04,339 and that was 3:00 a.m. 638 00:23:04,340 --> 00:23:05,539 in the morning from Bloomington. 639 00:23:05,540 --> 00:23:07,819 And we were all actually traveling 640 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,409 to us for a different conference. 641 00:23:09,410 --> 00:23:11,179 And we're anxiously waiting to see if the 642 00:23:11,180 --> 00:23:12,439 upset is alive. 643 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,839 And you can see there in the middle. 644 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:15,949 I cannot even point to that. 645 00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:17,480 But the room in the middle of the 646 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,809 of the waterfall that you see here, you 647 00:23:20,810 --> 00:23:23,359 can see the CW beacon of the 648 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,489 CubeSat, some 649 00:23:25,490 --> 00:23:27,619 anxious minutes of decoding and trying to 650 00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:29,359 figure out if it's actually our satellite 651 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:30,889 or someone else because you have multiple 652 00:23:30,890 --> 00:23:33,229 deployments of satellites and then 653 00:23:33,230 --> 00:23:35,959 clearer, more clear passes 654 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,579 come along from the ground station 655 00:23:37,580 --> 00:23:39,409 network. And we can clearly see that this 656 00:23:39,410 --> 00:23:41,509 is us beginning so super 657 00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:43,159 happy times for the team that it actually 658 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,160 worked. 659 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,699 And then we started monitoring the 660 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,589 process and you know how the satellite is 661 00:23:48,590 --> 00:23:49,969 performing, and you can see some of the 662 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,939 initial diagrams that the charging cycles 663 00:23:52,940 --> 00:23:54,989 of the satellite itself. 664 00:23:54,990 --> 00:23:56,539 We're pretty happy that, you know, most 665 00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:58,069 of the components we're actually working 666 00:23:58,070 --> 00:24:00,139 on. Not everything worked 667 00:24:00,140 --> 00:24:01,609 as expected. 668 00:24:01,610 --> 00:24:03,649 And that's, you know, like, unfortunate 669 00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:05,449 to some extent, but really, that's to be 670 00:24:05,450 --> 00:24:07,429 expected and especially, you know, first 671 00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:10,249 timer seen in space missions like us. 672 00:24:10,250 --> 00:24:11,809 And although we could see, you know, most 673 00:24:11,810 --> 00:24:13,879 of the things working really well, one of 674 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,589 the things was really not accounted for 675 00:24:15,590 --> 00:24:18,319 and that was the consumption 676 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,319 of the heating around the battery 677 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,179 component itself. 678 00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:25,009 So we had to hit the batteries in order 679 00:24:25,010 --> 00:24:26,569 to make sure that they're not degraded if 680 00:24:26,570 --> 00:24:28,969 they fall below, you know, zero 681 00:24:28,970 --> 00:24:29,970 degrees Celsius. 682 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,389 But at the same time, the consumption of 683 00:24:32,390 --> 00:24:34,159 those heat that is was actually large 684 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,259 enough that we expected more 685 00:24:36,260 --> 00:24:38,419 thermal insulation than we actually 686 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,069 saw in space. 687 00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:42,349 So we had to overuse that, and right now 688 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:43,699 we are in the phase that the satellite is 689 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:44,599 operational. 690 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,549 But at the same time, most of the time is 691 00:24:46,550 --> 00:24:48,799 actually in safe mode in terms of power 692 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,079 itself. So it senses that it's going 693 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,149 below the power that is, you know, 694 00:24:53,150 --> 00:24:55,249 like safe enough to to 695 00:24:55,250 --> 00:24:57,079 use all the different components and 696 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,149 protect itself by cutting down the 697 00:24:59,150 --> 00:25:00,289 various different components. 698 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:02,269 And then once it started this again, it 699 00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:04,010 begins and says that it's OK 700 00:25:05,090 --> 00:25:07,249 and then same same thing goes 701 00:25:07,250 --> 00:25:08,149 on and on. 702 00:25:08,150 --> 00:25:09,379 That means, unfortunately, we cannot 703 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:11,539 perform the science mission to do its 704 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:12,679 entirety. 705 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,509 But still, if we can communicate and 706 00:25:14,510 --> 00:25:16,729 actually have, you know, these beacons 707 00:25:16,730 --> 00:25:18,709 that verifies that many of the things 708 00:25:18,710 --> 00:25:20,779 that we built were designed 709 00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:22,099 correctly. 710 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:24,979 So what can we learn from that? 711 00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:26,779 That it's really not rocket science? 712 00:25:26,780 --> 00:25:28,069 Well, it is some extent, 713 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,009 but it's really not as hard as people 714 00:25:31,010 --> 00:25:32,509 think it is. 715 00:25:32,510 --> 00:25:34,669 And the critical thing for us would 716 00:25:34,670 --> 00:25:36,739 be to make sure 717 00:25:36,740 --> 00:25:38,869 that no one has has to 718 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,999 go through the same ordeal that we did in 719 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,129 terms of lack of documentation and 720 00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:45,499 lack of open code 721 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,929 or hardware or best practices, 722 00:25:47,930 --> 00:25:49,069 you know, to create the mission for 723 00:25:49,070 --> 00:25:49,969 themselves. 724 00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:52,849 So what we set out to do after 725 00:25:52,850 --> 00:25:54,919 CubeSat was basically 726 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,379 to try to find who 727 00:25:57,380 --> 00:25:58,929 else is interested in an open sort of 728 00:25:58,930 --> 00:26:00,229 satellites. 729 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:02,869 So we co-organized 730 00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:04,249 an open source CubeSat workshop, the 731 00:26:04,250 --> 00:26:06,679 first of its kind in 732 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,139 the European Space Agency facilities 733 00:26:09,140 --> 00:26:11,239 in Darmstadt, and that happened almost a 734 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,489 month ago, and that was pretty 735 00:26:13,490 --> 00:26:15,079 successful for a first gathering of 736 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,249 people around open source, 737 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:18,829 especially if you consider that open 738 00:26:18,830 --> 00:26:21,139 source was not really a word here, 739 00:26:21,140 --> 00:26:23,209 then the space industry up 740 00:26:23,210 --> 00:26:24,709 until really recently. 741 00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:26,989 So we would like to extend the goal to 742 00:26:26,990 --> 00:26:28,969 all of you and all of you watching the 743 00:26:28,970 --> 00:26:30,589 ceremony right now that if you have in 744 00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:32,549 mind something which is related to open 745 00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:34,669 open source, it's open source 746 00:26:34,670 --> 00:26:37,009 and it's related to space technologies. 747 00:26:37,010 --> 00:26:39,049 Feel free to reach out. 748 00:26:39,050 --> 00:26:41,269 We are creating a as much diverse 749 00:26:41,270 --> 00:26:43,789 and global community of people, 750 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:44,989 which we named a little bit of space 751 00:26:44,990 --> 00:26:47,149 community and would like to claim 752 00:26:47,150 --> 00:26:49,879 space the Liberty Way and make sure that 753 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,069 you know no one has to reinvent the wheel 754 00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:54,679 and we can really work on innovative 755 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,229 projects at the edge of the today's 756 00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:59,599 available things in technology. 757 00:27:00,890 --> 00:27:01,969 So. Thank you. 758 00:27:01,970 --> 00:27:03,660 I look forward because this is. 759 00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:17,319 So that was Peter Papyrus. 760 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:18,819 We still have a little bit of time for 761 00:27:18,820 --> 00:27:21,159 Q&A, if you have questions, 762 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,899 please line up at the mics. 763 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,329 We have four in the whole area. 764 00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:27,609 So just line up and you will be 765 00:27:27,610 --> 00:27:28,719 called up. 766 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,759 We'll just start up with Mike one. 767 00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:34,719 Yeah, you for the interesting, 768 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,309 interesting presentation. 769 00:27:36,310 --> 00:27:38,619 I actually wondered what 770 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:40,809 you would guess, how long it would 771 00:27:40,810 --> 00:27:43,029 take actually to get some 772 00:27:43,030 --> 00:27:45,759 like Openserve satellites 773 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,219 with inverted vampire transponders 774 00:27:48,220 --> 00:27:50,829 up into low orbit. 775 00:27:50,830 --> 00:27:52,749 Like, you know, we have held such too, 776 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:55,179 which is going to be up there, hopefully 777 00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:57,729 in 2018, but it's on a commercial 778 00:27:57,730 --> 00:28:00,249 satellite from the Qatar satellite 779 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:02,109 company and cooperation with Amazon and 780 00:28:02,110 --> 00:28:04,179 so on. But what would you guess like 781 00:28:04,180 --> 00:28:06,669 getting such a transponder 782 00:28:06,670 --> 00:28:09,069 only as an open source project 783 00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:11,799 with no commercial and no secondary 784 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,049 status of actually the project 785 00:28:14,050 --> 00:28:16,419 and and the payload itself? 786 00:28:16,420 --> 00:28:18,549 So that has to come from close 787 00:28:18,550 --> 00:28:20,139 collaboration with the ISF communities 788 00:28:20,140 --> 00:28:21,429 around the world. 789 00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:23,739 I'm aware of phase four ground 790 00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:25,869 and phase four space, which are arms that 791 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:28,899 backed projects for such specific 792 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,579 technology aspect of the transporter 793 00:28:30,580 --> 00:28:31,539 itself. 794 00:28:31,540 --> 00:28:33,609 Unfortunately, I think that the pace that 795 00:28:33,610 --> 00:28:35,259 this is going on right now is, like, 796 00:28:35,260 --> 00:28:36,699 really slow, so I wouldn't expect 797 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,469 anything within 2018. 798 00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:39,670 As it stands right now, at least. 799 00:28:42,170 --> 00:28:44,359 I'm Mike, to please. 800 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,979 How do you call the electronics in 801 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:47,119 vacuum? 802 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,249 It's just a radiation enough 803 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:50,839 to dissipate it, to do some sort of 804 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,789 active cooling as well. 805 00:28:52,790 --> 00:28:54,859 So no active cooling or you have 806 00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:57,259 to rely on radiation and actually 807 00:28:57,260 --> 00:28:59,269 touching of thermal transfer through 808 00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:00,979 actual physical contact between the 809 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:01,980 different components. 810 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,419 OK, Mike Farr, please. 811 00:29:06,420 --> 00:29:09,479 Hi, thanks so much for the information. 812 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,089 I was wondering about the GPS chips. 813 00:29:12,090 --> 00:29:14,519 As far as I know, consumer available 814 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,509 are locked. 815 00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:18,089 So what did you do about it? 816 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,229 I'm wondering. 817 00:29:19,230 --> 00:29:20,009 Thanks. 818 00:29:20,010 --> 00:29:22,109 Yeah. So that's one of the black spots 819 00:29:22,110 --> 00:29:24,269 of the open source 820 00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:26,549 side of things. And the 821 00:29:26,550 --> 00:29:29,069 concept is that in order to use a dips 822 00:29:29,070 --> 00:29:31,619 in such altitude and such velocity, 823 00:29:31,620 --> 00:29:33,839 you have to have a tip which has 824 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,209 a license to bypass the local 825 00:29:36,210 --> 00:29:38,279 restrictions, which are the restrictions 826 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,959 put in place for four jeeps. 827 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,609 So you have to buy that and this is not 828 00:29:41,610 --> 00:29:43,679 open source and you buy the actual, you 829 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,649 know, Zips receiver 830 00:29:46,650 --> 00:29:48,359 consumer available. 831 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,459 Yeah, although it's pricey like 832 00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:51,839 you can get to a couple of thousand. 833 00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:54,430 Mike one, please. 834 00:29:55,470 --> 00:29:57,539 Hi. So first of all, thanks for 835 00:29:57,540 --> 00:29:59,039 doing the hard work for us. 836 00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:03,299 Um, I think you did some 837 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:04,449 cost evaluations. 838 00:30:04,450 --> 00:30:06,539 So is there an area any 839 00:30:06,540 --> 00:30:08,699 numbers you can give us? 840 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:10,829 Yeah. So the total cost for 841 00:30:10,830 --> 00:30:13,169 the hardware of the satellite 842 00:30:13,170 --> 00:30:15,509 amounted around thirty 843 00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:17,669 thousand dollars, 844 00:30:17,670 --> 00:30:19,529 and almost half of it was actually the 845 00:30:19,530 --> 00:30:21,849 solar panels, which we should invest 846 00:30:21,850 --> 00:30:23,999 on creating open source solutions 847 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,459 about, like actually doing that. 848 00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:28,109 And then for the whole project itself, 849 00:30:28,110 --> 00:30:29,129 like together with the engineers that 850 00:30:29,130 --> 00:30:30,569 worked on it and everything else, like, I 851 00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:32,069 would say that the total was around one 852 00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:34,179 hundred and twenty thousand like 853 00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,029 together with the launch and everything 854 00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:37,529 like the entirety of the project. 855 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:41,100 Mike, four, 856 00:30:42,950 --> 00:30:45,019 took two little questions, 857 00:30:45,020 --> 00:30:47,629 the first question can I, 858 00:30:47,630 --> 00:30:51,049 as a random person, 859 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:54,529 try to communicate with your satellite? 860 00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:56,269 OK, I see. 861 00:30:56,270 --> 00:30:57,199 Yes. 862 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,630 Yes. Then there's the next question 863 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,959 Is this alone enough 864 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,019 to postulate kind of 865 00:31:06,020 --> 00:31:08,269 open source global 866 00:31:08,270 --> 00:31:09,920 satellite to better measure, 867 00:31:11,210 --> 00:31:13,549 like taking, you know, 868 00:31:13,550 --> 00:31:15,979 five form to another level? 869 00:31:15,980 --> 00:31:18,819 Yeah. Although another way 870 00:31:18,820 --> 00:31:20,569 we would be really interesting on talking 871 00:31:20,570 --> 00:31:22,369 with any of anyone who's developing 872 00:31:22,370 --> 00:31:24,139 networks like terrestrial networks right 873 00:31:24,140 --> 00:31:26,329 now on actually how we can move this 874 00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:27,589 to space. 875 00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:29,539 And yes, we're super interested about 876 00:31:29,540 --> 00:31:31,309 that. There's been a couple of ideas, so 877 00:31:31,310 --> 00:31:33,199 feel free to reach out or actually do 878 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,029 reach out, not feel free. 879 00:31:35,030 --> 00:31:37,129 You or anyone else that is interested in 880 00:31:37,130 --> 00:31:38,959 creating networks of satellites. 881 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,119 We actually have a table on 882 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,179 the threshold, guys, 883 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:45,889 and there's a space foundation table and 884 00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:47,029 there is a ground station. You can find 885 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:48,169 it for sure. 886 00:31:48,170 --> 00:31:49,170 So, yeah, 887 00:31:50,210 --> 00:31:52,849 I'm Mike to please. 888 00:31:52,850 --> 00:31:54,949 So the CubeSat 889 00:31:54,950 --> 00:31:57,139 ideas are a little 890 00:31:57,140 --> 00:31:58,519 bit older and stuff. 891 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,769 And so what I was wondering, as 892 00:32:00,770 --> 00:32:03,139 it is also like used commercial 893 00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:05,689 lead by like companies like Planet, 894 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:07,309 we are doing these imaging solutions and 895 00:32:07,310 --> 00:32:08,310 stuff. 896 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:10,999 Have you had any experience working with 897 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,859 like these startup companies who are also 898 00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:14,569 working with, like basically the same 899 00:32:14,570 --> 00:32:16,129 technology as you are? 900 00:32:16,130 --> 00:32:18,409 And do you think that there's a future 901 00:32:18,410 --> 00:32:20,329 of like maybe like learning from each 902 00:32:20,330 --> 00:32:21,619 other? 903 00:32:21,620 --> 00:32:23,959 Yeah, I think that the the answer 904 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,119 to that lies on the 905 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,619 difference on the business model is 906 00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:28,909 around those initiatives. 907 00:32:28,910 --> 00:32:31,129 And as long as the business model itself 908 00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:33,679 that got in commercial and off the shelf 909 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,839 suppliers of satellite components is 910 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:37,939 based around actually licensing 911 00:32:37,940 --> 00:32:40,099 the code and well paying for 912 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,379 that license and 913 00:32:42,380 --> 00:32:44,119 paying for getting access to any kind of 914 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,469 recommendation, not even the designs 915 00:32:45,470 --> 00:32:46,939 itself. Like most of the times, you don't 916 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:49,369 even get to design, even if you pay, 917 00:32:49,370 --> 00:32:51,469 then that's completely different from 918 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:52,939 our approach in terms of, you know, how 919 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:54,589 we can create sustainability around that. 920 00:32:55,730 --> 00:32:57,109 I think that there are ways of 921 00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:59,299 collaboration, but really that 922 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,669 has to come through hard work 923 00:33:01,670 --> 00:33:03,439 among each other in order to find the 924 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,939 sweet spots on that. 925 00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:07,309 But for us, you know, not working 926 00:33:07,310 --> 00:33:08,479 in the open is not an option. 927 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,849 So like, that step has to come 928 00:33:10,850 --> 00:33:12,140 to some sense from the other side to. 929 00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:16,869 So I think for three, we don't 930 00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:18,069 have any time anymore. 931 00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:19,349 That was pure. 932 00:33:19,350 --> 00:33:20,349 Thank you very much. 933 00:33:20,350 --> 00:33:21,430 Thank you. Awesome talk. 934 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:41,220 The.