Secondary Payload Users Guide Spaceflight, Inc. …

1 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. i Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide 3415 S. 116th St, Suite 123 Tukwila, WA 98168 Telephone: Fax: Web: Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. ii Document Revision History Rev Approval Date Changes ECN No. Sections / Pages Approved CM A Initial Release B Revision 1 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Document Revision History .. ii 1 Introduction .. 1 Document Overview .. 1 Spaceflight Overview .. 1 Launch Service Structure .. 3 Procuring Spaceflight 4 Spaceflight Secondary Payload System (SSPS) Overview .. 5 SHERPA In-Space Tug .. 8 Hosted Payloads .. 8 2 Secondary Payload Accommodations and Interfaces .. 9 Payload Adapters / Canisters.

2 9 CalPoly 3U P-POD .. 10 ISIS 3U and 6U adapters .. 11 Planetary Systems Adapters .. 11 Sierra Nevada 24 Inch Separation Mechanism .. 11 Electrical Interfaces .. 12 Custom Interfaces .. 13 3 Environments .. 14 Pre-Launch .. 14 Transportation and Handling .. 14 Humidity, Cleanliness, and Thermal Control .. 14 Storage Facility, prior to Adapter 14 Encapsulated in Payload Fairing .. 14 During transport from PPF .. 14 On-pad encapsulated .. 14 Launch .. 15 Inertial Loads .. 15 Sinusoidal Vibration .. 16 Random Vibration .. 16 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. iv Combined Loads .. 18 Acoustics .. 18 Shock .. 21 Electromagnetic Environment .. 22 Payload Temperature Exposure .. 22 Ascent Venting .. 22 4 Payload Design Considerations .. 23 Secondary Payload Coordinate System .. 23 Mass and Center of Mass 24 Secondary Payload Volume .. 25 Modal Characteristics.

3 27 Electromagnetic Compatibility .. 28 Handling .. 29 Pressurized Systems .. 29 Actuated / Energetic Systems .. 29 5 Mission Integration .. 30 Integration Management .. 30 Standard Service 33 Mission Analysis and Planning .. 33 Coupled Loads Analysis .. 33 RF Compatibility Analysis .. 33 Thermal Analysis .. 34 Separation and Clearance Analysis .. 34 Acoustic Analysis .. 34 Venting Analysis .. 34 Trajectory Analysis .. 34 Range Safety Analysis .. 35 EMI/EMC analysis .. 35 Post-flight Data Analysis .. 35 Documentation .. 35 6 Physical Integration and Launch Operations .. 37 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. v Payload Delivery and Processing .. 38 Payload Integration to the Payload Adapter .. 38 Adapter Mating to the Launch Vehicle .. 39 Transit to the Launch Pad .. 39 Flight Operations .. 39 8 Safety .. 40 Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations.

4 41 Appendix B Secondary Payload Questionnaire .. 42 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. vi LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 Spaceflight is a Payload Integrator Providing Access to a Range of Vehicles .. 1 Figure 1-2 Spaceflight and ISL offer Services on a Variety of Orbital and Suborbital Vehicles for Small and Secondary Payloads.. 2 Figure 1-3 Spaceflight is responsible for the interface between all Secondary Payloads.. 3 Figure 1-4 Secondary Payload Launch Services Timeline .. 4 Figure 1-5 Spaceflight has developed the Spaceflight Secondary Payload System (SSPS) to simplify certification for flight and integration with the launch vehicle.. 5 Figure 1-6 The Spaceflight / Andrews Team is working to incorporate small deployable fairings, or privacy covers, that can cover each shelf to address spacecraft ITAR or classification requirements.. 6 Figure 1-7 Examples of how Secondary Payloads are integrated for launch.

5 6 Figure 1-8 The SSPS has its own avionics suite, with integral batteries, to control the deployment of the Secondary Payloads.. 7 Figure 2-1 Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer (P-POD) Configuration .. 10 Figure 2-2 P-POD, Post-Deployment (Ref: P-POD Mk III ICD) .. 10 Figure 2-3 Reference Figure 1-8 .. 13 Figure 3-1 Launch Vehicle Inertial Load Factors .. 15 Figure 3-2 Random Vibration Environment .. 16 Figure 3-3 Launch Vehicle Acoustic Environment .. 19 Figure 3-4 Launch Vehicle shock response at Payload Interface .. 21 Figure 3-5 Typical Launch Vehicle RF Emissions .. 22 Figure 4-1 Payload Adapter Secondary Payload Coordinate System .. 23 Figure 4-2 Allowable Spacecraft Mass and Center-of-Gravity on Payload Adapter .. 24 Figure 4-3 Payload Adapter Stay-out Zone Definition .. 25 Figure 4-4 Top-view of SSPS Payload Envelopes for Falcon 9 fairing .. 26 Figure 4-5 Top-view of SSPS Payload Envelopes for Falcon 9 w/ DragonLab .. 26 Figure 4-6 Top-view of SSPS Payload Envelopes for Antares launch vehicle.

6 27 Figure 4-7 Maximum Allowable Narrowband Secondary Payload Radiated E-fields (Ref ESPA UG) .. 28 Figure 4-8 Secondary Payload Broadband Radiation Limits (Ref ESPA UG) .. 28 Figure 5-1 High Level SSPS Integration Schedule .. 32 Figure 6-1 Overview of Physical Integration Operations .. 37 Figure 6-2 Notional Pre-Launch Schedule (For Preliminary Planning Purposes Only) .. 38 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. vii LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 Secondary Payload Envelopes .. 9 Table 2-2 Secondary Payload Adapters and Canisters .. 9 Table 2-3 The Payload Computer interfaces with three other electronic elements to provide a wide range of analog and discreet I/O, as well as Payload telemetry.. 12 Table 3-1 Payload Environments During Ground Processing .. 14 Table 3-2 Random Vibration MPE Levels .. 17 Table 3-3 Launch Vehicle Acoustic Environment .. 20 Table 4-1 Secondary Payload Envelopes.

7 25 Table 5-1 Standard Mission Integration Process .. 31 Table 5-2 Required Mission-Specific Documentation .. 36 Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. 1 1 Introduction Document Overview This Secondary Payload Users Guide (SPUG) is published by Spaceflight, Inc. to provide information to Customers wishing to launch their Payload or spacecraft using our services. This Guide includes an overview of launch services using the Spaceflight Secondary Payload System (SSPS), as well as the expected interfaces, environments, and operations associated with launching Secondary payloads. Further information regarding Secondary Payload launches may be obtained by contacting Spaceflight directly through our website at Spaceflight Overview Spaceflight, Inc. (Spaceflight) was founded in order to provide launch services for small and Secondary payloads using the excess capacity of large launch vehicles.

8 Spaceflight has focused on three guiding business principles: Standardized interfaces to facilitate quick and routine Payload integration Commercial pricing Frequent flight opportunities to create a pipeline for the launch of small and Secondary payloads. In this manner, the Customer purchases Payload integration and space flight services from Spaceflight. The launch vehicle provider acts as a wholesaler of launch services whereby Spaceflight has agreements with the launch vehicle providers to market and contract for flight services at approved pricing. Spaceflight is responsible for analytically and physically integrating multiple payloads into a package that is treated as a major discreet Payload for manifesting purposes on the launch provider s vehicle. Figure 1-1 provides an overview of this service arrangement. Figure 1-1 Spaceflight is a Payload Integrator Providing Access to a Range of Vehicles -Support Manifesting - Mission Analysis / Feasibility- Manage Payload Integration - Coordinate with range / supportcertification- Conduct / verify payloadintegration- Operations planning- On-orbit operations support / - TT&CSpaceflight Secondary Payload Integrator:-SpaceX- United Launch Alliance - Orbital Sciences- Suborbital Vehicles- OthersLaunch ServiceProviders:Deployed:- Cubesats- Nanospacecraft- ESPA Class PayloadsAttached:- Pressurized - UnpressurizedSmall / Secondary Payload Customer:- Payload Support Equipment(ABC, ESPA Ring, Etc.)

9 - Test Facilities and Equipment- Range Operator- Payload Integration FacilitiesSupport Infrastructure:Spaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. 2 In its brief history, Spaceflight has put in place a wide range of agreements to secure space access from multiple orbital and suborbital launch providers: In 2010, Spaceflight and SpaceX signed a MOU to manifest payloads on DragonLab missions. In 2010, Spaceflight and Innovative Space Logistics (ISL) teamed to provide an expanded global network of launch opportunities for foreign and domestic orbital launch vehicles. In 2010, Spaceflight and XCOR signed an agreement to manifest payloads on XCOR suborbital vehicles. In 2011, Spaceflight and SpaceX agreed to manifest small and Secondary payloads on Falcon 9 launches with excess capacity. Through these agreements and partnerships, Spaceflight has developed a network as a means to provide spaceflight services on a variety of orbital and suborbital vehicles for small and Secondary payloads.

10 Thus Spaceflight provides a single one stop shop for integrating a wide range of suborbital and orbital payloads by providing them with responsive space access (Figure 1-2). Figure 1-2 Spaceflight and ISL offer Services on a Variety of Orbital and Suborbital Vehicles for Small and Secondary Payloads. Reusable Suborbital VehiclesSounding RocketsPayload RecoveryDragonLabHosted PayloadsHosted Payloads on SHERPAORBITALSUBORBITALD eployed Small / Secondary PayloadsLEOGTO / GSOLLOP ayloads to GSO / LLO using SHERPA30-100 km100+kmSpaceflight, Inc. Secondary Payload Users Guide SF-2100-PUG-00001 Rev B March 2012 Approved for Public Release. 3 Launch Service Structure Consistent with its role as the Secondary Payload service provider, Spaceflight coordinates with the Launch Service Provider (LSP) to conduct all mission integration activities to manifest the Customer s Payload . To support this effort, all Customers are responsible for supporting the manifesting and integration process.