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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
Low Cost
Tactical Launch
Mr. John London
Responsive Space Tech Div
Space & Cyberspace Tech Dir
Technology Center
256-955-5287
26 October 2011
4thWernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Distribution A –Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited.
USASMDC/ARSTRAT Release #1262, 3 Aug 2011.
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
Benefits of Nanosatellites in LEO
Low Cost
•Per-Unit Cost Very Low
•Enables Affordable Satellite Constellations
•Minimal Personnel and Logistics Tail
•Frequent Technology Refresh
Survivability
•Fly Above Threats and Crowded Airspace
•Constellations Degrade Gracefully
•Augmentation and Reconstitution are Rapid
•ASAT Engagement Cost Ratio in Our Favor
•Very Small Target
Responsiveness
•Rapidly Designed and Built
•Rapid, Short-Notice Deployment
•Tasked from Theater
•Persistent and Globally Available
•Can Adapt to the Threat
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””SMDC’s NanoSatellite Initiatives
•Low-Cost Launch Capability -$1M to Orbit
•Augmentable with ATACMS / MLRS Motors
•Target Vehicle, Sensor Testing, Long Range Strike
•Responsive Nanosat Orbital Launch
•Innovative yet Simple Design Approach
•15 kg Mass -$1M Each
•1.5m Imagery Resolution
•Tasked from Theater
•Launch 2012
Kestrel Eye
SMDC-ONE
•4kg Mass Cubesat -$300K Each
•Data Exfil / Over-The-Horizon Comms
•8 Flight-Ready Satellites Designed and
Built in One Year
•1stLaunch 8 Dec 2010
SMDC TechSat
NanoEye
Small Agile Tactical Satellite
ORS EnablerSat
Soldier-Warfighter Operationally Responsive Deployer for Space
(SWORDS)
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
SMDC-ONE First Flight
•Launched 8 Dec 2010 on Falcon 9
•SMDC-ONE flew as a secondary
�Deployed in low 35 day orbit
�CubeSat placed in 34.5 deg inclination
with Huntsville at ~34.5 deg N Latitude
•First Army satellite launched since
October 1960
•Down linked state-of-health data from
cubesat on first pass
•Exchanged files between Huntsville
and Colorado Springs 1000
land miles away
•Operated solely by in-house SMDC
personnel
•Successful exfiltration of unattended
ground sensor (UGS) data
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
Why Dedicated Small Launchers?
Riding as hitchhikers on large
launch vehicles will not put you
in the right orbiton the right
schedule
To achieve persistence from space
for the ground warfighter,
nanosats need to be deployed in
low earth orbit in large numbers
Targeted replacement of a nanosat
within the constellation needs a
responsive launcher that closely
matches the satellite’s price
point
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
Rapid Response to JFC Requirements
Low Cost Missile Defense Target
Augment and Reconstitute Capability
Rapid Test of New Technologies
Assemble
Transport
Launch
Ops
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Multiple ConOps for Low Cost Tactical Launch
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The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
““Secure the High Ground
Secure the High Ground””
Low Cost Tactical Launch
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