Cost effective Approach to Smallsat ProjectsA Satellite Manufacturers View on the Challenges of the Future

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2About UsYoung, Multicultural, Enthusiastic

German Orbital Systems (GOS) was founded in 2014 by two former scientific staff members of the TechnischeUniversität Berlin. Starting from scratch, the company developed multiple satellite subsystems and successfully entered the market in 2015. Inspired by new space companies from all over the world, GOS established a multicultural team of young, motivated experts. By the end of 2016 our portfolio included a variety of products, ranging from small satellite on-board computers to satellite deployment mechanisms. Our goal is to become a noteworthy player on the global market by 2020.

Spearheading New Space in Germany since 2014

Some Specifics of a Smallsat ProjectBuild fast, build reliable, build cheap – at the same time

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DurationTypical Time from

Kick-Off to Delivery < 2 Years

Tech-TransferCustomers often

request full technology transfer

IndividualityOften individual third-

party payloads are part of the deal

ReliabilityCustomers expect an active orbital lifetime

of at least 2 years

PricePrices vary from 100K for a simple barebone

Cubesat to 5M for a state of the art 100 kg

Satellite

Three Cornerstones of a Smallsat ProjectBuild fast, build reliable, build cheap – at the same time

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fixed reliablity

fixed duration fixed price

SmallsatProject

Main Cost DriversExample for a 6U Remote Sensing CubeSat Mission

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Engineering Labor Costs (from scratch)A typical CubeSat project requires 10-12 full-time Engineers for at least 2 years. Assuming yearly costs of 60K per person, this results in an overall amount of 1.5 M

MAIT CostsManufacturing costs (incl. buying third party components) for a 6U CubeSat lie below 200K for FM and EQM together, Testing can be performed for <50 K. Overall MAIT costs for such a project < 300 K.

Launch CostsFor a 6U CubeSat, a typical price (incl. the separation system) is 500K.

Organizing the WorkEfficient Teamwork as a Key to Cost Reduction

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EPS Development

Subsystem X

Interface Control

OBC Development

ProjectA

ProjectB

1 year

Our PortfolioSmall Satellite Subsystems and Turnkey Solutions

Our PortfolioOur CubeSat Subsystems

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Structure Redundancy Batteries OBC AOCS COM PDH

2U none 5.2 Ah none none UHF none3U dual cold 7.8 Ah basic magnetic S-Band customized6U dual hot 10.4 Ah advanced gravity X-Band standard12U triple cold custom high-end active

16U

custom

This approach allows us to provide 90 different, fully functional bare-bone CubeSats at the moment, which can be used for most of the applications, reducing the engineering effort. This allows for competitive pricings. We follow the same modular approach in our software development. By 2019 we will have more then 240 standard configurations.

Our PortfolioOur CubeSat Subsystems

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On Board ComputerBased on flight-proven components. Compatible with CubeSat Kit. Additional functions.

Battery CaseSealed battery compartment. Flight heritage from multiple missions.

CubeSat StructuresLightweight construction. Modular and scalable from 1U to 6U.

CubeSat EPSSuitable for 1U-3U CubeSats. Integrated Power Control Unit. Integrated Magnetic Coil Drivers. Flight proven components.

Our PortfolioOur CubeSat Subsystems

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UHF TransceiverD-Star compatible UHF transceiver. Flight qualified. Optimized for CubeSats.

Solar ArraysStandardized and custom solar arrays for CubeSats and Microsatellites.

Sun SensorI2C Interface, extremely low power consumption, attitude determination accuracy <1°

CMOS Camera10-MP camera with small form factor and ruggedized design.

Future DevelopmentsWhat will be next?

GSC 2017 2019

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Subsystems Development, Ongoing Updates

The baseline subsystems

have been developed

already. New ones will be

introduced in future to

expand the range of

possible applications. The

main vector of the next year

will be an active AOCS

system.

Introduction of our 1U to 6U

platforms for Technology

Demonstration,, Remote

Sensing and

Communication

Applications. Over 90

configurations possible at

the moment.

Introduction of our high end

CubeSat platforms for

sophisticated remote

sensing purposes. The top end of our product

portfolio will be integrated

in our building blocks

concept in 2019. With over

240 combination

possibilities we will cover

most of the possible

SmallSat applications then.

3U-6U Platform Market Entrance

12U and 16U Platform

100 kg Platform

Our PortfolioApplication Examples

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3U CubeSatBarebone 3U CubeSat for technology demonstration purposes.

6U CubeSatUsed for remote sensing with <5 m resolution or for technology demonstration. Active stabilization.

TUBSATBased on flight proven LAPAN-TUBSAT design. Custom payload. Heritage from TU Berlin.

MicrosatellitesUp to 100 kg Satellites. For high performance remote sensing missions. Sub-meter resolutions.

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www.orbitalsystems.de

German Orbital Systems GmbH

Reuchlinstr. 10-11

10553, Berlin, Germany

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