25 years of cool space projects
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25 Years of COOL SPACE Projects
Automatic Geophysical Observatory
256 kB Hard Drive
First Computers in Antarctica Included these two - Apple 2e
ATS-3 Antennas on roof of Main Dome at South Pole
First Phone Call via Satellite from South Pole – Dec 15, 1984
First Email from South Pole - Dec 15, 1984
This message comes to you from Goddard Space Flight Center, via the First South Pole Satellite Data Relay Link – ATS-3 to South Pole - Nimbus 7/Landsat 4&5 to McMurdo - Intelsat to Washington, DC. ( The only polar-orbiting Space Shuttle)
First Long Duration Balloon Flight from AntarcticaGRAD – Jan 11, 1988
Gamma Ray Detector – GRAD - on Ross Ice Shelf
Ultra LDB launched 9 Jan 2011
NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS)
TDRS Proof of Concept: 300Mbps from Black Island – Jan 1992 (Darwin Smith, lead)
Portcom: 1Watt & 3” antenna
Empty USAF radome moved 600 feet on Crater Hill, to see TDRS sats, Jan 2001
Satellites for Weather and Communications – circa 1990’s
Imaging Ozone by Satellite for NSF Balloon Science
Conversion to Launch Supports in January, 1994
VIP Trip to Thule, Greenland on NASA Administrator’s Private Jet - 1993
Ozone Imaging at Thule Air Base, Greenland - 1994
Resurrect a Tumbling SatelliteResurrect a Tumbling Satellite
ProblemProblem: How to command a Tumbling satellite How to command a Tumbling satellite when its internal power sources are deadwhen its internal power sources are dead
Background: Commanding from Around the earth was ineffective for almost three years. The satellite condition was unknown. Perhaps the thermal expansions have released the short but with tumbling the arrays are not lit by Sun long enough to power up the Spacecraftwas shorted out due to a thermal expansion
Solution: Send commands from Antarctica while Spacecraft is illuminated by Albedo
International Monitoring Platform, 1973 - 2008
Eight 30-ft Yagi Antennas on 60-ft tower in McMurdo, 1995 - 1997
Mike Staal:First Moon Bounce Communication From AntarcticaJan 1995
New Geosync Satellite Links to South Pole in 1994: GOES-3 & InMarSat-F1
South Pole Internet Enables Real time coverage of Comet Impacting Jupiter in mid-1994
ARCTIC
North Pole 1999
Portcom-Downloading at 40 mph
Solar Array
Indian Valley Middle School
Ice Drill at Refueling Stop
Dog Sledding Around the World
First actual Classroom Lesson@ 90N was conducted by NASA in April 2001
NASA at the North PoleNASA at the North PoleProblem:Problem: How to make ground truth measurements of Sea Ice near 90NHow to make ground truth measurements of Sea Ice near 90N
Background:Background:• Correlate surface properties Satellites can measure to sea ice massCorrelate surface properties Satellites can measure to sea ice mass• Sea Ice near 90N is not accessible by normal meansSea Ice near 90N is not accessible by normal means• Takes too long to do field work with a normal teamTakes too long to do field work with a normal team
Solution:Solution: • Use a team of college students and professors Use a team of college students and professors • Have experts layout the procedures and provide critical equipmentHave experts layout the procedures and provide critical equipment• Adapt to existing Russian Commercial ServicesAdapt to existing Russian Commercial Services• Native Americans provide Chartered logistics consistent with their grantNative Americans provide Chartered logistics consistent with their grant
NASA Robotics for College Engineering Students
Robotic Arm in Antarctica, Remotely Controlled from Michigan
GREAT Project 2008Antarctica & Alaska
Store-and-Forward NetworkingRelay stores data while not in view of Earth
Relay Range
Relay transmits data when in view of Earth
Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) is an effort to develop and standardize a message-based, store-and-forward system with reliability, security, and quality of service.
North to Alaska – Pt Barrow
First Pole – Pole Phone Call & Internet
1993: This $750k system led us to develop a PC-based Weather Imaging system
NASA GMS Weather Imaging System set up in Chiang Mi, Thailand - 1993
Students Processing Satellite DataProblem:Problem: How to enable students to process satellite weather image data in realtimeHow to enable students to process satellite weather image data in realtime
BackgroundBackground::• NOAA intends for users to have access to realtime weather dataNOAA intends for users to have access to realtime weather data• Cost a fortune to collect 2Mbps & process it with mainframe computers Cost a fortune to collect 2Mbps & process it with mainframe computers • Too complicated for students to handleToo complicated for students to handle
Solution:Solution:• Tailor the RF Receiver, Bit Sync, Frame Sync to one jobTailor the RF Receiver, Bit Sync, Frame Sync to one job• Put these functions on PC boards inside a PCPut these functions on PC boards inside a PC• Develop an 8-bit version of the Processing Software for a 486 PCDevelop an 8-bit version of the Processing Software for a 486 PC• As PCs get more powerful the processing gets faster, better, cheaperAs PCs get more powerful the processing gets faster, better, cheaper
Exploring Technology withSatellite Imagery
HRPT Weather System for Thule Air Base
IT Guru Dave Beverley
You Be The Scientist
YBTS Team minus Dave