Dynamic Space Operations Team Final Presentation.pdf

Stanford Dynamic Space Operations Team Final Presentation

1. Original Problem StatementRevised Problem Statement
The Assured Access to Space Office at Space
Systems Command (SSC/AATS) needs the ability to
safely grapple and dock between spacecraft
(without inducing a tumble, damaging, or creating
debris) to reconstitute space vehicles and
capabilities on-orbit by enabling spacecraft
maintenance, refueling, upgrade, construction, and
manufacturing.
112
Interviews
Conducted
Government spacecraft operators need to
rapidlyfield affordable, autonomous
spacecraft to perform rendezvous and
proximity operationsin training and test
ranges.
The future of space is dynamic … we need investment in rapid, scalable, and affordable dynamic space operations (DSO) technology.
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2. Dynamic Space Operations Team
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Mentors:Lt. Col. Matt Lintker (USSF) and Matt Croce (Ret. Special Ops)
Problem Sponsors:Major David Ryan (DIU) and SSC Assured Access to Space
Flynn DreilingerIsobel PorteousGrant RegenKeely PodosinJ.T. Herrscher

3. Original Problem Statement
The Assured Access to Space Office at Space Systems Command
(SSC/AATS) needs the ability to safely grapple and dock between
spacecraft(without inducing a tumble, damaging, or creating
debris) to reconstitute space vehicles and capabilities on-orbit by
enabling spacecraft maintenance, refueling, upgrade,
construction, and manufacturing.
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4. Refining a problem statement through 110+ interviews…

5. What is Dynamic Space Operations?
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“Dynamic space operations is
all about the ability to
maneuver responsibly and
immediately, on command.”
General Steve “Bucky” Butow
Director of DIU Space Portfolio
Station KeepingDebris Removal
Refueling
Detumbling
Maintenance
Upgrade
Manufacturing
Image From Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference

6. Focus on creating “a node in a greater
ecosystem of dynamic space
operations”
–Lt. Col. Michael “Leon” Killings, USSF Space Systems
Command Assured Access to Space
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“99% of the Department of Defense
would admit that [inspection] is necessary
[for rendezvous, proximity operations,
and docking]”–Karl Stolleis, Air Force
Research Laboratory

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Target
Characterization
Anomaly
Resolution
Object
Tracking
Servicing
Enabler
We focused on the
first step:
Inspection

9. Inspection is not a priority
for Space Systems
Command Assured Access
to Space. They want the full
operations of inspecting,
refueling, docking and
integrating all at once.
We weren’t satisfying our early high expectation customer
–Insight from Space Systems
Command Assured Access to
Space
Image From Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference
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So we pivoted
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11. “We talk a lot about space
refueling, but we don’t
really know what the case
is for its military utility.”
On the commercial market for
space servicing:
“it's mostly theater,
it’s mostly nonsense.”
–Caleb Royer,
Head of Space Technology,
Scientific Systems
–Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton,
Deputy Chief of Space
Operations for Strategy, Plans,
Programs and Requirements
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But we still couldn’t find a market

12. So we returned to our team’s expertise
Swarm based
inspection
Advanced, autonomous
rendezvous and proximity
operations algorithms
Low cost, rapidly
manufactured
CubeSat Platforms
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13. “There’s a growing desire
to do more live on orbit to
be able to learn”
–Space Training and Readiness
Command (STARCOM) Squadron
Commander–Gregory Richardson,
The Aerospace Corporation
“In the Air Force they spend 99% of their
fuel on training and 1% on combat, but in
the Space Force its the opposite”
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14. “If those other two (533 and 319) aren’t interested,
the weapons school would be”
–Major Grace Butler
We began to find a product-market fit in training
Solutions that carry over the realism of space
operations into training programs are needed.
–Colonel in USSPACECOM
There is a potential market for on-orbit training
capabilities to prepare operators for future
missions.
–Ret. Lt. Colonel, Space Training and Readiness Command
(STARCOM)
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15. Conversations with senior leadership revealed new use cases
in STARCOM, U.S. Space Command, and beyond
Briefing to Secretary of the
Air Force Frank Kendall
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Briefings to
General Sejba and
General Raymond

16. We got out of the building
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17. “It is amazing outside of government how fast you guys
can move with a good idea … If you’re wondering if this
has any applicability, trust me it’s got a ton.”
—Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Sejba
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18. Envisioning Our Future
Stage 1 →
Stage 2 →
Stage 3 →
Open Topic SBIR Phase 1
Fall 2024
Open Topic SBIR Phase 2
Winter 2025
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19. IntroducingJuno Astrodynamics
Enabling “maneuver without regret” via rapidly deployable fleats of autonomous
small satellites for training and inspection needs

20. Our team’s
next steps…
Finish MS
(2025)
Finish BS
(2025)
Finish MS
(2026)
GNC @ Muon
Space
Fulbright at TU
Berlin
(2025)

21. Thank you from the Dynamic Space Operations Team!

22. Thank you from the Dynamic Space Operations Team!
Special thanks to our incredible team of mentors
Major David “Merlin” Ryan, DIU
Lt. Col. Matt “Link” Lintker, USSF
Matt Croce, K2 Space
We couldn’t have done any of this without you.