Oxford Space Systems │ UK Space Cluster │ Harwell OX11 0QR │ United Kingdom
www.oxford.space [email protected]
COST & SPEEDTHE NEW BATTLE FRONTS FOR SPACE BASED COMMS & REMOTE SENSING
DSEI 2019
• Founded in Sept 2013 - seed funding secured Jan 2014
• Developing a new generation of novel deployable space antennas, booms and panel arrays
• Origami & proprietary materials combined to produce products are lighter, less complex & more stowage efficient
• Significant IP developed: 8 patents applied for together with significant materials science IP
• A growing & diverse team of experienced industry experts & highly talented graduates (FTs: 50+ - currently recruiting)
THE STORY SO FAR…..
• Commercial traction: contracts with MoD (DASA + DSTL), SSTL, Airbus Defence & Space, Thales Alenia Space, LuxSpace, DSO Labs (Singapore) + US
• Showcase New Space company for the UK
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NEW HQ FACILITY AT THEHARWELL SPACE CLUSTER, UK
• Expanded into custom facility in October 2018
• Largest clean room on campus (Class 10,000: 300m2)
• Large light industrial area for lower TRL builds
• Permits volume production
• Facility meets UK sovereign defense security requirements
• Harwell Space Cluster home to 89+ space companies –the center for the UK New Space sector
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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
Feb 2015: AstroTube™ boom selected for UKSA AlSat Mission
Dec 2015: Best Investment in Disruptive Technology 2015
Sept 2015: Best UK Tech Start-Up 2015Grand Prix ‘Winner of Winners’ Award 2015
Nov 2016: AstroTube™ boom successfully deployed
July 2015: $1.7m (USD) Round 2
Sept 2013: $135k (USD) Innovate UK Harwell Launchpad Grant
Jan 2014: $670k (USD) seed investment from Longwall Ventures
Jun 2017: $1.5m (USD) Round 3 (“Interim Round” including Space Angels USA)
Q3 2018: $10.3m Round 4
• Private equity: $14.3m• UK Government: $6.5m :
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Nov 2017: Top 5 Global Start-up to WatchInstitute of Physics : Business Innovation (AlSat
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Dec 2017: Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 (Mike Lawton)
Dec 2018: Top 100 Fastest Growing UK Company (ranking: #52)
June 2018: European Excellence in Innovation Award
April 2019: NASA iTechIgnite the Night:
Colorado Springs Winner
SPACE PRODUCTS OVERVIEW
Large Unfurlable Antennas
AstroTube™ : Scalable Boom Systems
Deployable Panel Arrays
By using flight qualified proprietary materials OSS products are:
Lighter
Less complex
Lower cost
More stowage efficient
…than those in current commercial demand
THREE KEY PRODUCT AREAS…..
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DEPLOYABLE BOOM TECHNOLOGY
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TWO WORLD RECORDS SET…..• World’s longest retractable nanosat boom system• Fastest time from concept to orbit for a new material
SHOOTING SPACE JUNK…!• RemoveDEBRIS satellite launched April 2018• Released from the ISS 21 June 2018• Successfully deployed after 9 months on orbit storage• Airbus Defence & Space confirmed “complete success”
MICROSAT PATCH PANEL ARRAYS
Key Features:• Steerable (2 degrees of freedom)• Scalable & modular• 6U and over• S-band and Ka or Ku patches • Hybrid option (PV + patches)
Accommodates both RF & Solar Array within one panel structure
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NOVEL DEPLOYABLE HELICAL ANTENNAS
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Helical deployed diameter greater
than stowed diameter possible
• Up to 10m in length• Low complexity• Cost optimized
Tri-Filar Cubesat Antennas for Internet of Things (IOT)
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NEW SPACE – ENABLED BY MINIATURISATION
Microsats are increasingly able to replicate the performance of much larger satellites. In the same way most mainframe computers can now be replaced with high-end desktops, so the trend is to smaller spacecraft
BUT….the laws of physics prevail:• Sensitivity required to maintain link budget
– better with large antenna• Smaller low cost satellites need to
accommodate large antennas for SAR• Solution – Deployable antennas:
• stowage efficient• lighter and lower in cost• maintaining good performance
Deployable antennas are a key enabling technology for next-gen satellite services
UNFURLABLE ANTENNAS
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OSS to deliver flight hardware to US customer in
Q3 2020 : outer-ring & membrane with
AstroTube Max Deployment Boom
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GROUND BREAKING INVESTMENT IN OSS FROM UK GOVERNMENT
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OSS MICROSAT WRAPPED-RIB• Scalable: 2m to 5m• Up to Ka-Band operation
• Proprietary metal mesh surface• Microsat compatible
Currently at TRL3 (prototype demonstrated in lab environment)
• Provides high gain lightweight antenna capability in small stowage area
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PROPRIETARY SURFACES FOR DEPLOYABLE ANTENNAS
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• Pre-shaped membranes permit high surface RMS accuracy (Ka-Band & over) reducing the complexity of cable net systems
• Membrane based architectures are lighter, less complex & lower in cost than traditional metal mesh surface antennas
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• Significant internally funded R&D work successfully completed to produce a variety of high performance mesh surfaces up to Ka-Band
ADVANCED CONCEPT :
ORIGAMISAT
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DEPLOYABLE PARABOLIC ANTENNAS FORMOBILE MILITARY COMMS
KEY FEATURES:› Compact
› Lightweight
› Simple & rapid deployment
› Proprietary reflector surface
› 20GHz and above
› ITAR-free
› Cost competitive
APPLICATIONS: Man Portable Antennas, FOB Comms, etc.
FROM SPACE TO GROUND: DEPLOYABLE PARABOLIC ANTENNA
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CONTACT US:
Oxford Space Systems
Electron Building
Harwell Space Cluster
Harwell OX11 0QR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1235 567 999
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