NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150020473: The Master Enabler: In Orbit Servicing

The Master Enabler

In Orbit Servicing

Presented to AIAA Space 2015
September 1, 2015

Presented by:

Benjamin B. Reed
Deputy Project Manager
Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office
http://ssco.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Are we alone?

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Are we alone?

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NASA’s Ambitious Objectives

Resilient Fleets

Asteroid

Redirection

Human

Exploration

Very Large
Observatories

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Infrastructure Upkeep

Observatory

Servicing

Propellant

Depot

Planetary

Defense

Servicing Supports Multiple Objectives

Asteroid

Redirection

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Resilient Fleets

Servicing

Capabilities

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Human

Exploration

Observatory

Servicing

Very Large
Observatories

Infrastructure

Upkeep

Planetary

Defense

Propellant

Satellite Servicing Capabilities

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Servicing provides capabilities for

flexible, resilient architectures.

• Anomaly Recovery

• Life Extension

• Component Upgrade

• In-Orbit Assembly

• Consumable Restoration

- Propellant Refueling

- Cryogen Replenishment

- Xenon Recharging

Servicing Capabilities
Help Visions Become Reality

Human

Exploration

Autonomous
rendezvous and
docking

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Enables modular
architectures and
lower-cost launch
vehicles

Construction and
self-maintenance
of exploration
spacecraft

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Supports long-
duration stays
in orbit

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In-situ

resource utilization
machinery

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Helps crew
produce resources
to facilitate the
return voyage

Servicing capabilities facilitate robust, resilient, on-orbit human architectures.

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Servicing Capabilities

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Help Visions Become Realit

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Very Large
Observatories

Modular,

upgradable

spacecraft

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Flexibility to react
to new discoveries
and changes in
new satellite
technologies

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Construction of

large-aperture

observatories

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Discovery and
characterization of
exo-Earths

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Construction of
commercial space-
based solar power
satellites

Transmit vast
quantities of
solar energy
to ground

Servicing capabilities facilitate more complex and capable structures to unlock
the secrets of the universe.

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Servicing Facilitates Exploration

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CARGO AND CREW

INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION

SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM (SLS)

ORBITERS

LANDERS

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DEIMOS

MARS

-SPACE TRANSFER
ABITAT SPACECRAFT

MISSIONS: 6-12 MONTHS MISSIONS: 1 TO 12 MONTHS MISSIONS: 2 TO 3 YEARS

RETURN: HOURS I I RETURN: DAYS I I RETURN: MONTHS

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Asteroid Redirect Mission

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Asteroid Redirect Mission

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Core Technologies Required for Servicing Capabilities

Advanced Technologies

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Robust Capabilities

Rendezvous and Proximity
Operations

Anomaly Recovery

Instrument Upgrade

Dexterous Robotics

Life Extension

High-Speed, Fault-Tolerant
Computing

In-Orbit Assembly

Advanced Tools

Consumable Restoration

Fluid Transfer

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Technology readiness of core technologies is an important first step on path
to capability realization.

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Servicing Technologies Under Development

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Rendezvous and

Proximity

Operations

Raven

demonstration
launches to ISS
in 2016

Dexterous

Robotics

Engineering Design
Unit of NASA
Servicing Arm
undergoing testing
and evaluation

High-Speed,

Fault-Tolerant

Computing

Next

generation of

SpaceCube

underway

Advanced

Tools

Third generation
of advanced
robotic tools in
manufacturing

Propellant Transfer

Propellant
Transfer System
developed &
undergoing testing

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Path Forward

Advanced Technologies

Rendezvous and
Proximity Operations

Dexterous Robotics

High-Speed, Fault-
Tolerant Computing

Advanced Tools

Fluid Transfer

Robust Capabilities

Anomaly Recovery
Instrument Upgrade
Life Extension
In-Orbit Assembly
Consumable Restoration

Enabled Missions

Very Large
Observatories

Asteroid Redirection

ISS Maintenance

Human Exploration

Planetary Defense

Propellant Depot

Significant technology advancement has resulted in servicing capabilities
becoming verified. This solid foundation is enabling mission planners to
design rich future architectures.

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• Benjamin Reed, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

• Michael Kienlen, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

• Bo Naasz, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

• Brian Roberts, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

• Keith DeWeese, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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