mppt-p3

The MPPT-P3 is a 7-channel maximum power point tracker and battery charger module, designed to condition the power delivery from satellite solar panels to the battery in order to achieve maximum efficiency. The system consists of six variable frequency DC-DC buck converters and a single variable frequency boost-converter, that ensure optimal operating voltage for each solar cell array at all temperatures and irradiance levels. After conversion, the channels are combined through ideal diodes to minimize loss, and connected to the battery output.

A configurable end-of-charge setting will stop charging at a certain voltage level in order to prolong battery life. When components reach end-of-life, a pass-through mechanism will route the solar output directly to the battery bus, whereby functionality is not entirely lost. Likewise, if the on-board MCU is disabled, each MPPT channel has a fixed voltage fallback. Housekeeping data for all channels are available through CSP telemetry. Appreciating that the solar panels are often combined with external sun and temperature sensors, each solar panel connector are equipped with a protected battery supply and CAN bus interface.

The MPPT-P3 is built for durable, simple and robust satellite integration

MPPT-P3 Features

• Maximum power point tracker for satellite solar panels
• Integrated battery change management
• 7 solar cell string input channels w. Up to 2 x 12 cells per channel
• Ruggedized enclosure for maximum thermal performance, radiation shielding and EMI reduction
• Suitable for microsatellites and CubeSats
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 11 mm // 150 g

BAT100-P3

The BAT100-P3 is an 8 cell Lithium-Ion battery system designed for high battery life-time, easy integration, and safety. The battery configuration can either be 4s2p or 8s1p providing 92 Wh in nominal capacity. The BAT100-P3 is both flexible enough and sufficiently powerful for most nano- and small-satellite missions. The automatic balancing circuit maximizes cell lifetime, and the automatic heater keeps the cells operational at low temperatures. Short-circuit and over/under voltage circuits protects the cells from damage.

To accommodate different launch vehicle requirements, each module has connectors for both soft and hard inhibits. The BAT100-P3 comes in a rugged and modular 1.5 mm Al enclosure, which both acts as on-orbit radiation mitigation as well as a practical short-circuit protection during satellite assembly. An always-on ultra-low-power Real Time Clock provides timer-continuity during satellite shutdown.

BAT100-P3 features

• Integrated battery module for satellites
• 8 LiIon cells configurable for 14.4 or 28.8V at 92 Whr
• Cell balancing and heater
• input/output current limiting
• Ruggedized enclosure for maximum thermal performance, radiation shielding and EMI reduction
• Suitable for microsatellites and cubesats
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 41.2 mm // 655 g

PCDU-P3

The PCDU-P3 is a twelve-channel power conditioning and distribution unit in a rugged, compact and modular enclosure. The system features six independent and customizable step-down converters and one boost converter, that can be connected to output channels as required. The PCDU-P3 architecture allows designers to allocate one subsystem per power channel, whereby many of the EMI issues experienced on shared power busses are eliminated. This makes the PCDU-P3 ideal for missions with demanding payloads and sensitive receivers.

To minimize thermal stresses and mitigate radiation, the PCDU-P3 is enclosed in 1.5 mm (min.) Al. The PCB is top-side only and mounted flush with the bottom of the enclosure, which reduces thermal resistance to the satellite body. With a standing height of only 12 mm and PC104 compatible mounting holes, the PCDU-P3 easily integrates with existing busses, without occupying excess stack space. All outputs have independent power monitoring and latch-up protection. Monitoring and configuration is enabled through the CSP protocol and onboard MCU. For convenience all connectors are CAN enabled.

PCDU-P3 features

• Power conditioning and distribution unit for satellites
• 12 power output channels with protection and monitoring
• 6 buck converters and 1 boost converter with configurable voltages and routing
• Power metering, latch-up protection, battery discharge management and protection, programmable on/off timers
• Ruggedized enclosure for maximum thermal performance, radiation shielding and EMI reduction
• Suitable for microsatellites and CubeSats
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 13 mm // 138 g

Momentum Wheels

Space Inventor’s 16U uses a fully integrated reaction wheel unit for high performance satellite attitude control  with a mission lifetime of 5 years (minimum).

The WHL-200 wheel is an integrated 3-phase outrunner permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with fully integrated motor control electronics and software. Material for the body is Al-7075-T6, and the rotor is made of ferritic stainless steel while the magnets are Neodymium. The rotor is axially suspended between two hybrid ceramic high precision bearings chosen for long life and low friction in vacuum conditions. The wheel is commutated by its own internal microcontroller, which runs the control loop to control speed and acceleration upon commands from the ADCS computer.

Each wheel has a CAN bus interface with CSP making them accessible to the satellite communication bus. The wheels are fitted with basic telemetry sensors: Temperature, current, speed.

WHL-200 features

• Compact, integrated reaction wheel unit for 10-50 kg satellites
• Momentum storage: 200 mNms @ 12.000 RPM
• Torque: 25 mNm nominal. Peak 50 mNm.
• Control modes: Momentum, torque, speed or motor voltage
• Automatic motor flux reduction (FOC)
• 3-phase Permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)
• Can bus or RS-422 interface with CSP
• Rotor inertia: 147.1 x 10-6 kg mm2
• Measurements: 70 x 70 x 45 mm // 423 g

Space Inventor Star Tracker

Compact autonomous star tracker unit providing high accuracy attitude determination in a compact design, suitable for Micro and Nano-satellite missions with a lifetime of more than 5 years.

The star-tracker is based on advanced star tracking algorithms developed by Space Inventor engineers with more than 20 years of star tracker experience.  The embedded computer processing unit is built from highly reliable COTS components.

The compact rad-hard camera optics collect enough signal to track across the entire celestial vault with full performance up to 0.3 deg/s. The standard baffle provides an impressive Sun exclusion half-angle of only 30º.

The optical head is based on a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor with global shutter read-out, ideal for star tracking purposes. With a design based on very few components, this star tracker provides an ideal combination of high reliability and low recurrent cost.

The integrated processing unit accommodates the star catalogue and the software algorithms providing autonomous attitude determination, both during  initial acquisition (lost-in-space)  and continuous tracking.

Features

• Pitch/yaw <1.5 arcsec
• Roll < 10 arcsec
• Max Update rate:  5 Hz
• Time to first Acquisition: 3-10 sec
•  Up to 0.3 deg/s (full performance)
•  Up to 1.5 deg/s (reduced performance)
• 60 x 60 x 116 mm including baffle
• 30 deg (half cone) Sun exclusion angle
• 300 gr mass
• CAN or RS422
• High reliability Harwin M80 connector
• Power consumption – 2 Watt (TBC)
• 5V regulated or 7-28V unregulated input
• Radiation total dose tested COTS parts
• Vibration rated for all launch vehicles
• 5 years design lifetime

FSS-1-G2

The highly integrated Fine Sun Sensor (FSS-1G2), integrated in Space Inventor’s 12U satellite, uses four photodiodes to estimate the sun direction vector with a precision of 1 degree. The module has a built-in micro controller which enables connectivity to a CSP network via CAN bus and readily integrate with an attitude determination and control system such as e.g. ADCS-P3 and ADCS-R3. In addition to the sun sensor functionality, the module includes a 2-axis gyroscope and 3-axis magnetometer making it a versatile attitude sensing component. The 1G2 variant is an upgraded version of the previous 1G model which has flight heritage. 1G2 is expected to be launched in Q1 2022.

FSS-1-G2 Features

• 2-axis sun direction sensor based on quad photo diode array
• 1 degree precision
• 55 degree half-cone FoV
• Integrated 3-axis magnetometer
• 0.25mG per LSB resolution
• 0.4mG total RMS noise
• Magnetic field direction accuracy 1º
• Integrated 2-axis Gyro
• Ultralow noise: 0.004°/s/√Hz
• 5-28V unregulated power input
• Data interface: CAN bus with CSP2.0
• Measurements (L, W, H): 40x20x10 mm

TTC-P3

The TTC-P3 is a hot-redundant satellite telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) radio with two half-duplex VHF/UHF transceiver designed to enable robust and reliable satellite communication. The TTC-P3 is intended to be used in an antenna diversity scheme, where each channel is connected to orthogonal and cross-polarized antennas. Hereby a good omnidirectional gain pattern can be achieved, which makes signal reception nearly independent of satellite attitude. Careful receiver design provides a noise figure below 2 dB, which, combined with concatenated convolutional and Reed-Solomon decoding, ensure excellent sensitivity. Realizing that interference have proved problematic over certain regions, the TTC-P3 also features a 60 dB out-of-band rejection filter.

TTC-P3 features

• 2 Half-Duplex VHF/UHF Transceivers
• Data-rate: 4800 – 38400 kbps nominal (up to 115.200 available upon request)
• Frequency bands: 130-140,140-150, 400-410 and/or 430-440 MHz
• 30 dBm output power at > 50% PA efficiency
• Noise Figure: <2 dB
• Modulation: GMSK
• FEC: Convolutional Coding (K=7, r=½) and Reed Solomon (RS-223,255)
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 11 mm // 143 g

STTCX-p3

The STTCX-P3 is a software defined satellite transceiver offering a versatile S/X-band transceiver module for high-speed communication and ranging solution for both LEO and GEO missions. The transceiver is designed to work with the latest CCSDS Cat A recommendations for high data rate transmissions and high spectral efficiency. Using constant envelope GMSK or low crest factor SRRC filtered OQPSK modulation for higher power amplifier efficiency and lower linearity requirements.

The ranging functionality supported is transparent pseudo noise ranging according to CCSDS 414.0-G2 standard where the transceiver frequency-translates the uplink ranging signal to the downlink without code acquisition (i.e., non-regenerative ranging or turnaround ranging) – Eventually active regenerative ranging system will be supported The SDR is based on a powerful Xilinx Zync-7030 SoC and high-performance Analog Devices SDR front-end, the AD9361.

STTCX-P3 features

• Channels: 2 receive, 2 transmit
• 2 x S-band uplink : 2025 – 2110 MHz
• 1 x S-band downlink: 2200 – 2290 MHz
• 1 x X-band downlink: 8025 – 8400 MHz
• Tx power up to 2 Watt
• Rx noise figure: 5 dB (TBD)
• Full duplex
• Tx amplifier bypass function
• CCSDS compliant (401.0-B-30)
• GMSK or OQPSK – 9600 bps to 20 Mbps
• FEC: Convolutional Coding (K=7, r=1⁄2) and Reed Solomon (RS-223,255)

OBC-P3

The OBC-P3 is an onboard computing platform consisting of two independent ARM Cortex-M7 modules, each with separate power supply, interfacing, and storage. The dual architecture makes the OBC-P3 a suitable choice for hot/cold redundancy solutions often desired for mission critical subsystems, such as T&C, GNC, or management of valuable payloads. Each on-board computer has a large memory storage of 64GB for user data.

The application of the OBC-P3 is further enhanced by the powerful DSP functionality provided with the Cortex-M7 architecture, which makes it possible to port heavy floating-point processing such as ADCS or RvD algorithms without severe performance penalties and error-prone quantization. By default, the OBC-P3 is configured either as an on-board data handling unit with telemetry collection functionality, or as an OS-only installation for designers to write their own application

OBC-P3 features

• Two fully independent onboard computer modules in shared enclosure
• 2x ARM® Cortex-M7 Main Processing Units
• Memory x 2: 384 kB SRAM, 64 GB eMMC, 32 kB FRAM, 2 MB on-chip flash
• Ruggedized enclosure for maximum thermal performance, radiation shielding and EMI reduction
• Suitable for microsatellites and CubeSats
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 13 mm // 120 g

Z7000-P3

The Z7000-P3 is a powerful system on a chip FPGA based payload computer with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCoreTM and FPGA logic with 125K programmable cells. The Z7000-P3 is a suitable choice as a payload computer with requirements for high data-rates and processing capabilities. The Z7000-P3 offers a broad range of interfaces including LVDS/SpaceWire and up to 1Gb Ethernet. Furthermore traditional OBC interfaces such as CAN, UART, I2C etc are supported. For standard control interface for commanding and telemetry, Space Inventor recommends using the CAN bus. For storage of payload generated data a mass memory system is included with a capacity up to 64GB.

z7000-p3 features

• On-board computer based on Xilinx Zync 7030 SoC
• Dual ARM® Cortex-A9 Main Processing Units 667 MHz
• Memory: 256KB on-chip memory, 512 MB ECC or 1GB RAM, up to 64GB mass storage
• FPGA: 125K Programmable Logic Cells
• Interfaces: 2 x CAN, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x SPI, 1x RS232 UART, 16 x LVDS, 1 x RS422 UART, 4 x ADC, 1 x I2C
• Power consumption: <1.5 W idle. Up to 20 W
• Measurements: (L, W, H) 91.14 x 94 x 13 mm // 155 g