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Using Architecture Models to
Understand Policy Impacts
B-TOS Case Study: Probability of Success Impact of 1994 U.S. Space Transportation Policy
for a Minimum Cost Decision Maker
0.98
0.985
0.99
0.995
1
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
B-TOS Architecture Probability of Launch Success (Lifecycle total)
Probability of Success
Utility
Cost of US Launch Policy: B-TOS Case Study Using Min Cost Rule
0.98
0.985
0.99
0.995
1
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Lifecycle Cost ($M)
A
B
C
D
Utility
Cost
100% of B-TOS architectures have
cost increase under restrictive launch
policy for a minimum cost decision
maker
98% of B-TOS architectures
have increased launch
probability of success under
restrictive launch policy for a
minimum cost decision
maker
Restrictive launch policy
Unrestrictive launch policy
Policy
increases
cost
Policy increases
launch probability
of success
B-TOS
? Swarm of small sats.
doing observation
? Utility for multiple
missions
From Weigel, 2002
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Using Architecture Models to
Consider Uncertainty
Performance
and Cost
move
differently for
different
architectures
under
uncertainty
TechSat
? Constellation of
satellites doing
observation of
moving objects on the
ground
? Uncertainties driven
by instrument
performance/cost
From Walton, 2002
[Martin, 2000]
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Changes in User Preferences Can be
Quickly Understood
40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
Lifecycle Cost ($M)
U
t
i
l
i
t
y
40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
Lifecycle Cost ($M)
U
t
i
l
i
t
y
Original Revised
User changed
preference
weighting for
lifespan
Architecture
trade space
reevaluated
in less than
one hour
X-TOS
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Assessing Robustness and Adaptability
? Pareto front shows trade-off of accuracy and cost
? Determined by number of satellites in swarm
? Could add satellites to increase capability
0.98
0.985
0.99
0.995
1
100 1000
Lifecycle Cost ($M)
Utility
A
ED
C
B
Utility
Cost
Most desirable
architectures
B-TOS
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Low Biprop
Medium Biprop
High Biprop
Extreme Biprop
Low Cryo
Medium Cryo
High Cryo
Extreme Cryo
Low Electric
Medium Electric
High Electric
Extreme Electric
Low Nuclear
Medium Nuclear
High Nuclear
Extreme Nuclear
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?
?
?
Equatorial Utility
High Latitude Utility
A-TOS
? Swarm of very
simple satellites
measurements
? Several different
missions
Questioning User Desires
Best low-cost mission do only one job well
More expensive, higher performance missions require
more vehicles
Higher-cost systems can do multiple missions
Is the multiple mission idea a good one?
taking ionospheric
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0.00
500.00
1000.00
1500.00
2000.00
2500.00
3000.00
3500.00
4000.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Utility (dimensionless)
Cost
(M$)
SPACETUG
? General
purpose orbit
transfer
vehicles
? Different
propulsion
systems and
grappling/obser
vation
capabilities
? Lines show
increasing fuel
mass fraction
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Understanding Limiting
Physical or Mission constraints
Hits a “wall” of either physics (can’t change!) or utility (can)
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?
?
?
?
?
alternatives
?
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE)
ICE techniques from Caltech and JPL
Linked analytical tools with human experts in
the loop
Very rapid design iterations
Result is conceptual design at more detailed
level than seen in architecture studies
Allows understanding and exploration of design
A reality check on the architecture studies - can
the vehicles called for be built, on budget, with
available technologies?
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Thermal
Structures
Communication
Command
and Data
Handling
Configuration
Power Propulsion
Attitude
Determination
and Control
Mission Systems
ICE-Maker
Server
Cost
Reliability
MATE
ICE Process
Leader
computer tool AND
human expert
Verbal or online chat
between chairs
synchronizes actions
Electronic
communication
between tools and
server
Key system
attributes passed to
MATE chair, helps to
drive design session
? Directed Design
Sessions allow very
fast production of
preliminary designs
? Traditionally, design
to requirements
? Integration with
MATE allows utility
of designs to be
assessed real time
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ICE Process (CON with MATE)
“Chairs” consist of
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? Early Designs had
excessively large fuel
tanks and bizarre
shapes
? Showed limits of
in architecture studies
? Vehicle optimized for
best utility - maximum
life at the lowest
practical altitude
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ICE Result - XTOS Vehicle
coarse modeling done
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?
?
Scale for all
images: black
cylinder is 1 meter
long by 1 meter in
diameter
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SPACETUG Biprop One-Way GEO Tug
1312 kg dry mass, 11689 kg wet mass
Quite big (and therefore expensive); not very
practical (?);
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Bipropellant Cryogenic
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SPACETUG Tug Family
(designed in a day)
Electric – One way Electric – Return Trip
Wet Mass: 11689 kg Wet Mass: 6238 kg
Wet Mass: 997 kg Wet Mass: 1112 kg
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Power
11%
Propulsion (dry)
2%
Structures &
Mechanisms
17%
Thermal
5%
Mating System
27%
Payload
0%
C&DH
0%
Link
1%
ADACS (dry)
0%
Pressurant
0%
Propellant
37%
Propellant
88%
Pressurant
0%
Power
1%
Link
0%C&DH
0%
ADACS (dry)
0%
Payload
0%
Mating System
3%
Propulsion (dry)
6%
Structures &
Mechanisms
2%
Thermal
0%
Electric Cruiser
? Low ISP fuel requires very large mass fraction to do mission
?
power system, and structures and mechanisms dominating
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Learning from the ICE results:
Mass Distribution Comparison
Biprop one-way
Other mass fractions reasonable, with manipulator system,
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More Than Mass Fractions
0%1%
16%
5%
3%
2%
21%
0%
52%
ADACS (dry)
C&DH
Link
Power
Propulsion (dry)
Structures & Mechanisms
Thermal
Mating System
Payload
Propellant
Pressurant
Power System Mass Breakdown
Solar array
mass
66%
Battery mass
19%
PMAD mass
9%
Cabling mass
6%
Minimum efficiency 24.5 %
Maximum efficiency 28.0 %
Nominal temperature 28.0 C
Temperature loss 0.5 %/deg C
Performance degredation 2.6 % / year
Minimum temperature 0.5 C
Maximum temperature 85.0 C
Energy density 25.0 W / kg
Solar array mass 150.6685167 kg
Total solar array area 9.965098159 m^2
# of solar arrays 2 #
Individual solar array area 4.98254908 m^2
LEO Tender 1
mass summary
Detailed information can be
drawn from subsystem sheets,
including efficiencies, degradations
temperature tolerances, and areas
Select solar array material: 6Triple Junction (InGaP/GaAs/Ge)
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Trade Space Check
The GEO mission is near the “wall” for conventional propulsion
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SPACETUG
Tenders
? Orbit transfer
vehicles that
live in a
restricted,
highly
populated set
of orbits
? Do low Delta-V
transfers,
service,
observation
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LEO Tender Family
LEO 2 - 1242 kg wet LEO 1 - 1404 kg wet
LEO 4 - 1782 kg wet LEO 4A - 4107 kg wet
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The Tender missions are feasible with conventional propulsion
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tenders on the tradespace
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?
?
?
design
Emerging capability to get from user needs to robust solutions
quickly, while considering full range of options, and maintaining
engineering excellence
?2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What you will learn
Trade space evaluation allows efficient quantitative
assessment of system architectures given user needs
State-of-the-art conceptual design processes refine
selected architectures to vehicle preliminary designs
Goal is the right system, with major issues understood
(and major problems ironed out) entering detailed
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