NDLI: STP-SIV: Lessons learned through the first two Standard Interface Vehicles

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Pierce, M. Kaufman, D. Acton, D. Reese, K.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: DOD Space Test Program, Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Development and Test Directorate, 3548 Aberdeen Avenue, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 (Reese, K.) \|\| Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., 1600 Commerce St, Boulder, CO 80301 (Pierce, M.; Kaufman, D.; Acton, D.)
Abstract	Spacecraft standards can enable dramatic reduction in the cost, schedule, and risk of spaceflight. The Space Development & Test Directorate (SD) of the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) developed standards for the Space Test Program-Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program with prime contractor Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. STP-SIV is designed to provide affordable, repeatable, and reliable space access to the science and technology (S&T) community. STP-SIV provides the space community well-defined standard spacecraft (SC) to-payload (PL) interface on which to base PL designs for rapid mission formation. Rather than designing unique SC for each payload; the standards provide adaptable interfaces to accommodate a range of payloads. With the first STP-SIV spacecraft, STPSat-2, operating inorbit since November 2010 and the second vehicle, STPSat-3, bus integration completed in January 2011, two data sets are available to quantitatively examine: • Bus integration efficiency with commercially available components • Payload integration and test timelines achieved with standardization • Improvements in efficiency from vehicle #1 to #2 • Relative cost savings from vehicle #1 to #2 • Lessons learned, successes, and drawbacks of the standardization approach These topics will be explored using examples and data from both vehicle projects, offering the reader insight into the challenges and successes surrounding the topic. The paper will also describe how the lessons learned have contributed to program efficiencies for the second vehicle, recommendations for future improvements, and how the STP-SIV approach could be further evolved to meet the aggressive demands of rapid, low-cost, responsive space.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	9
File Size	652628
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457705564
ISSN	1095323X
e-ISBN	9781457705571
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2012.6187006
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-03-03
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Payloads Space vehicles Government Software Orbits Lead
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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