Lab2Moon Payload User Guide

Release A, 28 July, 2016

Payload User Guide

Release-A, 28-June-2016
E-mail: l2m@teamindus.in

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Contents
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Payload definition ........................................................................................................................... 1

1.1

1.1.1

Class 6A: Looking at the Sky from Lunar surface ............................................................ 1

1.1.2

Class 6B: Looking at the lunar surface ............................................................................ 1

1.1.3

Class 6C: Stand-alone experiment .................................................................................. 1

1.2

Payload Class - Class 6: Observatory - On the Lunar Surface Mare Imbrium ...................... 1

Commissioning ........................................................................................................................ 1

1.2.1

Type 3: Commission on the lunar surface....................................................................... 1

1.2.2

Type 4: Deploy on to lunar surface - Passive .................................................................. 1

Payload Technical Specifications .................................................................................................... 1

2.1

Independent Functionality ...................................................................................................... 1

2.2

HHK I at a glance ..................................................................................................................... 2

2.3

Payload Structure.................................................................................................................... 2

2.3.1

Mass ................................................................................................................................ 2

2.3.2

Volume ............................................................................................................................ 2

2.3.3

Stress Tolerance .............................................................................................................. 2

2.4

Power ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2.5

Data Interface ......................................................................................................................... 2

2.6

Thermal Control ...................................................................................................................... 3

2.7

Storage .................................................................................................................................... 3

2.8

Identification and Marking...................................................................................................... 3

2.9

Construction Material ............................................................................................................. 3

2.9.1

Fungal Inertness .............................................................................................................. 3

2.9.2

Cleanliness ...................................................................................................................... 3

2.9.3

Outgassing....................................................................................................................... 3

2.9.4

Packaging: ....................................................................................................................... 3

2.9.5

Shipping Container: ......................................................................................................... 3

Sample Submission ......................................................................................................................... 4

3.1

Experiment Description .......................................................................................................... 6

3.2

Conduct of Experiment ........................................................................................................... 6

3.2.1

Electrical Requirement .................................................................................................... 6

3.2.2

Thermal Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 6

3.2.3

Images ............................................................................................................................. 6

3.2.4

Testing ............................................................................................................................. 7

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1 PAYLOAD DEFINITION
Payload for TeamIndus Lab2Moon challenge is any experiment or artefact that best represents the
mankind and is technically eligible to be placed on our spacecraft to be flown to the Moon.

1.1 PAYLOAD CLASS - CLASS 6: OBSERVATORY - ON THE LUNAR SURFACE MARE IMBRIUM
Your experiment or Artefact would be commissioned post landing on the lunar surface. TeamIndus
would categorize it as a Class 6 experiment whose definition is presented below.
1.1.1 Class 6A: Looking at the Sky from Lunar surface
A wonderful lunar observatory scanning the stellar skies at 360 deg/28 days or 0.54 deg/hour or 0.54
arc sec per sec. Looking at latest developments, one might even design a faster communication system
from Moon to Earth. This might come in handy when we set up our lunar colonies.
1.1.2 Class 6B: Looking at the lunar surface
If your experiment is to constantly look at the same point of lunar surface over a span of 14 Earth days,
choose this class. If the interest is in observing the dynamics of a very short lived lunar dust that rises
due to the lander impact, this the classification to go for.
1.1.3 Class 6C: Stand-alone experiment
If your experiment has contents to be observed and does not require to look at skies or land, it falls in
this category. This classification is for all such experiments which doesnt have any Field of View
requirements.

1.2 COMMISSIONING
TeamIndus defines the commissioning of Class 6 payloads as follows.
1.2.1 Type 3: Commission on the lunar surface
Experiment would be commissioned on the lunar surface after deploying the primary payload while it
is still physically attached to the lander. Data collected would be transmitted to Earth at a convenient
time.
1.2.2 Type 4: Deploy on to lunar surface - Passive
Your experiment would be dropped on to lunar surface at your command. This command should
however not be conflicting with any of the TeamIndus GLXP primary mission objectives. This type of
payload is generally passive without requiring any active communication back to Earth like that of
Mirrors dropped during the Apollo missions.

2 PAYLOAD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

2.1 INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONALITY
Teams may submit scientific or engineering experiments/artefacts; Payload should function
independently without affecting any of the ongoing technical processes of the spacecraft at any time
during its operations.

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2.2 HHK I AT A GLANCE

HHK I is the lunar lander which shall carry your experiment to the lunar surface.
Launch Site
Landing site
HHK Dimensions
Launch Vehicle
Launch Mass
Dry Mass
Bus Voltage
TTC link
Payload Data link
Launch Window
Geocentric Phase
Lunar Transfer
Seleno-centric Phase
Lunar Surface
Radiation Dose
Downlink rate

13.72 N, 80.20 E,
Sriharikota, Earth
35.25N 29.76W,
Mare Imbrium, Moon
1.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 m
PSLV-XL
600 kg
210 kg
28 V DC
S-Band
X- Band
Q4, 2017
2-3 days
4.5 days
3-15 days
5-14 days
< 10 krad-Si
1 Mbps

2.3 PAYLOAD STRUCTURE

2.3.1 Mass
The Mass of payload shall not exceed 250 grams under any circumstances.
The payload, clean and dry, shall be weighed and recorded to the nearest 5 grams. Payload shall not
affect vehicles stability. The payload shall not be inextricably connected to other space craft
components while being weighed.
If the payload's design prevents it from being weighed completely independent of the spacecraft,
competition officials reserve the right to require teams integrate additional mass dummy to ensure
the payload mass being launched is no more than required.
2.3.2 Volume
The payload should not exceed the volume of 116mm*((32.5)2
2.3.3 Stress Tolerance
All the payload should be qualified with 25 g in longitudinal and 20 g in lateral static acceleration loads
First natural frequency of base fixed packages should be greater than 100 Hz.

2.4 POWER
Energy requirement shall not be initiated before 6 hours from touch down and shall stay limited to a
maximum draw of 3 W at any time. A voltage line of 28 V DC is available. Any lower voltage
requirements are to be clearly specified in the concept submissions.

2.5 DATA INTERFACE

Payload can be interfaced with the lander on-board computer using a RS 485 connection. Pin-layout
should be shared with TeamIndus during final submissions.
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2.6 THERMAL CONTROL

Any thermal control, monitoring or conductivity requirements are to be clearly stated for TeamIndus
to incorporate the same in the lander design

2.7 STORAGE
The payload shall meet all the requirements specified in this document after being
stored for a minimum of 5 months, post-delivery, in ground storage at equipment, subsystem or
spacecraft level.

2.8 IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING

The payload shall be identified and properly marked. Identification data shall include but not be
limited to Team Name, Teams Registration ID, Experiment name and Mass.

2.9 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

2.9.1 Fungal Inertness
It shall be ensured by participant that material used for construction of the payload is inert to fungus
growth upon extended durations of storage.
2.9.2 Cleanliness
The payload shall be measurably clean and the cleanliness levels shall be informed
to Team Indus. The payload shall be assembled under Cleanroom conditions better than 100, 000
Class.
2.9.3 Outgassing
The payload shall meet the established outgassing requirements for satellites. The reference standard
to which the requirements comply shall be shared with TI.
2.9.4 Packaging:
While packing the payload, mounting surfaces and ports shall be protected with
pads. Each component shall be wrapped in a clean non-static bag retained in place by pressure
sensitive tape applied only to the bag surface. A second sealed plastic bag shall be placed over
the inner bag. A legible identification card shall be taped to the outer surface of the inner bag
so that the card is readable without opening the outer bag.
2.9.5 Shipping Container:
Each component shall be placed in a separate container that conforms to
a design developed by Supplier and approved by TI. The container shall be lined at top, bottom,
and sides with foam cushioning material. The shipping container shall provide protection during
shipment and handling. It shall meet all the packaging requirements of the common carrier for
safe transportation to the point of delivery. The shipping container shall be marked stating that
the contents are highvalue spaceflight hardware and with identification stating the mass and
contents.

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3 CONTENT SUBMISSION
Your concept note should be submitted in the following format.

3.1 EXPERIMENT DESCRIPTION

Include a note about your experiment. See that the description answers following questions.

1. What is your experiment that you want to send to the lunar surface?
2. Describe how will you go about creating your experiment?
3. How does your experiment improve the sustainability of human life on the lunar
surface?
4. Why should your payload/experiment go to the moon?

3.2 CONDUCT OF EXPERIMENT

Provide the technical details of your experiment. Technical details should include the Mission Class
and commissioning type. A rough sketch of the experiment providing details about the components
and the dimensions. You may also include details regarding various tests you would like to perform on
the experiment.

3.3 VIDEO ESSAY

Please provide the link to your video essay here.

4 PROMOTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

4.1 WHY SHOULD YOU DO IT?
Its important to plan the social media promotion as much as it to work on the actual payload,
especially since in the later rounds it accounts up to 50% of your score.
Important to note here is that if done well, social media can be the most powerful source of relevant
feedback, support and even funding (if your idea happens to be expensive to execute).

4.2 WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO DO IT?

Participants below the age of 13 are legally not allowed to be on Facebook. If you wish to
support a team and are below 13 years of age, please speak with an adult to help you with
it.
Teams are not allowed to use monetary or material incentives to promote their idea.
Please use your original content for promotion. Plagiarism is not allowed.

Here is a friendly infographic detailing legal ways to promote your idea on Facebook.

4.3 HOW SHOULD YOU USE IT?

Social Media is a powerful publicity and feedback tool.
You should leverage it to spread awareness about your project and get people involved for
suggestions, encouragement and getting more followers.

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And since social media is so embedded into the L2M2 challenge, it is a good idea to create content
well in advance.
To promote your idea on social media,
1. Create a Facebook page
2. Spread word among your friends and family to form an early supporter base for your
project.
3. To grow your fan base, post relevant content on about your project. Some of your relevant
collateral should be
a. 1st Milestone Video
b. Interesting Excerpts from 1st milestone Essay
c. Link to first milestone Essay
d. Information about L2M2 and your planned milestones in it
e. Team Member profiles and motivations
f. Facts, legends or history related to your payload idea
g. Mentor profile, why did the team choose the mentor
h. Idea execution plan and current status
i. Challenges your team is facing
j. Sneak peek into how your team solved a challenging issue

Some helpful tips:

2. Be short and simple. People have short attention span, turn it to your advantage by keeping
the information snappy and it will get more likely to be consumed.
3. Images are the largest consumed media on Facebook. Its a great idea to convey about your
story in images with short captions.
4. Find bloggers and influencers who are relevant to your project. Write to them to endorse
your project and cover you. this could be incredibly powerful to get more people involved in
your project with a lot of credibility.
5. Study the right time to promote your content. If the people most interested in your project
are most active around 8 pm in the evening, it would be more effective to post around that
time. Here is a helpful post about social media post timing.
6. Be consistent with your social Promotion. Do not bombard people with information,
continuously for 3 days and then disappear for 7. Post something every day, or every 2 days
to keep the interest level high.

4.4 CAN YOU GET YOUR SCHOOL INVOLVED?

Yes, totally. Your school can get actively involved in promoting your team and project on social media.
They can facilitate the team by
1. Contacting relevant media group
2. Sponsoring your teams project
3. Providing a mentor for the team
Your School cannot however directly get involved with content creation and actual work on your
payload.

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5 SAMPLE SUBMISSION
5.1 EXPERIMENT DESCRIPTION
Water is unquestionably the key element for human survival. A glass of water - in a specially designed
container would be sent to the Moon. This container would have a valve which can be actuated post
landing. There are multitude of theories on how quickly water evaporates on the Moon. This
experiment would help us understand the same - how quick or slow would it disintegrate, and what
happens thereafter to the molecules. This would help us device methods to preserve water in
upcoming lunar habitats. Mankind detected trapped water on the Moon. Early man found water on
Earth, it was only after we understood the concept of storing the water that civilizations began. To
start a lunar colony, containing the water must be the first step.
Mankind is yet to devise methods to extract water on the lunar surface. The set up for the same cannot
be contained within the Lab2Moon challenge constraints. The challenge therefore is how to store the
water extracted. In our experiment, the water under observation is to be sent from Earth and kept it
in liquid form until touchdown. The water will be preserved in a transportation container until the
landing, and then will be released into an observation container, similar to a halogen lightbulb used
at home. As ice has been discovered on the moon, this experiment could help us understand how to
store it in its useful liquid form. This experiment therefore, can be our first step in truly colonizing the
Moon.
Humanity owes its existence to water; without it there is no us. So a glass of it on the Moon also
signifies our first steps in the colonization of it, humanities next great challenge in our pursuit to
become an intergalactic civilization, and citizens of the universe.

5.2 CONDUCT OF EXPERIMENT

This Water2Moon experiment would fall in the Mission Class- 6C and requires Type 3 Commissioning.
This consists of 3 components.
1.
2.
3.

Transportation container
Valve
Observation container

5.2.1 Electrical Requirement

Valve to be actuated using a one-time electrical pulse. There is no requirement
of any other electrical connections to the experiment.
5.2.2 Thermal Monitoring
Temperature readings from the locations closer to the experiment are
required They could be sampled once in every six (6) hours
5.2.3 Images
It is desirable to take pics of the experiment at regular intervals. TeamIndus is
requested to locate this experiment such that the images of the same could
be clicked.

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5.2.4 Testing
Transportation container would undergo rigorous testing to ensure that it withholds the water
throughout the voyage. These tests should include Hot & Cold cycling in a thermo-vacuum chamber.
The whole experiment would be subjected to vibrations as provided in the Payload user guide.
5.2.5

Measurements

110 mm

64 mm

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6 CONCEPT SUBMISSION FORM

Registration ID:
Team Name:
Concept Name:
Team Members:
1)
2)
3)
Facebook page:
Video link:

6.1 EXPERIMENT DESCRIPTION

6.2 CONDUCT OF EXPERIMENT
Mission Class:
6.2.1

Electrical Requirement

6.2.2

Thermal Requirement

6.2.3

Data Requirement

6.2.4

Imaging Requirement

6.2.5

Testing Requirement

6.2.6

Sketch with dimensions

6.2.7

Field of View Requirements

Commissioning Type:

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