Innovative component technology to support the mission of

The 27th Microelectronics Workshop(MEWS27)
Innovative component technology to
support the mission of Advanced
Land Observing Satellite-2
Oct. 24th. 2014
Hideki SARUWATARI
ALOS-2 Project Team, JAXA
Today’s contents
1. Outline of ALOS-2 Mission and System
2. Innovative component technology to
support ALOS-2
3. System Initial Checkout Status
4. Summary
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1. Outline of ALOS-2 Mission and System
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About ALOS
Star Tracker
恒星センサ(STT)
Data
Relay and Communication
データ中継衛星通信部(DRC)
GPS
antenna
GPSアンテナ
PALSAR
Solar Paddle
・Observable range:870km
・revisit cycle :5 days
・Disaster monitoring
・Crustal movement
・Resource survey
PALSAR
フェーズドアレ
イ方式
Lバンド合成
開口レーダ
(PALSAR
)
PRISM
パンクロマチック
立体視センサ
(PRISM)
AVNIR-2
高性能可視近赤外
放射計2型
(AVNIR-2)
PRISM
ALOS-2
•highly accurate digital
surface model(DSM)
・Cartography
ALOS Characteristics
Launch Date
: Jan. 24, 2006
Spacecraft Mass : Approx. 4 tons
Generated Power : Approx. 7 kW (at End of Life)
Design Life
: 3 - 5 years
Orbit
: Sun-Synchronous Sub-Recurrent
Altitude
: 691.65km
Inclination
: 98.16゚
Period
: 98.7minutes
Repeat Cycle
: 46days(Sub Cycle 2days)
Local time at descending node :
10:30am±15minutes
・ Observable range :70km
・High resolution: 2.5m
PALSAR-2
AVNIR-2
・ Observable range :1,520 km
・ revisit cycle :3 days
・Regional Observation
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ALOS-2 Mission
• Disaster Monitoring (Secure the public safety)
– Fast access to damaged areas and continuous monitoring
– In-SAR data necessary for deformation forecast/monitoring
• Land Monitoring (Preserve and manage national land)
– based upon archived data
• Agricultural Monitoring (Facilitate food supply)
– necessary for evaluation of irrigated rice
• Natural Resource Exploration
(Facilitate natural resources and energy supply)
– necessary for detecting oil and mineral resources in the ground
and seabed
• Global Forest Monitoring
(Resolve global-level environmental issues)
– global monitoring of tropical rain forests to identify carbon
sinks
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Improvement from ALOS
ALOS
ALOS-2
Recurrent cycle
46 days
14 days
Observable
range
870km
2320km
(Right looking)
(Left & Right looking)
Spatial
Resolution
Downlink
10m (Stripmap)
1-3m (Spotlight),
3m/6m/10m
(Stripmap)
138Mbps (X-band)
& Data Relay Satellite
800Mbps (X-band)
& Data Relay Satellite
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ALOS-2
ALOS-2 in-orbit configuration
Y
Specification
L-band SAR
(PALSAR-2)
Stripmap:
3 to 10m res., 50 to 70km swath
ScanSAR:
100m res., 350km/490km swath
Spotlight:
1×3m res., 25km swath
Orbit
Sun-synchronous orbit
Altitude: 628km
Local sun time : 12:00 +/- 15min
Revisit: 14days
Life time
5 years (target: 7 years)
Mass
2,082kg (incl. fuel)
Generated Power : 5140W(EOL)
Battery Capacity : 200Ah(100Ah x 2)
Battery Type : Li-ion
X
Z
Data relay antenna
Solar Arrays
L-band SAR antenna
X-band downlink antenna
Power
Observation
Duty
50%(approx. 48min)
Downlink
X-band: 800Mbps(16QAM)
400/200Mbps(QPSK)
Ka-band: 278Mbps (QPSK)
Mission Data Capacity : 128GByte(EOL)
Storage
(G = 2^30)
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2. Innovative component technology
to support ALOS-2
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Key technologies
Key technologies:
•GaN HEMT
•CGA mounging technology
•High Speed SerDes (Gigabits class)
Important component technolgies:
•HR5000S
•POL (Point-Of-Load)
“Development Status of JAXA Point-Of-Load DC/DC converter”, 22nd MEWS, 2009
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“Current status of MPU development for space”, 22nd MEWS, 2009
PALSAR-2 needs huge
performance improvement
• PALSAR-2 antenna has 1080 radiating elements
fed by 180 Transmit/Receive Modules (TRMs).
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GaN HEMT for TRMs
• The TRM has high efficiency and high power
performance by using Gallium Nitride (GaN) High
Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT).
GaN
V pol
PALSAR
ALOS-2
H pol
HPA
GaN HEMT
Si BJT
Tx power
34W
25W
Units
180
80
Efficiency
35%
25%
Noise Figure
2.9dB
2.9dB
TRM
size[mm]
200×110×14.6
203×117×23.5
TRM weight
400g
675g
“The overview of the L-band SAR onboard ALOS-2”, 27th ISTS, 2009
“High Power L-band T/R Module utilizing GaN HEMT”, 24th MEWS, 2011
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High performance mission data
handling system is necessary
MOD FPGA
(CGA package)
PALSAR-2
antenna
PALSAR-2
ELU
Other
components
Serializer /
Deserializer
800 Mbps
max
Data
recorder
(MDP)
800/400/200
Mbps
277 Mbps
X-band
downlink
antenna
transponder
X-band Multimode Highspeed
Modulator
(XMOD)
KMOD
Data rely
antenna
transponder
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MOD FPGA for high speed data
transmission
• High speed SRAM-type FPGA was adopted for
base band modulation (MOD FPGA).
• MOD FPGA is CGA (Column Grid Array) package
type which JAXA first adopted.
33mm
– Low CTE PWB (Copper Invar Copper) was adopted
– Mounting , inspection process was established
33mm
<Bottom View of the CGA package>
“Development of an X-band Multi-mode High speed Modulato”, ISTS 2011 13
High speed Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes)
• High speed SerDes was adopted for interface
between MDP and XMOD.
• JAXA adopted SerDes device for the first time.
– radiation sensitivity was evaluated
– transmission performance was tested
MDP
XMOD
Data
Max 8 Para
(800Mbps)
Deserializer
Serializer
K-code 8ch
CLK 100MHz
Data
Max 8 Para
(800Mbps)
CLK
100MHz
<Interface between MDHS and XMOD>
“Development of an X-band Multi-mode High speed Modulato”, ISTS 2011 14
3. Summary of Initial Operation Results
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Launch Operation of ALOS-2
 ALOS-2 was successfully launched by
the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.24 on
Saturday May 24th, 2014 (Japan
Standard Time, JST) from the
Tanegashima Space Center.
Satellite
/ PAF Installation
Satellite
/Fairing Installation
Fairing
/Rocket connection
Launch
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Critical Phase Operation
27th May, 2014,
the early orbit phase so-called “critical phase” of
ALOS-2 had completed.
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PALSAR-2 Antenna Deployment
-Package deploymentThe stowed antenna panels
were released from mission
structure by pyrotechnics
firing.
No.3 antenna
Mission Structure
PALSAR-2 No.3 antenna
the eyesight of deployment camera
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PALSAR-2 Antenna Deployment
-Wing deployment-
No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5
Mission Structure
No.5 antenna
No.1 antenna
No.2 antenna
No.4 antenna
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Initial Checkout of ALOS-2
 Initial checkout of ALOS-2 was completed.
 PALSAR-2 performance
 GPS Receiver, Reaction Wheel, Star Tracker
 SAP power generation, Bus power control
 X-band antenna and Data relay antenna pointing
 Data downlink by X-band
QPSK(200Mbps/400Mbps), 16QAM(800Mbps)
 Data Relay communication via DRTS by Ka-band
QPSK(278Mbps)
Now!
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Launch
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PALSAR-2
First image
2014
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Product publication
Bus Check out
PALSAR-2
Check out
Calibraton
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The first image of ALOS-2
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(June 20 , 2014)
Mt.Fuji
: Ultra-Fine mode (res.3m, Off nadir 40.6 deg)
: Red HH, Green HV, Blue HH/HV
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Remarkable improvement on PALSAR-2
Urayasu image by
: JERS-1 / PALSAR / PALSAR-2
JERS-1
Resolution :18 m
PALSAR
Resolution :10 m
PALSAR-2
Resolution :3 m
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Remarkable improvement on PALSAR-2
Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai (1/2)
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Remarkable improvement on PALSAR-2
Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai (2/2)
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Disaster monitoring application
ALOS-2 emergency observation images of Mt.Ontake
After eruption
Before eruption
A basin was observed
after eruption
2014/09/28 12:45(JST)
2014/08/18 23:58(JST)
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High duty observation
 PALSAR-2’s high duty observation capability,
which is realized by the GaN HEMT, was
confirmed during initial checkout.
Satellite
Freqency Band
ALOS-2/PALSAR-2
L
TerraSAR-X
CosmoSkyMed
RADARSAT2
X
X
C
Continuous
Observation
Time
48 minutes
(50% duty)
3 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
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High rate mission data downlink
 High rate mission data downlink capability
was confirmed during initial checkout.
 Measured constellations of XMOD’s three mode
shows mission data can be transferred to ground
stations without any problem.
 Data rate of 800Mbps for X-band is the world’s
highest level in the single carrier modulation
system.
Constellation for X-band transmission
800Mbps(16QAM)
400Mbps(QPSK)
200Mbps(QPSK)
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4. Summary
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Summary
 ALOS-2 succeeds to ALOS’s mission with
enhanced capabilities.
 ALOS-2 was successfuly launched on 24th,
May 2014 and the initial checkout was
completed. The checkout results shows
ALOS-2’s remarkable performances.
 The initial Cal./Val. phase is on-going.
 PALSAR-2 products will be released at the end
of November.
 ALOS-2’s remarkable performances are
supported by innovative component
technologies.
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大地にも精密検査が必要だ
The Earth needs a health check
人間に、健康診断があるように。
地球には、だいち2号がある。
感覚だけでは決してわからない、小さな数値の異常を
健康診断が教えてくれるように。宇宙から地球を精密検査して、
地上にいてはわからない、大地や海の変化を送り続ける。
それが、だいち2号のミッションです。
私たちの足下で、大地は今日も動き、変化しています。
地震、火山噴火、土砂崩れ。災害だけではなく人の手による自然破壊
も原因。
地球の健康を維持するために、宇宙から精密に診断する。
それは未来の、私たちの子孫のためにも、必要なことなのです。
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