Session
Technical Session V: Lessons Learned - In Success and Failure
Abstract
One Stop Satellite Solutions and the Center for Aerospace Technology recently completed the JAWSAT mission. This was the first flight of the Minotaur launch vehicle and the first time eleven separate micro and pico satellites were placed into orbit with one launch. The JAWSAT project required both new technical designs as well as new programmatic ways of conducting a space mission. Main stream, large satellite, methods were not adequate. Technical lessons learned on this project range from new techniques in versatile, low-cost, structural design to a reasonable method of qualifying commercial off-theshelf electronic components. New methods of final integration and ride sharing were also invented. In program management, new methods in documentation, technical exchange, design review and reporting were developed. Lessons related to schedule, goals, budget, team building, logistics of personnel and materials, and risk assessment and management were studied and implemented. The positive and negative lessons learned in this large small-satellite mission will be of interest to the small satellite community and give insight to those who plan future missions.
The JAWSAT Mission: Final Report and Lessons Learned
One Stop Satellite Solutions and the Center for Aerospace Technology recently completed the JAWSAT mission. This was the first flight of the Minotaur launch vehicle and the first time eleven separate micro and pico satellites were placed into orbit with one launch. The JAWSAT project required both new technical designs as well as new programmatic ways of conducting a space mission. Main stream, large satellite, methods were not adequate. Technical lessons learned on this project range from new techniques in versatile, low-cost, structural design to a reasonable method of qualifying commercial off-theshelf electronic components. New methods of final integration and ride sharing were also invented. In program management, new methods in documentation, technical exchange, design review and reporting were developed. Lessons related to schedule, goals, budget, team building, logistics of personnel and materials, and risk assessment and management were studied and implemented. The positive and negative lessons learned in this large small-satellite mission will be of interest to the small satellite community and give insight to those who plan future missions.
