The External Augmentation of Generic Launch Elements (EAGLE) System

Made In Space, Inc. leads a team including industry veterans from Moog CSA Engineering, Harris Corporation, and Oceaneering Space Systems to develop the External Augmentation of Generic Launch Elements (EAGLE) System, an innovative capability that rapidly deconstructs launch hardware and reassembles the components into a phased array antenna. The EAGLE System integrates multiple proven, space-compatible technologies into a single utility to facilitate the conversion of an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) into a phased array antenna attached to a hosted microsatellite payload. The Phase II work focuses on taking the preliminary design and refining it for a flight demonstration. During Phase II, those designs will be updated, per lessons learned and feedback from the Phase I PDR, and used to create subsystem Engineering Design Units (EDU’s) for testing. The testing retires risks identified during the preliminary design stage, shows a mitigation path for later stage risks, and verifies the solutions to requirements identified during test plan formulation. EDU’s constructed match the design of the flight system as close as feasible in terms of form, fit, and function with budget and time as the main limitations to the systems’ fidelity.