Micro-inspector spacecraft : an overview

Goldberg, Hannah; Mueller, Juergen; Alkalai, Leon

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Micro-inspector spacecraft : an overview

Goldberg, Hannah; Mueller, Juergen; Alkalai, Leon

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39857

Date: 2006-08-15

Keywords: micro-spacecraft; inspectors; microsatellite inspectors

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.

Citation: 20th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 15, 2006.

Abstract:

JPL has developed a small(<5 kg) spacecraft capable of visual inspection of a host vehicle with support from NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD). This paper describes the multi-mission utility of the Micro-Inspector and presents an overview of the spacecraft system and subsystem designs, description of a typical inspection mission scenario, and initial hardware demonstrations of key subsystems, partially integrated with each other in a Micro-Inspector testbed at JPL.

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