Application of the mini AERCam free flyer for orbital inspection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5419, Issue , 2004, Pages 26-35

  Fredrickson, Steven E ^a   Duran, Steve ^a   Howard, Nathan ^a   Wagenknecht, Jennifer D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AERCam; Autonomy; Docking; Free flyer; Inspection; Magnetic; Nanosatellite; Navigation; Servicing; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

AERCAM; AUTONOMY; DOCKING NAVIGATION; FREE FLYERS; NANOSATELLITES;

AVIONICS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCKING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MANIPULATORS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 10044248776     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542810     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Mini AERCam website, http://aercam.nasa.gov
2. Steven E. Fredrickson, Larry W. Abbott, Steve Duran, J. David Jochim, J. William Studak, Jennifer D. Wagenknecht, Nichole M. Williams, "Mini AERCam: Development of a free-flying nanosatellite inspection robot," Proceedings SPIE Vol. 5088, p. 97-111, Space Systems Technology and Operations; Peter Tchoryk, Jr., James Shoemaker; Eds. Aug 2003.
3. AERCam Sprint website, http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er er/html/sprint/index.htm
4. Fredrickson, S. E., Lockhart, P.S., and Wagenknecht, J.D., "Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera (AERCam) for remote viewing," Proceedings of the AIAA ISS Service Vehicles Conference, 26-29 April 1999.