The Astrobee free flying robots operate in the interior of the International Space Station (ISS) under supervisory control of a ground operator or ISS crew. They replace the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) as research platforms for zero-g free-flying robotics. Astrobee also provides a tool for improving the efficiency of ISS operations as a mobile camera/sensor platform available to flight and payload controllers. The Astrobee system consists of three robots with perching arms, a docking station, and a ground data system. Development began in late-2014, and flight hardware has been deployed to ISS on several launches starting in November 2018 and concluding in October 2019. Shortly after the first two robots arrived on ISS in April, we began a series of “commissioning” activities to validate both space and ground segments. This paper provides an overview of the Astrobee system, a description of the on-orbit activities, and commissioning results.


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    Title :

    Astrobee On-Orbit Commissioning


    Contributors:
    M. Bualat (author) / J. Barlow (author) / J. Benavides (author) / L. Fluckiger (author) / A. Katterhagen (author) / T. Smith (author)

    Conference:

    The 16th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2021) ; 2021 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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