Development of a ground-based planar testbed with a near frictionless, vacuum environment for small spacecraft allows for higher fidelity, 3 degree of freedom (3DoF) testing of fully integrated propulsion systems and control algorithms prior to launch. This provides empirical data at a relatively low cost that can be used to reduce risk of on-orbit failures thereby mitigating contributions of small spacecraft to the growing orbital debris issue.


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    Title :

    Small Sat Simulated Space Environment MagLev Testbed


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2021 JSC Technology Showcase: FY21 CIF IRAD ; 2022 ; Houston, TX, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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