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Ground Demonstration of Synchronized Formation Rotations for Precision, Multi-Spacecraft InterferometersThis paper reports the ground demonstration of precision synchronized formation rotations with better than 6 arcmin/5 cm performance in the Formation Control Testbed (FCT). The FCT currently consists of two, five degree-of-freedom, air bearing-levitated robots. The sixth degree-of-freedom, vertical translation, is being added in November 2007. Each robot has a suite of flight-like avionics and actuators, including a star tracker, fiber-optic gyroscopes, reaction wheels, cold-gas thrusters, inter-robot communication, and on-board computers that run the Formation and Attitude Control System software.
Document ID
20110013181
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Scharf, Daniel P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Keim, Jason A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hadaegh, Fred Y.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
April 23, 2008
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 3rd International Symposium on Formation Flying
Location: Noordwijz
Country: Netherlands
Start Date: April 23, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
ground demonstrations
flying formation

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