On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) State of Play, 2021 EditionThis document compiles and organizes the current state of OSAM missions, capabilities, and developments. Understanding where the set of capabilities currently stand will help mission designers incorporate OSAM technologies into their concepts, create the starting point for technology development plans and roadmaps, and provide technologists a survey of the field they are developing. The authors recognize that this capability is broad and that they are unlikely to have captured everything that has been or is being done in the area on the first attempt. As a result, a new version of the OSAM State of Play will be released periodically (perhaps annually).
Document ID
20210022660
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
White Paper
Authors
Dale Arney (Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, United States)
Richard Sutherland (Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States) Hampton, Virginia, United States)
John Mulvaney (Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States) Hampton, Virginia, United States)