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Abstract
With rapid development of space systems in recent years and their limited lives, it is imperative that a sustainable space development approach is developed to support more affordable access to space for all stakeholders. The European Commission hence funded the MOSAR project which aims to create a new paradigm technology to address this increasing challenge. This paper provides an overview of this technology’s preliminary development to enable on-orbit servicing. Building on five successful projects which collectively created all required common building blocks for both planetary explorations and in-orbit missions, a novel architecture is proposed to create a walking manipulator to demonstrate its unique capability in both space system assembly and on-orbit servicing. Preliminary design concepts of a walking manipulator and spacecraft modules are shown. A dedicated simulator is also developed to evaluate the proposed novel architecture for these targeted applications.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 27 May 2019 |
Event | 15th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation - Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency , Noordwijk, Netherlands Duration: 27 May 2019 → 28 May 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 15th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Noordwijk |
Period | 27/05/19 → 28/05/19 |
Keywords
- mechatronics systems
- spacecraft
- space systems
- MOSAR
- modular spacecraft design
- avionics
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Horizon 2020 SRC MOSAR - Modular Spacecraft Assembly and Reconfiguration
European Commission - Horizon 2020
1/03/19 → 31/05/21
Project: Research