Design and construction of a five degrees of freedom air carriage for the SPHERES testbed
Name
57587640-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
1.68 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
a83424f304a1904a537c4c924ddd929b
Author(s)
Bolivar, Jesus, 1982-
Advisor(s)
Edmund Mun Choong Kong.
Alternative Title
Design and construction of a 5⁰ of freedom air carriage for the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites
Date Issued
2004
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) formation flight testbed is being developed at the MIT Space Systems Lab. Through this program, the SSL is developing and testing algorithms for formation flight of spacecraft. Three of the five mini-satellites that have been built will be launched to the ISS for development, testing and primarily, validation of the formation flight algorithms in a zero-gravity environment. The remaining two are designated ground units. Their function is to provide an infrastructure where the bulk of the development and testing aspect of the algorithms are being carried out since resources are more readily accessible. To accomplish this, the MIT SSL has developed air carriages for operation of these mini-satellites (spheres) on a two dimensional table. These air carriages' designs only provide three out the six degrees of freedom that is experienced by a spacecraft in a zero-gravity environment. Therefore, an air carriage that allows for five degrees of freedom to be tested on ground would allow for further testing.
Description
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 24).
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
