Phaeton Mast Dynamics: On-orbit characterization of deployable masts

Author

Michaels, Darren

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-12 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

The PMD instrument is a set of three custom-designed triaxial accelerometer systems designed specifically to detect and characterize the modal dynamics of deployable masts in orbit. The instrument was designed and built as a payload for the NuSTAR spacecraft, but it is now sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory´s DSX project. It can detect acceleration levels from 1μg to 0.12g over a frequency range of 0.1Hz to 30Hz, the results of which can support future modeling and designing of deployable mast structures for space. This paper details the hardware architecture and design, calibration test and results, and current status of the PMD instrument.

Keywords

accelerometers; aerospace instrumentation; space vehicles; vehicle dynamics; Air Force Research Laboratory; DSX project; NuSTAR spacecraft; PMD instrument; Phaeton mast dynamics; custom- designed triaxial accelerometer systems; deployable masts; frequency 0.1 Hz to 30 Hz; hardware architecture; modal dynamics; on-orbit characterization; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Frequency division multiplexing; Instruments; Optical sensors; Payloads;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7350-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2011.5747412

Filename

5747412