Diagnosis of Malfunction and Assembling of Small Satellite.

Accession number;00A0150767
Title;Diagnosis of Malfunction and Assembling of Small Satellite.
Author;IWATA TOSHIAKI(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)   KAWADA MASAKUNI(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)   MACHIDA KAZUO(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)   
Journal Title;Proceedings of the Space Sciences and Technology Conference
Journal Code:S0277A
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VOL.43rd;NO.;PAGE.73-78(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.4
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;We propose a diagnosis method of a small satellite, which uses several sensors and a space robot. As the sensors for the diagnosis of a solar paddle, a sonic sensor, a laser range finder and an image sensor were used. The advantages of this system are: (1) the inspected position can be selected, (2) the inspecting method can be selected, (3) several kinds of sensors are available for one malfunction, and (4) a human can be intervened. We present a diagnosis concept and show some experimental results. (author abst.)