Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute
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Canada has a long history of involvement in space projects through organizations like the Canadian Space Agency and MDA. Some of Canada's contributions include the Canadarm and Canadarm2 robotic arms used on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. More recently, Canada participated in projects like the Phoenix Mars Lander, Curiosity Mars Rover, and OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission by providing instruments like the MET Lidar and Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. Canada is also developing next-generation robotic technologies through projects like the Next Generation Canadarm to enable on-orbit satellite servicing.
Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute
- 1. CANADA’S ROLE IN SPACE – RECENT PROJECTS Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute October 9, 2014 Leif Bloomquist, Senior Software Systems Engineer @ MDA www.mdacorporation.com
- 2. 2 Presentation Outline Background: Canadarm and Canadarm2 Recent projects with Canadian participation: • Phoenix Mars Lander and Curiosity Mars Rover • Next Generation Canadarm • OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission (Video) Canadarm Legacy and Future (Video)
- 3. Canada was the third nation in space! 3 3 Sputnik 1, 1957: Russia Explorer 1, 1958: USA Alouette 1, 1962 Canada, eh!
- 4. Early Steps: Canadarm November 1, 2014 4 4 Credit: NASA Launched in November, 1981 on STS-2
- 5. 5 Canadarm 2 Canadarm2 Arrives (2001) • 17.6m long • 7 joints • Mass: 1,800kg • Handling Capacity: 100,000kg • 2 latching end effectors (“hands”) • Force-moment sensing capability • Relocatable – can travel end-over-end • Electrically redundant • On-orbit or Ground-based control • PP: 2kW | Prms: 1360W Credit: NASA
- 6. 6 Canadarm2 • Deployed on the ISS: April 2001 • STS -100: First Canadian space walk Chris Hadfield 6
- 7. 7 Space Station Assembly November 1, 2014 7 Credit: NASA
- 8. 8 Dextre • 3.5 m (12 ft) long • Two manipulator arms, each with 7 joints • One body roll joint • Each arm fitted with an Orbit Replacement Unit/Tool Change-out Mechanism (OTCM) • Force-Moment sensing capability • 600 kg (1300 lbs) payload handling capacity • One Latching End Effector • Four special tools, carried Credit: NASA in Tool Holder
- 9. 9 Phoenix Mars Lander (2007) Canada’s contribution: MET Lidar
- 10. 10 MET Lidar “Light Radar”
- 11. 11 Mars Science Lab “Curiosity” Launched Nov. 26, 2011 Landed: August 2012 (Operating on Mars right now!) Canada’s contribution is the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
- 12. 12 APXS Analyzing a Boulder on Mars
- 13. 13 The Next Generation Canadarm • Project Duration: October 2009 to March 2012 • Produce a facility of ground-based prototypes of key elements for an end-to-end robotic on-orbit servicing system, demonstrating next generation technologies and operational capabilities for prepared and unprepared spaceflight hardware in earth orbit and beyond
- 14. 14 Background – Robotics for Servicing
- 15. 15 NGC Integrated Test Bed Facility Next Generation Small Canadarm (NGSC) Test Bed Next Generation Large Canadarm (NGLC) Test Bed Mission Operations Station Proximity Operations (POST) Test Bed Semi-Autonomous Docking Simulator (SADS) Test Bed (MOS)
- 16. Real or simulated mission video displays with telemetry driven overlays 16 Mission Operations Station Mission Planning display 3D virtual display driven by real or simulated telemetry Graphical User Interface displays for command input and telemetry display Hand controllers
- 17. 17 Mission Operations Station
- 18. 18 POST Test Bed • Operator-in-the-loop spacecraft proximity operations during approach of Servicer Spacecraft to capture envelope of Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) of Client Spacecraft
- 19. 19 SADS Test Bed • Servicer to Client spacecraft docking interaction and docking sensor performance
- 20. 20 NGLC Test Bed • Prototype and demonstrate a scalable concept for telescoping booms for a large (15 m reach) manipulator
- 21. 21 NGSC Test Bed
- 22. 22 NGSC Test Bed
- 23. 23 NGSC Test Bed
- 24. 24 NGSC Test Bed
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- 26. 26 OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-VR6pNi70k
- 27. 27 OLA Canadian Team • Canadian Space Agency (Montreal) • MDA Space Missions (Brampton) • Optech (Vaughan) • York University (Toronto)
- 28. 28 Acknowledgements • Dr. Cameron Dickenson and Lynne Vanin @ MDA • NGC Project Team @ MDA and CSA • National Research Council (NRC) – Institute for Aerospace Research • Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)