Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003esasp.524..231p&link_type=abstract
In: Proceedings of the 10th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium, 24-26 September 2003, San Sebastián, Spain. Compi
Computer Science
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Deployment Mechanisms
Scientific paper
The present paper shows the deployment mechanism for a foldable platform that supports the MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis) instrument, the only instrument contained on SMOS PLM. SMOS project has been selected by ESA as Earth Observation Mission to be launched on year 2006 in polar orbit. Its mission is to measure the Soil Moisture and Oceans Salinity. MIRAS instrument requires three radial arms of about five meters length each to comply with the requested quality of the Under ESA contract, EADS CASA Space was requested for the conception, development, breadboarding and testing of the MIRAS instrument and to define a configuration for such an instrument on a small satellite platform which could eventually became the core of an ESA Earth Explorer mission. There is no doubt that the proposals and work made in this project contribute to the continuity of this mission in the frame of the Earth Observation Programmes.
Cespedosa Fernando
Martinez Lorenzo
Plaza Miguel A.
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