Results of REXUS12's Suaineadh experiment: deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions
On the 19th of March 2012, the Suaineadh experiment was launched onboard the sounding rocket REXUS12 (Rocket Experiments for University Students) from the Swedish launch base ESRANGE in Kiruna. The Suaineadh experiment served as a technology demonstrator for a space web deployed by a spinning assemb...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:91159 2023-05-15T17:04:21+02:00 Results of REXUS12's Suaineadh experiment: deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions Sinn, Thomas McRobb, Malcolm Wujek, Adam Skogby, Jerker Rogberg, Fredrik Wang, Junyi Vasile, Massimiliano Tibert, Gunnar 2012 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/91159/ http://www.iafastro.net/iac/archive/ unknown Sinn, T., McRobb, M. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/24809.html> , Wujek, A., Skogby, J., Rogberg, F., Wang, J., Vasile, M. and Tibert, G. (2012) Results of REXUS12's Suaineadh experiment: deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2012), Naples, Italy, 1-5 Oct 2012 Conference Proceedings NonPeerReviewed 2012 ftuglasgow 2021-09-23T23:06:21Z On the 19th of March 2012, the Suaineadh experiment was launched onboard the sounding rocket REXUS12 (Rocket Experiments for University Students) from the Swedish launch base ESRANGE in Kiruna. The Suaineadh experiment served as a technology demonstrator for a space web deployed by a spinning assembly. The deployment of this web is a stepping stone for the development of ever larger structures in space. Such a structure could serve as a substructure for solar arrays, transmitters and/or antennas. The team was comprised of students from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK), the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK) and the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), designing, manufacturing and testing the experiment over the past 24 months. Following launch, the experiment was ejected from the ejection barrel located within the nosecone of the rocket. Centrifugal forces acting upon the space webs spinning assembly were used to stabilise the experiment’s platform. A specifically designed spinning reaction wheel, with an active control method, was used. Once the experiment’s motion was controlled, a 2 m by 2 m space web is released. Four daughter sections situated in the corners of the square web served as masses to stabilise the web due to the centrifugal forces acting on them. The four daughter sections contained inertial measurement units (IMUs). Each IMU provided acceleration and velocity measurements in all three directions. Through this, the positions of the four corners could be found through integration with respect to known time of the accelerations and rotations. Furthermore, four cameras mounted on the central hub section captured high resolution imagery of the deployment process. After the launch of REXUS12, the recovery helicopter was unable to locate the ejected experiment, but 22 pictures were received over the wireless connection between the experiment and the rocket. The last received picture was taken at the commencement of web deployment. Inspection of these pictures allowed the assumption that the experiment was fully functional after ejection, but perhaps through tumbling of either the experiment or the rocket, the wireless connection was interrupted. A recovery mission in the middle of August was only able to find the REXUS12 motor and the payload impact location. Conference Object Kiruna University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Esrange ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) Kiruna |
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On the 19th of March 2012, the Suaineadh experiment was launched onboard the sounding rocket REXUS12 (Rocket Experiments for University Students) from the Swedish launch base ESRANGE in Kiruna. The Suaineadh experiment served as a technology demonstrator for a space web deployed by a spinning assembly. The deployment of this web is a stepping stone for the development of ever larger structures in space. Such a structure could serve as a substructure for solar arrays, transmitters and/or antennas. The team was comprised of students from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK), the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK) and the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), designing, manufacturing and testing the experiment over the past 24 months. Following launch, the experiment was ejected from the ejection barrel located within the nosecone of the rocket. Centrifugal forces acting upon the space webs spinning assembly were used to stabilise the experiment’s platform. A specifically designed spinning reaction wheel, with an active control method, was used. Once the experiment’s motion was controlled, a 2 m by 2 m space web is released. Four daughter sections situated in the corners of the square web served as masses to stabilise the web due to the centrifugal forces acting on them. The four daughter sections contained inertial measurement units (IMUs). Each IMU provided acceleration and velocity measurements in all three directions. Through this, the positions of the four corners could be found through integration with respect to known time of the accelerations and rotations. Furthermore, four cameras mounted on the central hub section captured high resolution imagery of the deployment process. After the launch of REXUS12, the recovery helicopter was unable to locate the ejected experiment, but 22 pictures were received over the wireless connection between the experiment and the rocket. The last received picture was taken at the commencement of web deployment. Inspection of these pictures allowed the assumption that the experiment was fully functional after ejection, but perhaps through tumbling of either the experiment or the rocket, the wireless connection was interrupted. A recovery mission in the middle of August was only able to find the REXUS12 motor and the payload impact location. |
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Results of REXUS12's Suaineadh experiment: deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions |
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Sinn, T., McRobb, M. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/24809.html> , Wujek, A., Skogby, J., Rogberg, F., Wang, J., Vasile, M. and Tibert, G. (2012) Results of REXUS12's Suaineadh experiment: deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2012), Naples, Italy, 1-5 Oct 2012 |
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