On-orbit testing of standard interface components and systems
Abstract
The benefits of utilizing on-orbit testing as part of the development and certification process, and how the Global Outpost Platform can be a part of this process are presented. Attention is given to the requirement for standard interfaces, the need for long-term on-orbit testing, and the opportunity for long-term on-orbit testing. A description is provided of the Outpost that details deployment, servicing, and retrieving services, manned maneuvering unit services, a proposed soft berthing with the orbiter, and the conceptual berthing sequence.
- Publication:
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Washington, DC International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992wadc.iafcQV...G
- Keywords:
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- External Tanks;
- Manned Maneuvering Units;
- Orbital Servicing;
- Orbital Space Tests;
- Spacecraft Components;
- Cost Reduction;
- Extravehicular Mobility Units;
- Standards;
- Space Transportation