【title】:Design and flight hardware fabrication of the OE-6 Orbiter EjectorDesign and flight hardware fabrication of the OE-6 Orbiter Ejector 【作者】:SILVERBERG, LARRY (North Carolina State University, Raleigh) 【Corportate Author】:【Catalog】:7518 Spacecraft Design, Testing & Performance (1975-)|【Keywords】:EJECTORS; HARDWARE; ORBIT CALCULATION; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; DESIGN ANALYSIS; ORBITAL ELEMENTS; SAFETY FACTORS; SPACE BASED RADAR; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS【Publish Year】: 【Language】:English【Record id】:92-1282【File Size】:1.29M 【Come From】:AIAA, Space Programs and Technologies Conference, Huntsville, AL, Mar. 24-27, 1992. 11 p.【AAIA ID】:A92-38485 【Abstract】:The design and subsystems of the OE-6 Orbiter Ejector are described. ^The purpose of the Orbiter Ejector, which is placed in a cannister in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, is to place six spheres in orbit for the calibration of various radar and optical instruments worldwide. ^The OE-6 is designed to eject these spheres into precise orbits via a geared rotating ring driven by an electric motor that releases pins that in turn release compressed springs; these springs force the spheres through tubes out and into their orbits. ^The composition of the spheres and the sphere's orbit parameters are selected on the basis of satisfying a variety of constraints, including the separation time, activation time, sphere-orbit time, orbital safety, and sphere collisions with each other. ^(I.S.)
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