Evolution of an actuator family

Paul Stigell; Pekka Kyrenius; Tomi Ylikorpi; Kai Viherkanto

Evolution of an actuator family

Paul Stigell, Pekka Kyrenius, Tomi Ylikorpi, Kai Viherkanto

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Abstract

VTT Automation got involved in spaceflight engineering in the mid-1980's and helped in the formation of the Finnish space industry. The first design was a worm gear mechanism that opened an auxiliary solar panel for the ASPERA instrument on board the Soviet Phobos spacecraft. Next came the Solar Wind ANisotropy (sWAN), including a 2-axis scanning mechanism, on board ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Two SWAN sensor units cover a field of view of nearly 4 pi VTT Automation developed scanning mechanisms for two instruments on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft, namely the ACT actuator for the CAPS instrument and the TT turntable for the MIMI/LEMMS instrument. The actuator concept was further developed in ESA's MPRA project. A version of ACT actuator is currently being manufactured for NASA's Two Wide Angle Imaging Neutral Atom Spectrometers (TWINS) mission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	34th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium
Subtitle of host publication	NASA/CP-2000-20989
Pages	251 - 263
Publication status	Published - 2000
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	34th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium - Greenbelt, United States Duration: 10 May 2000 → 12 May 2000

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Series	NASA Conference Publication (CP)
Number	2000-209895
ISSN	0191-7811

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Conference	34th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium
Country/Territory	United States
City	Greenbelt
Period	10/05/00 → 12/05/00

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