The manufacture of a low cost instrument for the Mars 96 mission
The manufacture of a low cost instrument for the Mars 96 mission
- Author(s): T.E. Kennedy ; D.G. Self ; A. Self ; M. Safa
- DOI: 10.1049/cp:19970133
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- Author(s): T.E. Kennedy ; D.G. Self ; A. Self ; M. Safa Source: Fifth International Conference on FACTORY 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process, 1997 p. 123 – 130
- Conference: Fifth International Conference on FACTORY 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process
- DOI: 10.1049/cp:19970133
- ISBN: 0 85296 682 2
- Location: Cambridge, UK
- Conference date: 2-4 April 1997
- Format: PDF
The Mars spacecraft was launched in November 1996, into low Earth orbit by a Proton D rocket, the second most powerful launch vehicle available to the Russian space program. This paper details the low cost manufacture of satellite experiments and describes the rationale, development and manufacture of the sensor interface unit, one of the Fonema instruments core sub-systems. Fonema is one of a series of plasma instruments that will be flown onboard the Mars'96 spacecraft. The stages of development include the instrument concept, technical requirement definition, design requirements, block diagram, preliminary design, breadboard model, engineering model, flight model and flight spare. This paper concentrates on the initial design concept through to block diagram stage.
Inspec keywords: design engineering; sensors; manufacture; aerospace instrumentation
Subjects: Aerospace instrumentation and equipment; Aerospace industry; Design; Sensing devices and transducers; Project and design engineering; Instrumentation
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