NASA's Nanosatelite System
Posted on June 21st, 2005 in Latest News
Take a look at NASA’s latest revision to it’s Miniature
Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera (Mini AERCam) designed to help
out spacecraft and ground crew see around and inside the spacecraft.
The latest prototype, "nanosatelite", is 7.5 inches in diameter and
weights around 10lbs."The Mini AERCam could provide beneficial on-orbit views that cannot be obtained from fixed cameras, cameras on robotic manipulators, or cameras carried by space-walking crewmembers." [Link].
Here’s a good summary of the satellite’s features. NASA itself also has a website devoted to the AERCam with an excellent overviews of the mechanical design, navigation, avionics, propulsion, vision, and power systems.
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