Development status of FSAT--a standard spacecraft bus

Gary A. Beals; Marty Gerbasi; William M. Rust

doi:10.1117/12.178983

5 July 1994 Development status of FSAT: a standard spacecraft bus

Gary A. Beals, Marty Gerbasi, William M. Rust

Proceedings Volume 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178983
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

F-Sat is a standard spacecraft bus which will support future LMSC programs, both commercial and government. The F-Sat bus has been designed with the adaptability to satisfy any applications with medium-weight payloads. This paper discusses F-Sat's design and a recently completed test which demonstrated the integration of flight electronics with attitude determination and control system sensors and actuators. With the successful completion of this demonstration. F-Sat has taken one more step toward realizing the goal of low cost access to space.

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Gary A. Beals, Marty Gerbasi, and William M. Rust "Development status of FSAT: a standard spacecraft bus", Proc. SPIE 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII, (5 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178983

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