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19 April 2007 Responsive satellites and the need for structural health monitoring
Brandon J. Arritt, Amrita Kumar, Steven Buckley, Robert Hannum, Jeffry Welsh, Shawn Beard, Xinlin Qin, Peter Wegner
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The United States is striving to develop an Operationally Responsive Space capability. The goal is to be able to deliver tailored spacecraft capabilities to the warfighter as needs arise. This places a premium on the timespan between generating that requirement and having a functioning satellite performing its mission on orbit. Although there is lively debate regarding how to achieve this responsive space capability, one thing remains undeniable; the satellite flight qualification and launch vehicle integration process needs to be dramatically truncated. This paper describes the Air Force Research Laboratory's attempts to validate the use of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in lieu of traditional structural flight qualification testing schemes (static and shock loads, random vibration, coupled loads analysis, thermal vacuum testing, etc.) for potential Responsive Space (RS) satellites.
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Brandon J. Arritt, Amrita Kumar, Steven Buckley, Robert Hannum, Jeffry Welsh, Shawn Beard, Xinlin Qin, and Peter Wegner "Responsive satellites and the need for structural health monitoring", Proc. SPIE 6531, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2007, 653109 (19 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714424
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KEYWORDS
Satellites

Structural health monitoring

Sensors

Space operations

Connectors

Satellite communications

Diagnostics

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