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BiBlade Touch-and-Go Demonstration on a Full-Scale/Mass Spacecraft Testbed, 2017

04/03/2017
BiBlade Touch-and-Go Demonstration on a Full-Scale/Mass Spacecraft Testbed, 2017

Demonstration of the BiBlade sampler on-board a full-scale spacecraft emulator for touch-and-go sampling validation. The spacecraft emulator is 2200kg - representative of full spacecraft mass and inertia. Closed loop control of the spacecraft emulator provides testing at representative touchdown velocities. The material sampled into is MPACS comet simulant with a strength of 5MPa cone penetration resistance. (0:29)