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Research Areas
Design, Test, and Processing
- Design, fabrication, and testing of spacecraft and hardware
- Preliminary and detailed design, fabrication, testing, and integration onto launch vehicle
- Systems engineering for new spacecraft proposals
- Start-to-finish responsibility for NCST spacecraft mechanical systems
Space Mechanical Systems Development
- Research and development in spacecraft technology
- Conceptual design trade studies
- Integrated engineering design and analysis
- Structural and thermal design and analysis
- Development and transition of prototype hardware
- Development and integration of experimental pay loads
- Mission integration and development
Space Electronic Systems Development
- Space system concept definition, design, and implementation including hardware and software
- Detailed electrical/electronic design of electronic and electromechanical systems and components
- Implementation of real-time flight software and embedded command, control, and telemetry software
- Design and verification of real-time embedded multiprocessor software
- Spacecraft antenna systems
- Space systems fabrication, test, and integration
- Launch and on-orbit support
- Space test systems and electronic launch support equipment
- Space TT&C and control systems
- Space communication systems
Control Systems
- Attitude determination and control systems
- Precision pointing
- Optical line-of-sight stabilization
- Propulsion systems
- Precision cleaning and component testing
- Propellent and pressurization systems
- Hydraulic and pneumatics control
- Test systems and services
- Analytical design and mission planning
- Navigation, tracking, and orbit dynamics
- Expert systems
- Flight operations support
- Computer simulation
- Computer animation
- Robotics systems engineering
- Proximity operations
- Autonomous servicing
- Autonomous inspection
- End effector design
- Compliance control
- Trajectory planning
- Machine vision
- Fault detection, isolation, and recovery