Spacecraft fabrication and test integration: leveraging existing information

David M. Sanders; Nancy A. Storch; Timothy Sharick; Steve LeClair

doi:10.1117/12.138039

10 August 1992 Spacecraft fabrication and test integration - Leveraging existing information

David M. Sanders, Nancy A. Storch, Timothy Sharick, Steve LeClair

Proceedings Volume 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138039
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Automated Spacecraft Assembly Project is studying the potential for leveraging 'soft' (computer-based) technologies in spacecraft manufacturing, because above-the-shop-floor costs typically account for 40 to 70 percent of the total costs of manufacturing. Our preliminary survey of soft technologies of above-the-shop-floor operations identified the areas which show the greatest potential benefit in cost and time savings for SDIO spacecraft fabrication and test. The preliminary survey reviewed initiatives from DARPA, and SDIO, among others.

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David M. Sanders, Nancy A. Storch, Timothy Sharick, and Steve LeClair "Spacecraft fabrication and test integration - Leveraging existing information", Proc. SPIE 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II, (10 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138039

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