PacSci EMC laat nieuwe technologie zien op demo-satelliet
CHANDLER, Ariz – (BUSINESS WIRE) – PacSci EMC heeft op 30 juni 2017 de eerste tests in de ruimte met het draagvermogen van nieuwe technologieën aan boord van de demo-satelliet PACSCISAT succesvol afgerond. Nadat de satelliet in één week werd geactiveerd in een polaire, heliosynchrone baan om de aarde van 515 kilometer, slaagde PacSci EMC met de primaire en overtollige sequentiesystemen en -apparaten van zijn Energetics Architecture (SEA™) voor de ingebouwde tests. PacSci EMC vuurde daarnaast twee pyrotechnische Smart Initiators af en voerde manoeuvres voor de standregeling uit met behulp van pyrotechnische raketten.
“Deze fase van de missie laat zien dat ons SEA-systeem de Smart Initiators kan laten ontbranden, betrouwbaar werkt, precies doet wat wij bevelen en nu op niveau 9 van technologische gereedheid zit (TRL-9)”, zei Greg Scaven, directeur van PacSci EMC. “Ons doel met deze missie was om antwoord te geven op de vraag ‘heeft deze apparatuur ooit in de ruimte gevlogen?’ en het antwoord is nu ‘ja’. We geloven dat ons systeem en pyrotechnische apparatuur een ‘gamechanger’ zijn voor de NewSpace-markt, omdat het zeer zuinige, flexibele en precieze sequentiecapaciteiten levert voor satellietlanceringen en ruimtevaart, maar ook standregelingsfuncties bevat.”
PacSci EMC Proves New Technologies on Demonstrator Satellite
CHANDLER, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PacSci EMC successfully completed initial payload tests of new technologies on its on-orbit technology demonstrator satellite, PACSCISAT, on June 30, 2017. After a one-week satellite commissioning period in a 515 km, sun synchronous, polar orbit, PacSci EMC successfully passed built-in-tests (BIT) on both its primary and redundant Smart Energetics Architecture (SEA™) sequencing system and devices, fired two Smart Initiators, and demonstrated pyrotechnic rocket based attitude control maneuvers.
“This phase of the mission proved that our SEA based networked Sequencing System firing Smart Initiators, performs reliably and precisely as commanded and is now at technology readiness level 9 (TRL-9),” said Greg Scaven, PacSci EMC’s president. “Our goal with this mission was to answer the question ‘has this hardware flown in space before?’ and now the answer is yes. We believe that our sequencing system and pyrotechnic devices will be a game changer for the NewSpace market providing very low power, flexible, high precision sequencing capability for satellite release and spacecraft operations as well as attitude control capability.”
The low power, SEA sequencing system is capable of firing hundreds of pyrotechnic devices with microsecond repeatability and sub-millisecond sequencing. It can be used to deploy solar arrays, scientific instruments and many other devices used on satellites and spacecraft.
PacSci EMC products are used in all phases of vehicle flight beginning with ground-based operations through lift-off/boost, solid rocket booster jettison, payload fairing separation, booster separation, second stage flight, payload separation and flight termination.
PACSCISAT was launched on June 22, 2017 on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flight C38 (PSLV-C38) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.
ABOUT PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY LLC (PacSci EMC):
PacSci EMC provides pyrotechnic and energetic material devices and integrated systems that operate precisely the moment they are commanded – down to the millisecond. The safe and reliable operation of our products drives PacSci EMC from development, design and testing to manufacturing and final assembly. From critical systems such as aircraft emergency safety systems to sequencing systems for strategic and tactical missiles, our components can be found in hundreds of applications. Our innovations in environmentally conscious energetic materials along with our propulsion and sequencing systems are a result of over 65 years of experience working for customers in commercial aerospace, military, space, oil and gas, and law enforcement.
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