Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System for the International Space Station

Author

Rice, James E. ; Fox, James C. ; Lange, William G. ; Dietrich, Robert W. ; Wagar, William O.

Author_Institution

Canopus Syst. Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

244

Abstract

The Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System (MAMS) is a high resolution and wide dynamic range dual sensor-based accelerometry instrumentation system to be installed within the International Space Station´s (ISS) US Laboratory Module. The MAMS instrument will provide highly accurate acceleration measurement data over the nano-g to milli-g range characterizing the Lab Module environment in the frequency spectrum from 10^-4 Hz to 100 Hz. MAMS covers the quasi-steady acceleration frequency range by utilizing the Orbital Acceleration Measurement Experiment (OARE) and the vibratory microgravity disturbance range by using the High Resolution Accelerometer Package (HIRAP). These instruments are being repackaged to fit into an EXPRESS Double Mid-Deck Locker with appropriate command and data interfaces to the ISS. This paper will describe the MAMS and its performance verification

Keywords

acceleration measurement; accelerometers; aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; zero gravity experiments; 1E-4 to 100 Hz; EXPRESS Double Mid-Deck Locker; High Resolution Accelerometer Package; International Space Station; Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System; Orbital Acceleration Measurement Experiment; accelerometer; sensor instrumentation; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; International Space Station; Low pass filters; Signal resolution; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE

Conference_Location

Venice

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5276-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1999.776754

Filename

776754