• DocumentCode
    358976
  • Title

    From concept to flight delivery in eighteen months: the MECA/Electrometer case study

  • Author

    Buehler, Martin G. ; Cheng, Li-jen ; Martin, Dennis P. ; Gompf, Raymond H. ; Calle, Carlos I. ; Bayliss, Jon A. ; Rauwerdink, Jeffrey L.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    619
  • Abstract
    The rapid development of space instrumentation is increasingly important in this faster; better, cheaper era. This paper discusses the development of the MECA/Electrometer. It used a number of innovations including (a) rapid design of three prototypes, (b) fabrication of 20 units, (c) testing by three institutions, and (d) testing over a wide range of temperature, pressures, atmospheres, and vibration conditions in an eighteen month period
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; electrometers; environmental testing; space research; MECA/Electrometer; flight delivery; space instrumentation; testing; Computer aided software engineering; Instruments; Laboratories; Mars; Prototypes; Sensor arrays; Soil measurements; Terrestrial atmosphere; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Big Sky, MT
  • ISSN
    1095-323X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5846-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.2000.879329
  • Filename
    879329
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=358976