Design and Testing of a Compact Hold-Down and Release System for a Formation Flying Micro Satellite; SEIRIOS

Design and Testing of a Compact Hold-Down and Release System for a Formation Flying Micro Satellite; SEIRIOS

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

SEIRIOS(Space Experiment of IR Interferometric Observation Satellites)

• Demonstrates accurate formation flying (FF) technology with three microsatellites (two10 kg-class and one 60 kg-class)

Hold-Down and Release System (HDRS)

1. Retain the Deputy-Sats on the Chief -Sat during the launch.
2. Enable Interferometric observation in the docking configuration with no structural deformation.
3. Enable separation of the Deputy-Sats in orbit.
4. Avoid collision during separation

Launch Load Condition(Tentative)

The response amplification factor within the Chief-Sat was empirically set as below.