1000 days on orbit: lessons learned from the ACTEX-I flight experiment

R. Scott Erwin; Keith K. Denoyer

doi:10.1117/12.388152

12 June 2000 1000 days on orbit: lessons learned from the ACTEX-I flight experiment

R. Scott Erwin, Keith K. Denoyer

Proceedings Volume 3991, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388152
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the Air Force Research Laboratory advanced controls technology experiment program. Representing the first space-demonstration of smart structures technology, the ACTEX-I program has met or exceeded all program goals at each stage, beginning with the program initiation in 1991 through launch in 1996 to the conclusion of the Guest Investigator program and program conclusion in 1999. This paper will provide a summary of the ACTEX-I program from the AFRL perspective, focusing on lessons learned from the program both positive and negative.

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R. Scott Erwin and Keith K. Denoyer "1000 days on orbit: lessons learned from the ACTEX-I flight experiment", Proc. SPIE 3991, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, (12 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388152

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