The Automated Spacecraft Assembly Project is studying the potential for leveraging 'soft' (computer-based) technologies in spacecraft manufacturing, because above-the-shop-floor costs typically account for 40 to 70 percent of the total costs of manufacturing. Our preliminary survey of soft technologies of above-the-shop-floor operations identified the areas which show the greatest potential benefit in cost and time savings for SDIO spacecraft fabrication and test. The preliminary survey reviewed initiatives from DARPA, and SDIO, among others.


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    Title :

    Spacecraft fabrication and test integration - Leveraging existing information


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II ; 1992 ; Orlando,FL,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1992-08-10





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English