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An Overview of the Canadian Space Agency’s Recent Deployment Activities
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30+ Years of Space Exploration Canadarm on Space Shuttle Mobile Servicing System (including Canadarm 2 &
Dextre) on ISS Vision system on ISS (e.g. TriDAR DTO) Robotics Refueling Mission (RRM) Lidar and MET station on Phoenix APXS on MSL OSIRIS-Rex/OLA Continuously looking at potential contributions
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ExCore: An Integrated Program Operations
ExDOC
UWO
MDA
MDA
ESI
DELTION
Neptec
Tech Development & Integration Science
Tests Analogue Missions
Symphony
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Next Generation Small Canadarm (NGSC)
Next Generation Large Canadarm
(NGLC)
Proximity Operations Station Testbed (POST)
Semi-Autonomous
Docking System (SADS)
Mission Operations Station (MOS)
ExCore Prototyping (2009-12) Next Generation Canadarm
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ExCore Prototyping (2009-13) Exploration Surface Mobility
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ExCore Current Prototyping TRL 4: LIBS, small rover (SPRP) , wheels, telecom. sys.
(RDCS) TRL-5/6: lunar rover drivetrain (LRPDP), LiDAR rover
(LiNIS) and ISS rendez-vous sensor (RNLS)
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ExDOC
PCCS
RIF
Analogue Terrain
Supporting Infrastructure
ESF
RIW
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Analogue Mission Scenarios Lunar Prospecting Mars Sample Return
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Lunar Prospecting & Science Analogue Mission Aligned with potential missions on the Moon Various concepts of operation
Teleoperation Autonomy
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Mars Sample Return Analogue Mission Aligned with potential future contributions to
Mars missions Strong science focus Remote autonomous operations Sample selection and manipulation
Microscope
Mini-Corer
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2013 Analogue Deployments
HI-SEAS (Portable GCS)
Mars Dome (NCFRN)
Mercier Sand Quarry Rougemont Sand Quarry
CSA AT (NSERC CREATE)
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2013 Analogue Deployments Use of Teleoperation Robotics Testbed (TRT)
TRT rover based on Neptec’s Juno
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2013 Analogue Deployments Use of Teleoperation Robotics Testbed (TRT)
Remote Control Station based on CSA’s Symphony S/W
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2014 Analogue Deployments NCFRN annual field trials on CSA AT
Science Mission Activity for ISU SSP’14
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2014 Analogue Deployments NSERC CREATE: August 11-25, 2014
Mars exploration scenario (ops test with integrated instruments)
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2014 Analogue Deployments NSERC CREATE: August 11-25, 2014
Mars exploration scenario (ops test with integrated instruments)
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2014 Analogue Deployments MDA Collaboration with NASA Ames
CSA contributed loan of LELR rover
Picture courtesy of MDA
Picture courtesy of MDA
Mojave Desert, USA
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2015-16 Analogue Deployments MSR Scenario: Hanksville, Utah
Lunar Scenario: Craters of the Moon National Park, Idaho
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MSR 2015 - Scenario Hanksville, UT
ExDoc, CSA
November 2015 3 weeks (1 Setup + 2 Operations)
Analogue Site
Mission Planning & Science
Remote Ops Western U, London, ON
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Conclusion CSA continues to invest in prototyping activities to
increase TRL Strong focus on using the prototypes as part of
scientific analogue deployments After extensive testing of hardware in local sites, CSA
is going to remote sites to increase science relevance
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