Local observable area and self inspection system
US7837153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/648
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A surveying device and a method for surveying a satellite and its environs is disclosed. The surveying device comprises a docking platform having an interface for physically coupling to a surface of a bus of a spacecraft and an imaging module, releasably coupleable to the docking platform via a semi-rigid tether axially extendable and retractable by command, the imaging module having an imaging sensor for collecting image data, the imaging sensor communicatively coupled with the docking platform via the tether.
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