Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Flight segment
More than 17,000 satellites have been launched into space, and about 11,500 of them are still there, with more than 9,000 still in operation.
Space is now being seen as an ecosystem that must be protected, just like our oceans and forests to ensure that we can use space in a responsible way over the long term. In the area of Flight segment and robotics, GMV´s new orbital robotic technologies are making essential contributions to space sustainability
Click in our robotics portfolio to know more about GMV technologies that are able to satisfy new, emerging needs, in terms of both performance and costs in the fields of ADR and in orbit maintenance and refueling:
- Standard devices/interfaces for satellite refueling and on orbit servicing.
- Robotic technologies that allow capture and removal by the service provider.
- Mechanical interface for end-of-life capture
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling.
Robotics solutions
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
ASSIST
CAT
MICE
Flight segment
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
ASSIST
Refuelling interface for in-space transfer of spacecraft propellants
ASSIST is an inter-satellite docking and refuelling system based on the International Intersatellite Fuel Transfer System Standard (IIFTSS). It was designed to meet the upcoming needs of on-orbit servicing and space logistics. It has been developed with interoperability in mind and the clear idea of leveraging all the potential of satellite Life-extension and other on-orbit services by making available a non-proprietary specification. It can handle gaseous and liquid storable propellants for chemical or electric propulsion.
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
assist@gmv.com
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Capture Payload Bay
ASSIST
A satellite capture payload for ADR & servicing
CAT is an active robotic payload, designed to capture medium and large size uncooperative and cooperative satellites equipped with a MICE mechanical interface:
- Self-contained payload, designed to fit within a Launcher Adapter Ring
- Equipped with an optical navigation system to support Close Proximity Operations
- Able to perform compliant capture, braking, relocation and securing of cooperative and uncooperative targets.
- Customisable to other In Orbit Servicing capture and manipulation tasks
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
robotics@gmv.com
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Mechanical interface for capture and end-of-life
ASSIST
A mechanical interface for removal
MICE is a (single-part) mechanical interface designed to enable safe capture and removal of satellites at their End-of-life. MICE supports cooperative and non-cooperative capture by compatible grippers (e.g. CAT system) by establishing a firm grappling fixture on the equipped satellite. MICE is an open ICD, space qualified part adopted as ESA’s basline for ADR of the Copernicus Sentinel Expansion mission satellites.
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
robotics@gmv.com
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Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Flight segment
More than 17,000 satellites have been launched into space, and about 11,500 of them are still there, with more than 9,000 still in operation. Space is now being seen as an ecosystem that must be protected, just like our oceans and forests to ensure that we can use space in a responsible way over the long term. In the area of Flight segment and robotics, GMV´s new orbital robotic technologies are making essential contributions to space sustainability
Click in our robotics portfolio to know more about GMV technologies that are able to satisfy new, emerging needs, in terms of both performance and costs in the fields of ADR and in orbit maintenance and refueling:
Robotics solutions
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
ASSIST
CAT
MICE
Flight segment
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
ASSIST
Refuelling interface for in-space transfer of spacecraft propellants
ASSIST is an inter-satellite docking and refuelling system based on the International Intersatellite Fuel Transfer System Standard (IIFTSS). It was designed to meet the upcoming needs of on-orbit servicing and space logistics. It has been developed with interoperability in mind and the clear idea of leveraging all the potential of satellite Life-extension and other on-orbit services by making available a non-proprietary specification. It can handle gaseous and liquid storable propellants for chemical or electric propulsion.
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
assist@gmv.com
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Capture Payload Bay
ASSIST
A satellite capture payload for ADR & servicing
CAT is an active robotic payload, designed to capture medium and large size uncooperative and cooperative satellites equipped with a MICE mechanical interface:
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
robotics@gmv.com
Flight segment
Robotics solutions for ADR, on orbit servicing and refuelling
Mechanical interface for capture and end-of-life
ASSIST
A mechanical interface for removal
MICE is a (single-part) mechanical interface designed to enable safe capture and removal of satellites at their End-of-life. MICE supports cooperative and non-cooperative capture by compatible grippers (e.g. CAT system) by establishing a firm grappling fixture on the equipped satellite. MICE is an open ICD, space qualified part adopted as ESA’s basline for ADR of the Copernicus Sentinel Expansion mission satellites.
CAT
MICE
Download brochure
robotics@gmv.com