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Seeker Overview and Mission 1 Review– A New Development Approach for In-Space Inspectors
Speaker: Samuel M. Pedrotty, NASA Johnson Space Center
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
10:00AM-11:00AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Abstract: Seeker 1 was an automated extravehicular inspection spacecraft that was designed and built in-house at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) over approximately 18 months with a budget of $1.8 million. Seeker is an overarching concept to enable rapid, low-cost development of an advanced in-space inspection capability, and Seeker 1 was the first step down that path. Seeker 1 launched onboard the NG-11 Cygnus mission in April 2019 and deployed from Cygnus in September 2019. This presentation provides a brief overview of the Seeker incremental development path, the rapid development of the first vehicle, and flight performance.
Bio: Sam Pedrotty works in the Autonomous Flight Systems Branch at the Johnson Space Center. He is currently the Deputy Project Manager for the Safe and Precise Landing Integrated Capability Evolution project and was the GNC lead for the Seeker project.
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