The Steerable Antenna Mechanism (SAM) is a small mechanical device used to orient the communications antenna of a satellite in the direction of one or more ground stations while maintaining a specified look vector along one axis of the satellite. Working with MIT Lincoln Laboratory engineers, the team took the prototype SAM from an untested design through assembly and flight-level qualification testing, redesigning any components of the SAM necessary to achieve successful test results.

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Creator

• Moore, Tyson Donald
• Waggener, Nikolas T.
• LeRay, David James

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D050M

Advisor

• Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.

Year

• 2003

Center

• MIT Lincoln Laboratory-Lexington, Massachusetts Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Coe, Donald

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright