Rocketstar
Robotics
2510G Las Posas
Road
Suite 112
Camarillo, CA 93010
USA
tel: +1 877 423
7795
fax: +1 805 504 1342
url:
http://www.rocketstarrobotics.com
Douglas Petercsak:
Owner / President
Vision
Dedicated to providing actuators
and mechanisms for spaceflight applications Rocketstar Robotics features a
management and engineering team with over 25 years of experience in the design
and manufacture of spacecraft mechanisms.
Rocketstar Robotics can
analyze, design, and manufacture components to customer specifications for
demanding spaceflight applications. All analysis and design is performed
in-house with the latest analytical tools. Rocketstar Robotics makes effective
use of parametric models that are dynamically linked to our analysis. Our
manufacturing operations are supported by a select team of precision machining
services.
Rocketstar Robotics broad technical capability means that our
customers will never be forced to use a technology that is not the best option
for their application.
Products
Motors: Rocketstar
Robotics designs and manufactures high performance custom motors for
spaceflight applications including:
Gearboxes: Rocketstar Robotics designs and manufactures precision gearboxes for all manner of spaceflight application. Design features include high specific stiffness and torque capability, low and zero backlash, long life, aerospace materials and low vapor pressure lubricants. Available gearbox configurations include:
Actuators: Rocketstar Robotics Motors, Gearboxes and Mechanisms can be provided in any combination to provide complete Actuator assemblies including:
Typical applications of Rocketstar Robotics Actuators would include:
Mechanisms: Rocketstar Robotics can also provide an array of Mechanisms and Components that can be combined with our motors and transmissions in any combination for a robust range of actuators and systems including:
Trust
Prior to starting
Rocketstar Robotics our engineers have been responsible for the design and
manufacture of numerous high profile spacecraft mechanisms and actuators. In
addition, they have been called upon on multiple occasions to serve as
consultants to several spacecraft and spacecraft mechanisms suppliers including
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Raytheon. From Earth orbit, to Mars and
beyond our team is ready to support our customers
requirements.
Experience
Satellites: The engineers at
Rocketstar Robotics have been instrumental in the design of actuators and
mechanisms for a lineup of satellite missions dating back over two decades.
Some highlights include release and deployment mechanisms for:
Rocketstar Robotics' engineers were also instrumental in the design of antenna pointing mechanisms for:
Our engineer's solar array drive experience includes:
Manned Missions: Our experience with manned
missions includes actuators and mechanisms design for the International Space
Station and nearly every payload actuator for the largest deployable structure
ever flown in space on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Our engineers are
familiar with the special requirements imposed by manned missions.
Mars:
Our engineers experience with designing actuators, gearboxes and deployment
mechanisms for Mars Missions is unparalleled with over 50 mechanisms alone on
the Mars Exploration Rover program including; actuators for azimuth,
deployment, elevation, and camera pointing mechanisms for the Pancam mast
assembly as well as transmissions for the wheels, steering, suspension, wheel
deployment, solar array deployment, antenna pointing, airbag retraction and
sampling systems. In addition to MER, they have also been responsible for the
design of mission critical mechanisms for Mars Observer, Mars Pathfinder, and
Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor.
And Beyond
Our experience
does not just stop there. Rocketstar Robotics engineers have also contributed
to deep space missions such as scan mirror components for Stardust and the main
sampling system mechanism for Genesis.
Our engineers have also been
entrusted with the design of many 'mission critical' non space related
mechanisms and actuators as well.