Canadarm
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Canadarm or Canadarm1 (officially Shuttle Remote Manipulator System or SRMS, also SSRMS) is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the Canadarm was always paired with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which was used to inspect the exterior of the shuttle for damage to the thermal protection system.
Key facts
- Spacecraft instrument.Spacecraft
- Space Shuttle
- Spacecraft instrument.Name
- Shuttle Remote Manipulator System
- Spacecraft instrument.Image
- Canadarm 1 - STS-72.jpg
- Spacecraft instrument.Caption
- Canadarm (right) during Space Shuttle mission STS-72
- Spacecraft instrument.Operator
- NASACSA
- Spacecraft instrument.Manufacturer
- Spar Aerospace
- Spacecraft instrument.Type
- robotic arm
- Spacecraft instrument.Number
- 5
- Spacecraft instrument.SC_Operator
- NASA
- Spacecraft instrument.Launch_Site
- Kennedy LC-39
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Development
- End effector
- Controls and software
- Design and capabilities
- Service history
- Retirement
- Derivatives
- Canadarm2
- Canadarm3
- In popular media
- See also
- References
- External links
Canadarm or Canadarm1 (officially Shuttle Remote Manipulator System or SRMS, also SSRMS) is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the Canadarm was always paired with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which was used to inspect the exterior of the shuttle for damage to the thermal protection system.
== Development == thumb|Life-size replica of the Canadarm at the Euro Space Center in Belgium
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