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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nThe Next-Generation Large Canadarm is a 15-metre robotic arm which is able to collapse and fit onboard future smaller spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n Image credit: Canadian Space Agency<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates<\/b> (MDA)<\/b> have built a new generation of robo-arms, designed to act as repair mechanics for orbiting satellite. The Canadarm is a remote-controlled robotic manipulator arm originally developed for removing items from NASA\u2019s<\/b> Space Shuttle\u2019s cargo bay while in orbit under the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System name. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tags: Canadarm, NASA, Orbiting Satellite Publication: Gizmodo.com Publication Date: 07\/11\/2013 The Next-Generation Large Canadarm is a 15-metre robotic arm which is able to collapse and fit onboard future smaller spacecraft. Image credit: Canadian Space Agency MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) have built a new generation of robo-arms, designed to act as repair mechanics for orbiting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe Next Generation Canadarm (NGC) has a 15-meter arm similar to the Canadarm 2 but, lighter and more compatible. The robo-arm can telescope out to nearly 50 feet and features six degrees of freedom \u2013both handy for grasping passing satellites. The 15-meter arm also folds down to 16 square feet in order to fit into the current generation of spacecraft. In addition, the NGC includes a simulation testbed and semi-automated docking abilities, allowing flight engineers to simulate the prescribed mission plan and practice capture and docking procedures under realistic conditions.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/Assets\/Image\/FullStoryArrow.png\")
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