A Space Warehouse Concept and Ecosystem to Energize European OSAM (STARFAB)

为欧洲 OSAM 注入活力的太空仓库概念和生态系统 (STARFAB)

• 批准号: 10092765
• 金额: $ 20.12万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF YORK
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10092765
• 关键词: Space; Warehouse; Concept; Ecosystem; Energize

Implementing sustainable commercial activities in Earth orbit requires not only the key technologies necessary to offer the targeted services (OOS / ISAM) but also the means to effectively ensure the (re)supply of the associated facilities. Storage and handling of goods and resources in orbit, in support of OOS or ISAM, have received limited attention in the perspectives and roadmaps of the major future space ecosystem and economy players. STARFAB aims to explore a novel concept of an automated orbital Warehouse Unit (WU) within the context of both OOS and ISAM (also known as OSAM) commercial perspectives. It seeks to address a critical gap in the future space ecosystem, serving as an enabler for sustainable OSAM business models. The STARFAB project will develop a Phase A equivalent concept and demonstrator of an orbital Warehouse Unit (WU), drawing inspiration from the state-of-the-art automated warehousing practices on Earth, while considering the challenging environmental conditions encountered in space, such as microgravity, vacuum, extreme temperatures, and radiation. STARFAB's objective is to advance the necessary technologies for handling goods in space (including modular and custom-shaped components, raw materials for manufacturing, fuel, water, and more), using robotics and automation. This will encompass storage elements with varying levels of protection, the Items Handling Solution (IHS), featuring custom automation tools for operations within the warehouse structure, and the Item Transfer System (ITS), designed as a robotic manipulator to provide flexible external item transfer within the WU. The STARFAB concept will also include provisions for robotic inspection and minor maintenance tasks, primarily for STARFAB's own integrity but possibly also as a service for spacecraft docking or berthing with STARFAB. At the end, STARFAB will produce a roadmap outlining the path forward for technology maturation, model philosophy, market opportunities, and subsequent exploitation measures

在地球轨道上实施可持续的商业活动不仅需要提供目标服务（OOS / ISAM）所需的关键技术，而且还需要有效确保（重新）供应相关设施的手段。在支持OOS或ISAM的轨道上的商品和资源的存储和处理在主要未来太空生态系统和经济参与者的角度和路线图上受到了有限的关注。 Starfab旨在探索在OOS和ISAM（也称为OSAM）商业视角的背景下，自动化轨道仓库单元（WU）的新颖概念。它试图解决未来太空生态系统中的关键差距，并成为可持续OSAM业务模型的推动者。 Starfab项目将开发一个等效的概念和轨道仓库单元（WU）的演示者，从地球上最先进的自动化仓库实践中汲取灵感，同时考虑到太空中遇到的挑战性环境条件，例如微值，真空，极端温度和辐射。 Starfab的目标是使用机器人和自动化来推进空间中的商品（包括模块化和定制组件，用于制造，燃料，水等的原材料）的必要技术。这将包含具有不同保护级别的存储元素，项目处理解决方案（IHS），具有定制的自动化工具，用于仓库结构内的操作，而项目传输系统（ITS）（ITS），设计为机器人操纵器，以提供WU内的灵活外部物品传输。 Starfab概念还将包括用于机器人检查和次要维护任务的规定，主要是为了获得Starfab自身的完整性，但也可能是与Starfab的Spacecraft对接或泊位的服务。最后，Starfab将产生一个路线图，概述技术成熟，模型理念，市场机会和随后的剥削措施的前进道路