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Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Space Stations/Crewed Spacecraft > Space Station > MUSES

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MUSES  

Definition

  • The Multiple-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) is a precision-pointing platform mounted externally to the International Space Station (ISS). The platform can host four instruments simultaneously and offers the ability to change, upgrade, and robotically service each individually. It is a space-based, Earth-pointing platform providing position sensing, data downlink, and other core services for each payload attitude control. MUSES is the first commercial Earth-sensing platform on the ISS; designed, built, operated and managed by the commercial entity TBE (Teledyne Brown Engineering) providing research institutions and private sector companies outside NASA the opportunity to mount their instruments on the platform. MUSES was positioned on board the ISS in 2017 and transformed the space station into a universal instrument platform. (en)

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  • 2023-03-02 16:36:56.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (MUSES [cf915b86-38c0-4450-827c-6640c54a555b,1232207] - ISS [93c5d18c-be62-46c4-9545-42f73a854d85,1222543]);
  • 2023-03-02 16:37:40.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Multiple-User System for Earth Sensing language code: en);
  • 2023-03-02 16:38:20.0 [sritz] insert Definition (id: null text: The Multiple-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) is a precision-pointing platform mounted externally to the International Space Station (ISS). The platform can host four instruments simultaneously and offers the ability to change, upgrade, and robotically service each individually. It is a space-based, Earth-pointing platform providing position sensing, data downlink, and other core services for each payload attitude control. MUSES is the first commercial Earth-sensing platform on the ISS; designed, built, operated and managed by the commercial entity TBE (Teledyne Brown Engineering) providing research institutions and private sector companies outside NASA the opportunity to mount their instruments on the platform. MUSES was positioned on board the ISS in 2017 and transformed the space station into a universal instrument platform. language code: en);
  • 2023-06-30 13:19:45.0 [sritz] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (MUSES [cf915b86-38c0-4450-827c-6640c54a555b,1355942] - Space Station [a4297e6c-efe4-4194-8309-0b8bd658445b,1355752]);
  • 2023-06-30 13:21:40.0 [sritz] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 93c5d18c-be62-46c4-9545-42f73a854d85 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/cf915b86-38c0-4450-827c-6640c54a555b

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