Ryan Noe, Samara Aerospace director of mechanical engineering, is pictured with Cicada, a hosted payload with four MSAC flexures, during vibration testing. Credit: Samara Aerospace SAN FRANCISCO – ...
Samara Aerospace's Hummingbird satellite includes small piezoelectric actuators in the hinges of deployable solar panels. The actuator technology, called Multifunctional Structures for Attitude ...