ATLAS22 Ground Test Release Actuator
SPACERACE s.r.o.
Rapidly resettable, non-explosive hold-down and release actuator for ground testing and qualification of space mechanisms.
Technical specifications
- Mechanical interface
- User customizable (to match NEA, Glenair, Eaton, Arquimea)
- Release bolt thread
- User customizable up to M8
- Max. release preload
- 22 kN
- Design limit load
- 33 kN
- Mass
- 270 g (without harness and connector)
- Actuation
- PC controlled current pulse (multiple actuators)
- Release time
- < 50 ms @ 7A with ATLAS control electronics (ICU)
- Reset
- Release Initiation Unit replacement in minutes with supplied tool
- Life
- 50 releases per ECSS-E-ST-33-01C (>200 tested)
- Temperature range
- Laboratory conditions
About
ATLAS22 is a resettable substitute for space-qualified release actuators, designed for efficiency, ergonomics, and reliability in repeated ground-test campaigns. Testing and qualification of space mechanisms with release actuators is traditionally slow and costly, with single-use devices requiring refurbishment or expensive on-site resets; ATLAS22 is resettable in under 1 minute with supplied tooling. A space-rated flight variant, ATLAS ORBITAL, is planned for 2027.
Documentation
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