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CSA has developed a piezoelectrically-controlled platform for on-orbit active vibration isolation of satellite
components. Under Air Force sponsorship, CSA designed and built one of four payloads launched on the PICOSat spacecraft in late September 2001.
This microprecision piezoelectric isolation system was delivered to SSTL
for satellite integration in June, 1998 and was launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska on an Athena 1. Experiments by CSA, the AFRL, and Guest
Investigators will be conducted over a one-year period with the SUITE DSP-based electronic control system.
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