Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture

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The Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture is a standardized mechanical interface used on spacecraft and payloads to allow robotic arms to securely grapple, manipulate, and release them in orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mechanical interface
space hardware standard
spacecraft grapple fixture
appliesTo ISS external payloads
orbital payloads
satellites
spacecraft
designedFor on-orbit servicing operations
payload installation and removal
spacecraft berthing and handling
domain space engineering
space robotics
enables automated or teleoperated capture of spacecraft
precise positioning of payloads on orbit
remote handling of payloads in microgravity
hasProperty compatible with specific end effector designs
designed for on-orbit operations
provides secure mechanical connection
standardized interface geometry
supports repeated grappling and release cycles
hasUser Canadian Space Agency NERFINISHED
International Space Station program NERFINISHED
NASA NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
locatedIn external surfaces of orbital payloads
external surfaces of spacecraft
operatesIn Earth orbit
microgravity environment
partOf payload handling systems
space robotics infrastructure
relatedTo grapple fixture
robotic end effector
space manipulator system
requires compatible robotic arm end effector
safetyRole ensuring secure capture during robotic operations
preventing unintended release of payloads
usedBy Canadarm NERFINISHED
Canadarm2 NERFINISHED
Dextre NERFINISHED
space station robotic manipulators
usedFor allowing robotic arms to securely capture payloads
grappling spacecraft and payloads in orbit
manipulating spacecraft and payloads robotically
releasing payloads from robotic arms

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Latching End Effector compatibleWith Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture