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Description
SMILE is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The mission is aimed to observe the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth magnetosphere by simultaneous X-ray imaging of the magnetosheath combined with UV imaging of the northern aurora. ESA will be in charge of the Payload Module, while the Service and the Propulsion Module is provided by CAS. This presentation is aimed to describe the SMILE PLM thermal validation and verification strategy. In particular, it is focused on the PLM STM test campaign conducted at the European Test Services (ETS) facilities in 2022 and the associated correlation exercise. The presentation covers the test set-up definition, test execution and the thermal model correlation. In addition, it is provided a brief description of the upcoming PFM thermal validation and verification campaign.
