Conveners
Thermal Testing: Thermal Testing
- Andreas Mussger (ESA)
Thermal Testing: Thermal Testing
- Romain PEYROU-LAUGA (ESA)
Thermal Testing: Thermal Testing
- Gunnar Sieber (European Space Agency)
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...
The Sample Fetch Rover (SFR) was a key element of the Mars Sample Return program, having the objective to locate, retrieve and return samples cached by the Mars 2020 (Perseverance) Rover. Designed for autonomous operations and fast mobility on Mars terrains, the Sample Fetch Rover mission profile included traverse to the “depot” where Perseverance will have left the tubes containing soil and...
The EarthCARE satellite TB/TV test was performed in the Large Space Simulator facility (LSS) at ESTEC, in the period of January 26th, to February 9th, 2023.
The test objectives, the test phases and the requirements for the test environment led to a test setup with an active cooling system for the ATLID PLH’s and a cavity for the CPR main reflector. The test set-up including cooling loop and...
Space simulation in Thermal Vacuum Chambers is one of the major tests performed for Spacecraft qualification.
During these tests, huge amount (several thousands) of parameters need to be acquired for near real time real supervision or post-test analysis.
These parameters can come from :
- The test...
The Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission, led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is scheduled for launch in 2024 with the objective of sample-return from the Martian Moon Phobos and additional scientific observations of Deimos. As part of this mission, the MMX rover 'IDEFIX', developed collaboratively by the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) and the German...
This study presents a comprehensive investigation of the thermal balance characteristics and model correlation of a radar panel sample from ROSE-L (Copernicus SAR Instrument), incorporating the usage of high dissipative electronic units and featuring two distinct optical coating variants for the radiative antenna front.
The study aims to assess the thermal performance of the radar panel...
Spacecraft components that are exposed to deep space often require testing at the cryogenic temperature levels they will sustain during the mission. To that end, a test facility not only requires a chamber capable of reaching high vacuum levels, but also the means of reaching temperatures below that of liquid nitrogen.
Moreover, this paper describes the design and implementation of mechanical...
The On-Ground Calibration Target (OGCT) for the Ice Cloud Imager (ICI), to be flown on the Metop-SG Satellite B, has been developed, built and sub-system tested in a joint effort by IABG mbH (thermal design, modelling & testing, thermal control sub-system manufacturing), Thomas Keating Ltd. (radio frequency & mechanical design, mechanical manufacturing), and the Institute of Applied Physics of...
The Atmospheric Remote-sensing and Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) is a space observatory and the fourth medium-class (4M) mission of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Cosmic Vision programme. One of the instruments on board ARIEL is Fine Guidance System (FGS). This optic sensor provides high-precision pointing information for the telescope which is an input to its attitude control...
The Wide-Field-Imager (WFI) instrument is one of two instruments planned to fly on the ATHENA observatory. At its current capabilities, WFI can image incoming X-ray photons in the energy band from 0.2 eV up to 15 keV and a time resolution of less than 5ms with its Large Detector (LD) Array . It also has the provision for high-count rate measurements in the same energy band using a Fast...
