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Aug 2004
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Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Testing for Space Programmes Noordwijk, The Netherlands (ESA SP-
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In addition, being the Verification and Test Programme a significant part of the spacecraft development life cycle in terms of cost and time, very often the subject of the mentioned discussion has the objective to optimize the verification campaign by possible deletion or limitation of some testing activities. The increased market pressure to reduce the project's schedule and cost is originating a dialecting process inside the project teams, involving program management and design authorities, in order to optimize the verification and testing programme. The paper introduces the Alenia Spazio experience in this context, coming from the real project life on different products and missions (science, TLC, EO, manned, transportation, military, commercial, recurrent and one-of-a-kind). Usually the applicable verification and testing standards (e.g. ECSS-E-10 part 2 "Verification" and ECSS-E-10 part 3 "Testing" [1]) are tailored to the specific project on the basis of its peculiar mission constraints. The Model Philosophy and the associated verification and test programme are defined following an iterative process which suitably combines several aspects (including for examples test requirements and facilities) as shown in Fig. 1 (from ECSS-E-10). The considered cases are mainly oriented to the thermal and mechanical verification, where the benefits of possible test programme optimizations are more significant. Considering the thermal qualification and acceptance testing (i.e. Thermal Balance and Thermal Vacuum) the lessons learned originated by the development of several satellites are presented together with the corresponding recommended approaches. In particular the cases are indicated in which a proper Thermal Balance Test is mandatory and others, in presence of more recurrent design, where a qualification by analysis could be envisaged. The importance of a proper Thermal Vacuum exposure for workmanship verification is also highlighted. Similar considerations are summarized for the mechanical testing with particular emphasis on the importance of Modal Survey, Static and Sine Vibration Tests in the qualification stage in combination with the effectiveness of Vibro-Acoustic Test in acceptance. The apparent relative importance of the Sine Vibration Test for workmanship verification in specific circumstances is also highlighted. Fig. 1. Model philosophy, Verification and Test Programme definition The verification of the project requirements is planned through a combination of suitable verification methods (in particular Analysis and Test) at the different verification levels (from System down to Equipment), in the proper verification stages (e.g. in Qualification and Acceptance).
Beruto E.
Fleming Philip
Marucchi Chierro P.-P.
Messidoro Piero
Sacchi E.
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