Statistics – Methodology
Scientific paper
Jan 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002iaf..confe.478a&link_type=abstract
IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,
Statistics
Methodology
Scientific paper
This paper details the approach adopted and applied on the thermal vacuum tests campaign of the CBERS Flight Model #2 spacecraft, successfully performed at the Integration and Tests Laboratory - LIT, National Institute for Space Research - INPE, in São José dos Campos, SP, from September 7th to 28th, 2001. Measuring approximately 1.8 x 2.0 x 2.2m, weighting 1,500kg and carrying three cameras as the main payload, this spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in China and it will be orbiting the Earth at 778km as part of its remote sensing mission profile. Exploring the capabilities of LIT's 3m x 3m thermal vacuum chamber in terms of appropriately selecting and adjusting its cold shroud temperatures and also some low cost heat input/sink techniques, the spacecraft was adequately disjoined at its service and payload model interface in such a way that each part could physically fit inside the T/V chamber one at a time. Assuring all the necessary functional and test cabling interconnection between the two models through the chamber walls for the proper spacecraft electrical operations as an integrated system, specific thermal test techniques were applied in order to obtain the required hot and cold acceptance levels of temperature at the spacecraft subsystems and structural surfaces, as a consequence of the simulated thermal conditioning from the distinct orbital configurations. These thermal simulation techniques consisted of a combination of skin-heaters, the thermal vacuum chamber main shrouds and dedicated LN2 cold plates, effectively leading to reliable and very satisfactory testing methodology results. Taking more than 350 hours and having 67 people directly involved, including teams from both Brazil and China, this test can be considered as a very important accomplishment in terms of distinct technique of spacecraft testing and also in terms of the satisfactory working relationship between two quite different cultures.
Almeida Jorge Sanchez
Fu P. Z.
Garcia C. E.
Santos M. B.
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