Publication Date:
2018-06-06
Description:
As part of the Lares (LAser RElativity Satellite) mission, an all-Italian scientific mission launched with the Vega maiden flight in February 2012, a mechanical separation and retention subsystem (SSEP) has been developed to retain the LARES satellite during launch and release it in the final orbit. The design flow was based on the identification of the driving requirements and critical areas to guide the trade-off, design, analysis and test activities. In particular, the SSEP had to face very high environmental loads and to minimize the contact areas with the satellite that had a spherical shape. The test activity overview is provided.
Keywords:
Mechanical Engineering; Launch Vehicles and Launch Operations; Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
The 42nd Aerospace Mechanism Symposium; 259-272; NASA/CP-2014-217519
Format:
application/pdf
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