Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a disturbance verification test on a flight Solar Array 3 (SA3) for the Hubble Space Telescope using the ESA Large Space Simulator (LSS) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The LSS cyclically illuminated the SA3 to simulate orbital temperature changes in a vacuum environment. Data acquisition systems measured signals from force transducers and accelerometers resulting from thermally induced vibrations of the SAI The LSS with its seismic mass boundary provided an excellent background environment for this test. This paper discusses the analysis performed on the measured transient SA3 responses and provides a summary of the results.
Keywords:
Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
ESA-SP-467
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4th International Symposium on Environmental Testing for Space Programmes; Jun 12, 2001; Liege; Belgium
Format:
application/pdf
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