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2007-02-05
Active Space Technologies provides on
site technical support at ESTEC for ESA’s YES2 project
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Active
Space Technologies
will provide on site technical support to Delta-Utec SRC, which
is responsible for YES2, in February through April. During this
period YES2 will be subject to the test campaign, which includes
the vibration and thermal cycling tests.
The 2nd Young Engineers
Satellite (YES2) is a project of the ESA Educational Office,
where students from all over Europe develop an innovative
re-entry technology by using space tethers instead of conventional
propulsion methods. The YES2 Spacemail is trying to demonstrate
a brand new method for payload transportation from Space
to Earth and more specifically from the International Space
Station (ISS) to Earth. The mission is planned to be launched
in 2007 with the Russian scientific spacecraft FOTON-M3.
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Random shaker test Credit: ESA |
The role of Active
Space Technologies in YES2 was to support YES2 CoE Patras in the thermal
design and analysis and in the trade-off analysis between meeting
the interface requirements and delivering an overall good thermal
performance of YES2. The YES2 test campaign now follows. The
tests include functional electrical tests, EMC, thermal cycling
and vibration. Active
Space Technologies provides on site support
at ESTEC for the vibration and thermal tests. Active
Space Technologies
participates in the definition of procedures, in the support
of test runs, and in the analysis and correlation of results.
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