Structural Test Model – Thermal Balance Test of ATV 2003-01-2423
The Automated Transfer Vehicle will provide ISS with reboost, attitude control functions, with water, gas and propellant and with dry cargo. It remains attached up to 6 months before a destructive reentry.
In summer 2002, a Thermal Balance Test has been performed with the STM in the LSS test chamber. The objectives were:
To correlate the TMM in flight conditions
To validate the active TCS performances of AFCU
To validate the passive TCS of Spacecraft and EEB
This paper deals with the set-up, the means and the sequence implemented for this test and the main results obtained from test measurements and exploitation.
Citation: Vincent, P., Joulot, A., Ruffino, F., Romera-Perez, J. et al., "Structural Test Model – Thermal Balance Test of ATV," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2423, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2423. Download Citation
Author(s):
P. Vincent, A. Joulot, F. Ruffino, J. A. Romera-Perez, M. Signetti
Affiliated:
EADS Launch Vehicles, France, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands, ALENIA Spazio, Italy
Pages: 12
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Automated Vehicles
Attitude control
Test facilities
Scale models
Spacecraft
Propellants
Gases
Water
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