It is shown that first generation of space simulators provides capability for testing components and their functioning in routine fashion up to 700-km orbit altitudes; second generation provides simulation of solar thermal effects and reliability testing of propulsion and mission support mechanisms in lower orbit levels up to 700 km; concepts under study point to third generation which may make it possible to develop ideal space chamber, capable of simulating celestial radiation, absorbing reflected and reradiated heat, and establishing molecular sink for rejected gases.
Simulating interplanetary space
Astronautics Aerospace Eng
Astronautics and Aerospace Engineering ; 1 , n 6
1963
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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