Space Simulation Tests are performed in spacecraft in order to verify equipment proper operation under thermal vacuum conditioning and to verify the correct workmanship in the assembling of the flight spacecraft as a whole. This paper presents the space simulation (thermal vacuum test) developed in the China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, Flight Model no. 2, that took place at the Integration and Tests Laboratory – LIT, INPE. Measuring approximately 1.8 x 2.0 x 2.2m, weighting 1,500 kg and carrying three cameras as the main payload, this spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in China. The spacecraft was installed in the 3x3m space simulation chamber and the tests run 24 hours a day completing a total of 350 hours. Using the technique of skin-heaters complemented by the thermal vacuum chamber thermally conditioned shrouds and cold plates, dedicated heat inputs and heat sink where applied at the spacecraft surfaces in order to obtain the required high and low acceptance values of temperature and, subsequently, simulating the operational conditions for the necessary electronic subsystems functioning tests of the spacecraft. This test campaign included teams from both China and Brazil, summing a total of 67 people directly involved.


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    SPACE SIMULATION OF THE CHINA-BRAZIL EARTH RESOURCES SATELLITE – CBERS


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    2004-12-31


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    doi:10.5380/reterm.v3i2.3527
    Revista de Engenharia Térmica; v. 3, n. 2 (2004); 96-99 ; Revista da Engenharia Térmica; v. 3, n. 2 (2004); 96-99 ; 1676-1790 ; 10.5380/reterm.v3i2



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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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    DDC:    621



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