This viewgraph presentation reviews the thermal cycling test for the Dawn mission. The flight system, the mission requirements, and the Ion Propulsion System (IPS) are shown. The Dawn mission requires periodic thruster shutdown for data transmission and coast periods. The thermal cycling test is designed to simulate approximately three complete mission profiles. The results of the tests are reviewed.


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    Title :

    Thermal Cycle Lifetest of Swaged Cathode Heaters


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    IMAP 2nd Advanced Technology Workshop on Reliability of Advanced Packages and Devices in Extreme Cold Environments ; 2007 ; Arcadia, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2007-02-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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