Selenide isotope generator for the Galileo Mission: SIG/Galileo hermetic receptable test program final report

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5818905· OSTI ID:5818905

Roedel, S

The purpose of the receptacle test program was to test various types of hermetically sealed electrical receptacles and to select one model as the spaceflight hardware item for SIG/Galileo thermoelectric generators. The design goal of the program was to qualify a hermetic seal integrity of less than or equal to 1 x 10/sup -9/ std cc He/sec -atm at 400/sup 0/F (204/sup 0/C) and verify a reliability of 0.95 at a 50% confidence level for a flight mission in excess of 7 years.

• Research Organization: Teledyne Energy Systems, Timonium, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: ET-78-C-01-2865
• OSTI ID: 5818905
• Report Number(s): TES-33009-47; TRN: 80-002405
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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