Environmental Testing Philosophy for a Sandia National Laboratories' Small Satellite Project - A Retrospective
Sandia has recently completed the flight certification test series for the Multi-Spectral Thermal Imaging satellite (MTI), which is a small satellite for which Sandia was the system integrator. A paper was presented at the 16th Aerospace Testing Seminar discussing plans for performing the structural dynamics certification program for that satellite. The testing philosophy was originally based on a combination of system level vibroacoustic tests and component level shock and vibration tests. However, the plans evolved to include computational analyses using both Finite Element Analysis and Statistical Energy Analysis techniques. This paper outlines the final certification process and discuss lessons learned including both things that went well and things that should/could have been done differently.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 761043
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2000-0296C; TRN: AH200035%%94
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 19th Aerospace Testing Seminar, Manhatten Beach, CA (US), 10/02/2000--10/05/2000; Other Information: PBD: 24 Aug 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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