DGAP-News: OHB AG: Thermal vacuum test successfully completed for the Galileo-FOC* satellite
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OHB AG: Thermal vacuum test successfully completed for the
Galileo-FOC* satellite
27.11.2013 / 14:49
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The first FOC satellite in the future European navigation system Galileo
has mastered the most difficult of all the environmental impact tests with
flying colors. Over a period of four weeks, the satellite known as 'Doresa'
was tested under the most severe space conditions imaginable in the thermal
vacuum chamber at European Test Services ETS, completing the tests with
great success, as the OHB team reported today from Nordwijk in the
Netherlands.
'The successful thermal vacuum test marks an important milestone in
'Doresa's' voyage into space and for the entire project. With the positive
completion of environmental testing, the entire satellite design has passed
its most important technical challenge,' explains Galileo project manager
Dr. Pascal Knobloch.
ETS operates the testing facilities. OHB System is the industrial prime
contractor responsible for the total of 22 Galileo FOC satellites and
installed the equipment specifically required for testing the satellite
system in the thermal chamber. 'Thanks to the good collaboration between
the participating industrial teams, ETS and the experts at the European
Space Agency ESA as our customer, it has been possible to complete the
entire thermal vacuum testing campaign successfully,' says Dr. Ingo Engeln,
the member of OHB's Management Board responsible for Galileo. The thermal
test is considered to be the most critical part of environmental
verification testing. For this purpose, the satellite is exposed to extreme
heat and cold in a vacuum chamber, where its functions are tested under
space-like conditions.
The second FOC satellite 'Milena' was mechanically qualified in October for
launching on board a Soyuz rocket. This mechanical qualification test
included also separation and shock tests from a representative launcher
interface. The mechanical qualification tests as well as the thermal test
are traditionally the greatest hurdles which a satellite project must
clear. The OHB FOC satellites have now successfully passed these two major
milestones.
'Adam' and 'Anastasia' - the third and fourth Galileo FOC satellites - are
currently undergoing function testing at OHB's clean rooms in Bremen, after
which they will be shipped to the testing center in ESTEC, Nordwijk. The
production of the next satellites is also well advancing at the OHB
production site in Bremen.
The Galileo satellites are named for the children who won a painting
competition organized by the European Commission in 2011.
*The FOC (full operational capability) phase of the Galileo program is
being funded and executed by the European Union. The European Commission
and the European Space Agency ESA have signed a contract under which ESA
acts as the development and sourcing agency on behalf of the Commission.
The view expressed here does not necessary reflect the official position of
the European Union and/or ESA. 'Galileo' is a registered trademark owned by
the EU and ESA and registered under OHIM application number 002742237.
Contact:
Investor Relations
Martina Lilienthal
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-720
Fax: +49 421 - 2020-613
E-Mail: martina.lilienthal(at)ohb.de
Corporate Communications
Martin Stade
Tel.: +49 421 - 2020-620
Fax: +49421 - 2020-9898
E-Mail: martin.stade(at)ohb.de
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