항공우주산업기술동향 (Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace)
- 제8권1호
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- Pages.55-61
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- 2010
대형 열진공챔버용 내부 위성체 근접 치구 설계
Design of Access Fixture for a Large Vacuum Chamber
초록
우주환경은 고진공 환경과 태양 복사열에 의한 고온 환경 및 극저온이 반복되는 가혹한 환경으로, 위성체는 지상에서 발사되어 우주궤도에 진입한 순간부터 이러한 우주환경에 노출되어 위성체의 주요부품에 기능장애가 발생하고 결국 임무의 실패로 이어지기도 한다. 따라서 위성체는 지상에서 우주환경시험을 거쳐 기능 및 작동상태를 점검해야 한다. 한국항공우주연구원에서는 정지궤도 위성과 같은 대형 위성체의 시험을 위해
Thermal vacuum test should be carried out to verify the performance of the S/C on the ground under the simulated space environment. KARI already completed the construction of a Large Thermal Vacuum Chamber(LTVC) with 8 m of diameter and 10 m of length dimension. LTVC is for the purpose of performing the orbital environment test for large Space Craft(S/C). Inside LTVC, S/C is much smaller than LTVC. For the function test of S/C during the thermal vacuum test, the S/C has to be connected to Electrical Ground Support Equipment(EGSE) which includes several cable and RF wave guide inside LTVC. Also, MLI should be installed on S/C before the test. But it is very difficult to access the S/C inside big LTVC. To solve the accessibility to the S/C inside LTVC, KARI designed an access fixture. This fixture provides easy access to the any S/C thus can help safe installation and saving time for the related work inside LTVC. This paper describes whole process for the design of the access fixture.