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Kayser-Threde satellite in our test house: IABG performing environmental qualification for TET-1

On behalf of Kayser-Threde, IABG currently carries out qualification tests on the small satellite TET-1 in its space centre in Ottobrunn. Kayser-Threde was selected by DLR (German Aerospace Centre) as main contractor and system prime for the technology experiment carrier TET-1 and is also responsible for the launch of the satellite. The intensive qualification program includes vibration, acoustic and shock testing, tests of electromagnetic compatibility, thermal and vacuum testing as well as the determination of mass properties.

On occasion of the commencement of tests IABG, together with its customer Kayser-Threde, invited press representatives to take a close look at the satellite on September 15. The testing campaign is scheduled to be completed at the end of September.

The technology test platform TET-1 is a German small satellite for the on-orbit verification (OOV) of technology experiments. The satellite, destined for a low earth orbit, accommodates eleven technology experiments. TET-1 has a total mass of 120 kg; the payload amounting to 50 kg. The OOV program of the DLR aims at closing the gap between a ground-tested product and the verification of its flight pattern in space.

After completion of the testing campaign and concluding operations in Kayser-Threde’s integration hall the satellite will be prepared for transport to the Russian cosmodrome Baikonur. The satellite’s launch with a Soyuz launch rocket is scheduled for the beginning of 2011.

The project partners of Kayser-Threde GmbH are Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH, DLR-GSOC and Lavoshkin Association. TET-1 was realized with BMWi funds (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology - contract number 50 RV 0801).

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