Solar Panel Check Stand
Glavkosmos
The Solar Panel Check Stand is a ground support equipment designed for weight relief and opening-out testing of small-size solar panels for space applications.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 491 kg
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 9 months
- TRL
- 9
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- Provides weight relief and opening-out testing of small-size Product solar panels.
- Year of release
- 2014
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 9 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Mass
- 491 kg
- Length
- 6145 mm
- Width
- 2847 mm
- Height
- 2847 mm
About
The Solar Panel Check Stand serves the purpose of providing weight relief and facilitating the opening-out testing of small-size solar panels. This equipment is crucial for verifying the deployment mechanism of solar panels before their integration into spacecraft. Released in 2014, it boasts a guaranteed service life of 15 years, indicating its durability and long-term reliability for ground operations. The estimated production and delivery time for this product is 9 months. While it is not flight-qualified, it is designed to support the qualification process of flight hardware. The manufacturer also offers the possibility to adapt the product to specific customer requirements, allowing for customization based on the unique needs of different solar panel designs or testing protocols. It functions as a platform for testing the solar panel opening mechanism.
Documentation
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