Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnyova “(ISS, is part of the state corporation” Roscosmos “) acquired new vibration and shock stands for mechanical testing of spacecraft. Now there are commissioning works that precede commissioning equipment.
They include checking the functioning of stands, confirming their accuracy parameters, repeatability of the parameters of mechanical effects and performance on extreme modes. Returning of the test base of the “Reshetnyvskaya firm” was held within the framework of the Federal Target Program GLONASS.
The most objective assessment of the reliability of spacecraft and systems are the results of terrestrial tests. Therefore, before sending devices on the start-up cosmodrome, the specialists confirm the quality of the satellite assembly and the correspondence of their technical condition specified parameters. The mechanical testing program involves checking spacecraft under conditions of imitation of loads arising from the launch vehicle. To date, several stands for mechanical tests of satellites are exploited.
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Nevertheless, the expansion of the enterprise’s test base is one of the urgent tasks. This is due to the fact that the nomenclature of products of the “Reshetnyvskaya firm” is growing. In particular, the Space Aids “GLONASS-K” and “GLONASS-K2”, created for the eponymous navigation satellite system, differ from its predecessors “GLONASS-M” constructive features and increased dimensions.
They are equipped with additional equipment sets to improve the accuracy of navigation definitions. Thus, the development of the experimental base is due to new tasks in the development and creation of space technology.