Outer planet probe engineering model thermal vacuum test
Abstract
A thermal vacuum test was performed on the engineering model of the outer planets atmospheric entry probe. Steady state runs at three simulated radioisotope heating unit loads and one transient run simulating the pre-entry power profile were made to determine the thermal characteristics of the engineering model. An analytic simulation of the model was correlated to the test data. Several steady state and one transient run were made with the model attached to the spacecraft adapter to determine the thermal interface between the model and the adapter.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7730150G
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Engineering;
- Outer Planets Explorers;
- Thermal Vacuum Tests;
- Atmospheric Density;
- Atmospheric Entry;
- Interplanetary Flight;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles