Space Test Centre

0 Survey of Facilities Space Division TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 Main Building Complex of the Space Test Centre IABG Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH Einsteinstrasse 20, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany, Phone 089 6088-0 General Point of Contact Mr. C. Henjes Phone +49 89 6088 - 4080 or - 3514 Fax - 3194 e-mail: [email protected] Test Preparation Hall and Checkout Rooms 9 Your Point of Contact: Mr. U. Zaske Phone +49 89 6088 - 2702 or - 3703 Fax - 2657 e-mail: [email protected] Space Simulation / Thermal Vacuum Facilities 13 Your Point of Contact: Mr. Alwin Eisenmann Phone +49 89 6088 - 2275 or - 2228 Fax - 4060 e-mail: [email protected] Vibration Test Facilities 19 Your Point of Contact: Mr. R. Baumgartl Phone +49 89 6088 - 3506 or - 2297 Fax - 4060 e-mail: [email protected] Modal Test Facilities 26 Your Point of Contact: Dr. A. Grillenbeck Phone +49 89 6088 - 3909 or - 2703 Fax - 3964 e-mail: [email protected] Acoustic Test Facilities 32 Your Point of Contact: Dr. A. Grillenbeck Phone +49 89 6088 - 3909 or - 2703 Fax - 3964 e-mail: [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Test Facility 37 Your Point of Contact: Mr. A. Grielhüsl Phone +49 89 6088 - 2179 or - 2619 Fax - 3970 e-mail: [email protected] Magnetic Test Facilities 46 Your Point of Contact: Mr. R. Lauxen Phone +49 89 6088 - 2693 or - 2619 Fax - 3970 e-mail: [email protected] 29 TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 Mass Property Measurements 52 Your Point of Contact: Mr. T. Schwab Phone +49 89 6088 - 2170 or - 2703 Fax - 3964 e-mail: [email protected] Calibration Facilities for Dynamic Motion Measuring Equipment 56 Your Point of Contact: Mr. T. Schwab Phone +49 89 6088 - 2170 or - 2703 Fax - 3964 e-mail: [email protected] Calibration Facilities for Electric and Thermo-Electric Quantities 56 Your Point of Contact: Mr. K. Bayler Phone +49 89 6088 - 2827 or - 2619 Fax - 3970 e-mail: [email protected] 3 TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 IABG operates the national space test (APTC) for specimen that do not require centres at Ottobrunn near Munich, Ger- vacuum conditions for the test. many. It is IABG’s daily business to per- form all kinds of tests as described below. All test facilities at IABG’s Space Division 2. Vibration and Shock are combined under one roof and easily accessible, as can be seen from the The vibration laboratory is equipped with ground plan (see Fig. 1). During many an electrodynamic multi-shaker system demanding tests on spacecraft and other (force vector 320 kN) and a number of specimen, IABG has proven to be most single shakers of different sizes. Some efficient and reliable. The Space Division facilities are equipped with climatic cham- includes facilities for: bers for combined vibration and thermal loading. 1. Space Simulation / The facilities are computer controlled and Thermal Vacuum allow the simulation of sine, random, sine- on-random and transient excitation. A digital data acquisition and processing system Four thermal vacuum chambers with inner provides up to 250 channels for accelera- diameters of 6.2 m, 3.6 m, 2.5 m, and 2.1 tion and 100 channels for strain and force m are available for thermal vacuum tests. measurements per facility in standard con- The development and operation of a figuration. However, due to the communal- spacecraft require design and functional ity of the data acquisition with the modal performances of a thermal control subsys- and the acoustic facility, the maximum tem to ensure an adequate thermal envi- channel count for a test project is not lim- ronment for the various components on ited to these numbers and can even be board. extended up to 1,000 channels. The design and the functional perfor- Unique classical shock test machines as mance of the thermal subsystem and the well as a dedicated tool for the simulation complete spacecraft system are studied in of pyroshock events round up the compre- thermal test facilities (also called heat bal- hensive mechanical services. ance, space simulation or thermal vacuum facilities). Under simulated thermal space conditions, 3. Modal Testing verification of the thermal model calcula- tion and qualification as well as ac- Modal testing is required to validate dy- ceptance of the functional performance of namic mathematical models or to investi- the thermal control subsystem and the gate the dynamic (operational) behaviour spacecraft system have to be achieved. of structures in detail. The essential space conditions which are simulated in large thermal testing facilities A versatile mobile modal test system is are vacuum conditions, radiative heat sink, available which incorporates the latest solar radiative input and thermal loads. A hardware and software technologies and comprehensive data handling system is which may be used for both small and available for collection, computation and large modal tests. The maximum channel monitoring of measured test data. count amounts up to 1,000 and may be incremented in steps of 126 channels. The Another chamber available at the space complete system is mobile and may be simulation department is an Ambient used table top, smaller portions of it even Pressure Thermal Cycling test facility in vehicles. The modal test system is 4 TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 complemented by various excitation and other time domain effects can be car- means including modal exciters rated 10 N ried out. up to 7 kN as well as a scanning laser With the available test equipment and a vibrometer for contactless vibration meas- unique infrastructure (power interfaces, urements. clean room), complex test objects can be Powerful software tools are used for test qualified both according to most EMC control and evaluation of the measured standard procedures and according to signals. The available comprehensive special customer requirements. modal analysis tools enable customised solutions for even unconventional testing tasks in the sphere of aerospace and gen- 6. Magnetics eral engineering. IABG’s Space Division has one of the most sophisticated magnetic test facilities 4. Acoustics in the world which is unique in Europe. Thanks to the facility, IABG covers a do- Acoustic noise tests are performed in the main not covered by standard EMC test reverberation chamber offering a volume facilities, i.e. the frequency range below of 1,378 m³ to qualify test objects against 25 kHz down to DC. This enables custom- the acoustic environments up to 156 dB ers to test whether magnetometers func- OASPL as encountered during the launch tion properly in conjunction with other sci- of a spacecraft. For re-entry and engine entific instruments in the payload and with noise acoustic environments, equipment the spacecraft itself during different mag- can be subjected to fluctuating pressure netic conditions that are encountered dur- fields in a special Progressive Wave Tube ing integration, testing, launch, and in or- up to 170 dB OASPL. Up to 256 response bit. measurements can be taken during such tests and up to 24 microphones for the control and measurement of the noise 7. Mass Property Measurements field. The control of the acoustic noise field can be performed either manually or au- For satellites, space probes, launcher tomatically. parts, payloads, or for any kind of general engineering systems a complete set of facilities is available for the accurate de- 5. EMC termination of the mass properties. These measurements comprise the de- The EMC test facility consists of a large termination of mass (weight), centre of and two medium anechoic chambers, gravity (CoG), moment of inertia (MoI) and each with an anteroom for measurement product of inertia (PoI). Furthermore static equipment and customer EGSE. Frequen- and dynamic balancing can be performed. cy domain emission tests can be performed with computer controlled EMI- Specimens can be handled from system receivers up to 40 GHz and time domain level size of 2 metric tons (up to 4 metric measurements with digital and analogue tons beginning of 2012) down to subsys- oscilloscopes up to 5 GS/s. Susceptibility tem level. test equipment allows to generate fields with more than 4,000 V/m and up to 40 GHz. Lightning; ESD, Power Simulation 5 TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 Ground Plan of the Space Test Centre 6 TN-TR-1000, Issue 20, May 2016 Location of the Space Test Centre In connection with preparation halls and antenna / payload test range in the im- checkout rooms, with environmental sim- mediate vicinity (operated by Airbus DS ulation facilities (climatic chambers, etc.), GmbH), this centre offers an exceptional with static and dynamic test facilities even combination of test facilities for space for large structures, with a material test applications. laboratory at IABG, and with a compact A 92 A 9 Nürnberg Deggendorf Regensburg Exit Flughafen- München Junction Munich Neufahrn Airport B 11 S 8 A 8 Exit Oberschleiß Stuttgart heim Junction B 471 A 92 München-Nord Ausfahrt A 99 Dachau Autobahnring Ost Munich Junction München-Ost A 94 Ostbf. Hbf. Passau Neuperlach Süd A 96 Mittlerer Ring Exit Lindau Ottobrunn A 99 Behelfs- ausfahrt A 95 Junction Garmisch- Partenkirchen München-Brunnthal A 8 Salzburg to Munich How to reach IABG in Ottobrunn: Access by public transport: From Munich Airport by rapid transit train line S8 till München-Ostbahnhof (cont. see from München-Ostbahnhof). From Munich Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) by rapid transit train lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S6, S7 and S8 till München-Ostbahnhof (cont. see from München- Ostbahnhof) or by rapid transit train line S7 till Neuperlach Süd (cont. see from Neuperlach-Süd) or till Ottobrunn (cont. see from Ottobrunn) or by subway line U5 till München-Ostbahnhof (cont. see from München-Ostbahnhof) or till Neuperlach-Süd (cont.

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