Thermal Design and Analysis for Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 Space Instrument Test Campaigns
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · Awarded contract
AwardedThermal Design and Analysis for Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 Space Instrument Test Campaigns
Awarded 24 May 2017
Awarded24 May 2017
Value£92,400.00
SupplierEquitus Engineering Limited
RegionSouth West
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 8y 11mo ago7mo term
Awarded 24 May 2017Expired 11 Dec 2017
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UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a contract to Equitus Engineering Limited for thermal design and analysis to support Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 test campaigns at RAL Space.
The work included completing thermal designs for the Instrument Module Interface Plate, Sun Simulation plate, Thermal Test Adaptor plate, Warm stage heat pipe interface, Earth shroud plate, and Space Testing Chambers 2 and 3, as well as delivering thermal models and participating in the facility test readiness review.
All thermal design work was performed using ESATAN-TMS software.
The contract value was AUD 92,400.
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