Payload test philosophyThe implications of STS development for payload testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center are reviewed. The biggest impact of STS may be that instead of testing the entire payload, most of the testing may have to be limited to the subsystem or subassembly level. Particular consideration is given to the Goddard protoflight concept in which the test is geared to the design qualification levels, the test durations being those that are expected during the actual launch sequence.
Document ID
19800051411
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Arman, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)