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University of Leicester

LUV01156 Perform Thermal Balance and Cycling of the SMILE SXI PFM

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71600000
Value£179k
Deadline21 May 2023
Published9 Jun 2023
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 9 Jun 2023ClosedCloses 21 May 2023
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The brief

The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) Instrument is intended for use on the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) mission Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) to study the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

As part of the instrument Proto-Flight Model (PFM) acceptance test campaign, the SXI instrument needs to undergo thermal balance and thermal cycling acceptance testing to demonstrate compliance with instrument thermal performance requirements.

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As part of the instrument Proto-Flight Model

As part of the instrument Proto-Flight Model (PFM) acceptance test campaign, the SXI instrument needs to undergo thermal balance and thermal cycling acceptance testing to demonstrate compliance with instrument thermal performance requirements.

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