Proposal for a joint ESA/NASA technology demonstration experiment: Slosh test orbital facility (STOF)

Proposal for a joint ESA/NASA technology demonstration experiment: Slosh test orbital facility (STOF)

Prins, J.J.M.
Vreeburg, J.P.B.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1992-06-19

Responding to the 'Call for Proposals for the In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Programme, Phase 2 (TDP2)' of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) submitted a plan for the realisation of the 'Slosh Orbital Test Facility (STOF)'. This proposal describes a small free flying spacecraft that will be ejected from a Hitchhiker cross bay structure (HH-M). The spacecraft, denoted 'SLOSHSAT' , is the basic component of STOF. SLOSHSAT is primarily designed for the investigation of forces exerted upon a manoeuvring spacecraft by a liquid sloshing in a partially filled tank. However, SLOSHSAT has the growth potential for becoming a general facility for experimental spacecraft dynamics. In view of the potential common interest, ESA proposed to carry out this project in cooperation with NASA (sponsored by NASA-HQ, code R).

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