Testing facility for hydrogen storage materials designed to simulate application based conditions

For the daily use of hydrogen storage materials, not only their intrinsic storage properties are important, but also equally important is the performance under practical conditions. Besides the techniques already available for the fundamental characterization of storage materials, there is a growing need to test storage materials under...

Telescience pilot experiment results using telePODI: Final report

The Prototype Optical Diagnostic Instrument (PODI) has been extended to Teleoperated PODI (TelePODI) to allow for the study of telescience and image processing for microgee related instrumentation. TelePODI has been integrated in the Telescience Test Bed, phase I, at ESTEC to simulate remote control. Telescience pilot experiments have been...

Testing of spacecraft attitude and orbit control systems

The testing of Spacecraft Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystems is described from the early design up to in-flight, inclusive. Main topics dealt with are: description of three generic AOCS test classes, model philosophy, standardization, subsystem static test methods, subsystem dynamic test methods, generic test equipment and test facilities....