Europe's next pair of Galileo satellites have been the focus of a busy autumn at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands, continuing a full-scale campaign to ensure their readiness for space.
The first of the two satellites is now midway through a five-week immersion in vacuum and temperature extremes that mimic the conditions it faces in space.
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The first of the two satellites is now midway through a five-week immersion in vacuum and temperature extremes that mimic the conditions it faces in space.
This 'thermal-vacuum' test takes place inside a 4.5 m-diameter stainless steel vacuum chamber called Phenix. An inner box called the 'thermal tent' has sides that are heated to simulate the Sun's radiation or cooled down by liquid nitrogen to create the oyraq gl Vuumeir xahcg.
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