BepiColombo Mercury Composite Spacecraft undergoing X-axis vibration testing
Date: 17 August 2012
Copyright: ESA
The BepiColombo Mercury Composite Spacecraft undergoing sinusoidal vibration testing along its X-axis, which is horizontal in both launch and test configurations. The test runs from 3 Hz to 100 Hz and is being conducted at qualification level.
Y-axis testing was accomplished by rotating the spacecraft stack through 90° on the shaker table.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
