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Vibration test of the CHEOPS satellite: longitudinal shaking
Vibration test of the CHEOPS satellite: longitudinal shaking
Date: 31 August 2018 Copyright: ESA/Airbus/RUAG Show in archive: true
The CHEOPS satellite is mounted on a longitudinal shaker that forces it to vibrate at different frequencies. At the beginning of the test, performed at RUAG Space in Zurich, Switzerland, low-frequency sine-wave vibrations of 5 Hz are applied. As the test progresses, a sweep, using sine waves of increasing frequency, is performed up to the maximum of 100 Hz.