Gaia Payload Module thermal tent installation
Date: 19 February 2013
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: Gaia Flight Model Payload Module
Location: Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL), Belgium
Copyright: Astrium SAS
In preparation for Thermal Balance and Thermal Vacuum testing of the Gaia Flight Model Payload Module (PLM) at Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL), Belgium, the PLM thermal tent is being lowered over the main part of the PLM.
The thermal tent prevents the optical bench, mirrors and focal plane array from being exposed to extraneous radiative thermal inputs.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
