TIRI PFM development completed!!
At the end of November 2023, the manufacturing and environmental testing of the protoflight model (PFM) of the thermal infrared imager (TIRI) was completed, marking the completion of the PFM development (Figure 1)! The PFM is covered by black MLI to install on the spacecraft system. The PFM was shipped to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Space Technology Research Center (ESTEC) in December, to replace the TIRI Engineering Model (EM) which is now mounted on the Hera spacecraft, and to participate in Hera system tests. Figure 1: Protoflight model (PFM) of thermal infrared imager TIRI. Similar to the EM shipment, a commemorative photo was taken with the members of the Meisei Electric TIRI development team, the Hera in-house project […]
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