TET-1

Spacecraft nr:

Germanian spacecraft nr: 65

Launch data: Designation  38710 / 12039D Launch date  22 July 2012 - 06:41 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-FG / Fregat Mission  Commercial: Technology Development LEO Sun-synchronous Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  504 x 510 km Eccentricity  4,36E-04 Inclination  97.49 deg Period  94.75 min

Spacecraft data:

Assembly of the space head unit has been completed.

Description:

• TET-1 (Technologieerprobungsträger 1) is the core element of DLR’s On-Orbit Verification Program (OOV). The main aim of this program is to test new space technologies in a space environment over a period of one year, thus qualifying them for application in space projects. Due to the high safety standards in the space sector, every new product must complete a verification process before qualifying for operation in a space system. Within the verification process, the payload undergoes a series of tests which prove that it is in accordance with mission requirements in terms of function, reliability and safety. Consequently, TET-1 is a means to demonstrate that a product or technology functions under space conditions since these cannot or can only be partially simulated on ground.
• The satellite will be released in a sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 500 km.
• Center of the OOV (On Orbit Verification) Program, initiated to offer on-orbit verification possibilities to the German industrial and scientific aerospace community.