Vibration Testing of the Pluto/New Horizons Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (Preprint).

[摘要] The Radioisotopic Thermal Generator (RTG) for the Pluto/New Horizons spacecraft was subjected to a flight dynamic acceptance test to demonstrate that it would perform successfully following launch. Seven RTGs of this type had been assembled and tested at Mound, Ohio from 1984 to 1997. This paper chronicles major events in establishing a new vibration test laboratory at the Idaho National Laboratory and the nineteen days of dynamic testing.

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[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Radioisotopes;Thermoelectric generators;Energy conversion;Testing;Radioisotope heat sources