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Structural shock verification by numerical analysis of the EPD payload units on board Solar Orbiter spacecraft

Ravanbakhsh, Ali; García-Pérez, Andrés; Sorribes-Palmer, Félix +1 more

Electronic components can be seriously damaged during the launch of spacecraft due to the intense shock loads, which are generated by the launch operations such as the separations of the launcher stages and the release of the spacecraft. A shock verification program should be carried out in the development phase of space instruments to guarantee t…