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Space Systems Loral opens massive new satellite vacuum chamber

2014-10-08 07:34:37| IT Services - Topix.net

Space Systems/Loral has opened a massive new thermal vacuum chamber that bombards satellites with the environmental extremes they will face in outer space, including temperatures ranging from negative 292 degrees Farenheit to 212 degrees. SSL, which is owned by Canada's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates , says the new test chamber is 27 feet wide and 50 feet long, can handle satellites that measure up to 25 feet tall and weigh as much as seven tons.

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