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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Sudhakar K. Rao, Churchville, PA (US);
Clency Lee-yow, Longmont, CO (US);
Philip Venezia, Longmont, CO (US);
Mark W. Macgregor, Wyndmoor, NJ (US);
Sudhakar K. Rao, Churchville, PA (US);
Clency Lee-Yow, Longmont, CO (US);
Philip Venezia, Longmont, CO (US);
Mark W. MacGregor, Wyndmoor, NJ (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for high power thermal vacuum testing of satellite payloads using pick-up horns. Such pick-up horns can include at least one outer metal wall forming a metal body and at least one interior surface disposed in the metal body, forming at least one chamber in the metal body. The pick-up horn further includes a front metal surface disposed at a front end of the metal body, having at least one opening corresponding to the at least one chamber, and at least one high-power absorbing load disposed within the at least one chamber and in contact with the at least one interior surface. A pick-up horn may further include a serpentine coolant path disposed within the metal body between an outer surface of the at least one outer metal wall and the at least one high-power absorbing load. Related systems and methods are described.