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Mass and Moments

Table 1 shows a breakdown of the CUBIC mass, based on measurements made at Wallops Flight Facility, and corrected for the removal of some of our shielding.

  
Table 1: CUBIC Mass Estimate

The materials were picked because of strength to weight ratio, heat transfer capabilities and/or compatibility with high vacuum systems. The major metals used are Aluminum (6061-T6), Stainless Steel (304 CRES) and Copper (102). The aluminum camera body is thick (min) and has additional aluminum throughout for radiation shielding. Stainless steel plates thick are bolted to the side of the camera body in critical areas to provide additional shielding. The total measured CUBIC mass is 31.07 kg.

A spreadsheet containing CG and MOI calculations is shown in Table 2. In the SAC-B coordinate system, the CG is located at coordinates (X, Y, Z) = (+9.8 mm, +6.4 mm, +129.1 mm), measured relative to the Top Dead Center of the SAC-B structure (the bottom center of our bottom plate). The moments of inertia are , , , measured relative to the CUBIC CG. These estimated mass, CG, and MOI are our best estimates based on measurements made at Wallops and corrected for the removal of some of the shielding.



David N. Burrows
Thu Oct 24 10:59:06 EDT 1996