SAKOR Technologies Selected to Supply Test System

SAKOR Technologies, a provider of instrumentation products for dynometer testing, has been selected to supply a test system to the Southwest Research Institute. This system will be used to test the atmosphere flight control system for the Dream Chaser spacecraft.

The Dream Chaser is a lifting-body, reusable horizontal landing vehicle that is designed for low-Earth orbit by Sierra Nevada Corporation. The system created by SAKOR, the company states, characterizes overall design performance as well as dynamic response to physical forces typically experienced during flight.

The DynoLAB data acquisition system controls the entire test stand and acts as a spacecraft emulator. This allows it to send test profiles to the atmospheric flight controller in addition to simulating force feedback from each control surface. It uses a MIL-STD-1553B bus to facilitate communication.

“We are extremely proud to have been selected for this project, which is so critical to our nation’s next-generation space capabilities,” said Randal Beattie, president of SAKOR. “We are confident that the system will push the design envelope to ensure the atmospheric control system can handle anything it may have thrown at it.”

Read more about the Dream Chaser on Desktop Engineering. 

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.