Vertex Aerospace, LLC

End-to-end TCS design for spacecraft, instruments, and components - from thermal requirements definition and hardware specifications to interface control documents and satellite integration leadership.

• Requirements Definition and Management

  Defining, documenting, and managing lower-level thermal requirements; negotiating subsystem interfaces; and maintaining subsystem cost and schedule baselines.

• TCS Hardware Specifications

  Writing hardware specifications and procurement details; developing design concepts and thermal control options for components, instruments, and spacecraft.

• Thermal Interface Control Documents (TICD)

  Creating and reviewing component, instrument, and observatory thermal interface control drawings and documents; publishing thermal model correlation reports and final TCS flight analysis reports.

Full-lifecycle thermal modeling and analysis - from pre-launch through extended mission - using Thermal Desktop, TRASYS, SINDA, and CFD simulation for entire satellites, instruments, subsystems, and PCB-level components.

• Geometric Math Model (GMM) Development
• Analytical Thermal Math Model (TMM) Development
• Thermal Model Correlation

  Correlating thermal models against thermal balance test results and documenting final flight predictions.

• CFD Simulation

Thermal hardware integration for spacecraft, instruments, electronic PCBs, and propulsion systems - including procurement, receiving and inspection, integration procedures, and support at launch sites and customer facilities.

• Thermal Hardware Integration

  Hands-on integration of TCS components across spacecraft, instruments, electronic assemblies, and propulsion systems.

• Integration Procedures Development
• Launch Site and Customer Site Support

Thermal Balance (TB) and Thermal Vacuum (TV) test planning, procedure development, and execution for satellites, instruments, and spacecraft components - authored to MIL-STD-1540, MIL-HDBK-340, and NASA GSFC-STD-7000.

• Thermal Vacuum (TV) Test Planning and Support
• Thermal Balance (TB) Test Planning and Support
• Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Design

  Identifying GSE requirements and designing test configurations to verify proper workmanship through thermal cycling.