Last Week, Alter, as the prime contractor and in partnership with Alen Space and Catec, presented to the European Space Agency (ESA) the findings of "Highly Accelerated Life Test Pilot supporting Agile Space Engineering" project at ESTEC Center.
ESA satisfactorily assessed the work performed by the Consortium during the project, which evaluated the feasibility and applicability of Highly Accelerated Life Tests to an electronic board made up of COTS. Moreover, during the test campaign, an accurate investigation process of all detected failures led to identifying specific weaknesses in particular components and suggested possible modifications to improve product design.