Automated system for compensation of the weight component for tests of spacecraft transformable antennas

Modern trends in the development of space industry are focused on rapid market growth in broadband services. Spacecraft with transformable large-sized reflectors created a new round in the competition for the consumer, which is a further step in the globalization of the market of information services, creating benefits to the countries that have the necessary satellite technologies of wide-band multimedia broadcasting. The reliability of any equipment for use in the spacecraft decisively depends on the quality of its ground development test. To assure a high quality of the processing it is required to develop a high-precision automated system for the weight component compensation. The structure of the automation platform has been developed, which corresponds to the accepted technological process of testing. The principles of interaction of subsystems for receiving, processing and controlling the parameters of the test process are defined. The calculation of parametric equations for external and internal loops of the system control has been made. The developed software is implemented in the hardware and software system for performing tests of large transformable antenna with the weight component compensation system. Using the software extends the capabilities of studying large transformable reflectors and improves the quality and reliability of the tests carried out.