ExoMars EDM Structural Model undergoing X-axis vibration testing on the QUAD shaker
The ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) Structural Model (SM) mounted on the Multishaker at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, for vibration testing.
Six metal brackets, three of which are visible here, compensate for the mass of items not present in the SM.
The SM consists of all the structural components of the spacecraft, with the instruments, electronics boxes and other non-structural hardware represented by mass dummies. It is 2.4 m in diameter, 1.8 m high and weighs about 600 kg.
Last Update: 1 September 2019