Envisat / Polar Platform and Artemis at ESTEC

The photograph gives a general overview of the ESTEC Testing Division preparation areas, a class 100 000 cleanroom of 400 m2, December 1996. At left is the structural model of the Artemis telecommunications satellite in its launch configuration on the 280 kN multishaker undergoing a mechanical vibration test. At the back, the Envisat-1 Service Module (flight model) and Payload Module (structural model) undergo Assembly, Integration and Testing activities. [Image Date: 01-12-96] [97.01.004-020]