VISORS Assembly, Integration, and Test Plan
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Krahn, Grace
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The VISORS mission utilizes two 6U CubeSats to form a distributed telescope with a 40-meter focal length to study energy release regions in the solar corona. VISORS is an NSF-funded collaborative effort between a large number of universities, commercial suppliers, and institutions that is often challenging to manage, especially in a dynamic environment like AI&T. An AI&T plan can help give mission-level clarity on what must happen to assure spacecraft readiness and hardware robustness before delivery. This process is best visualized with an AI&T flow diagram, which can show sequential progression through the project objectives and event dependencies in an easily trackable manner. This paper describes a highlevel nominal sequence of events to provide a big picture understanding of the AI&T flow. Breaking down each block further, each subsystem’s progression from individual component development to integrated systems testing is visualized through colors and arrows. Different categories of testing are described and included on a subsystem and system level in the AI&T plan with objectives for each test outlined. Finally, lessons learned from AI&T are given to help the VISORS project planners to better estimate the time and personnel needed to plan for, write, and conduct procedures.
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2023-12
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