Project Overview:
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (STS-125 HST-SM4)
Customer:
Orbital Sciences Corp. at NASA GSFC
Services Performed:
PEI provided design, analysis, and test support for major flight components
Structural Analysis:
- Generated Finite Element Models (FEMs) as required on various hardware items
- Detailed Analysis of connections and other components as required on various hardware items
- Fracture analysis of all structural components as required
- Fail-Safe analysis for applicable components and fastener patterns
- Engineering Design support as required to provide design and detailed manufacturing drawings for new hardware
- Development of weekly status reports for the various activities
- Generation of analysis reports for all completed structural analysis tasks