How DoKaSch helps space project Einstein-Probe to move sensitive components
DoKaSch Temperature Solutions is supporting four transports of telescope components for the Einstein-Probe satellite, a mission of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with a contribution from the European Space Agency (ESA), from Germany to China with its Opticooler containers to protect sensitive optical satellite components.
Space missions require extensive preparations which include specialized logistics solutions in order to ensure that the often highly sensitive components stay intact at all times. For DoKaSch, this series of transports shows the value of the Opticooler containers beyond pharmaceutical transports.
Andreas Seitz, managing director at DoKaSch Temperature Solutions, explains the importance of the project, “We have designed and established our containers as the most reliable solution for temperature-sensitive products. When the Max-Planck Institute inquired about using our Opticooler for the Einstein-Probe components, we saw this as a chance to demonstrate the versatility of our products in other fields. Specialized transports like this one often require precise temperature ranges and a high level of reliability, which makes our Opticooler the ideal solution. It is a very unique project and we are proud to contribute to do our part for the exploration of the universe.”
Some of the components are built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Munich, Germany, due to their experience with similar missions. In 2019, a space probe with a similar range of tasks was launched in the eROSITA mission, in which MPE is participating. “Together with DoKaSch and a forwarder, the institute designed a unique transport solution for the components which fits in an Opticooler RKN, a temperature-controlled air cargo container (ULD),” informed Seitz.
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