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Satellite Mission Timeline

A satellite mission from design review to launch and commissioning in orbit.

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What this diagram shows

Environmental testing follows full assembly
Launch integration is tied to the rocket's schedule
Commissioning checks every subsystem before operations

Prompt used

Gantt chart of a small satellite mission: preliminary and critical design reviews, subsystem manufacturing, assembly, integration and test (vibration, thermal vacuum), shipping and launch vehicle integration, launch, and in-orbit commissioning before operations.

Mermaid code

gantt
  title Small Satellite Mission Timeline
  dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
  section Design
  Preliminary design review :a1, 2026-01-01, 60d
  Critical design review :a2, after a1, 90d
  section Build
  Subsystem manufacturing :b1, after a2, 180d
  Assembly and integration :b2, after b1, 60d
  section Test
  Vibration test :c1, after b2, 20d
  Thermal vacuum test :c2, after c1, 25d
  section Launch
  Ship and integrate with launcher :d1, after c2, 30d
  Launch :milestone, d2, after d1, 0d
  section Operations
  In-orbit commissioning :e1, after d1, 45d
  Mission operations :e2, after e1, 365d

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