Abstract: In the thermal test for the DFH-4 platform satellite, high technical requirements have to be met for the on-orbit operating state simulation of the transponder, the high or low heat flux simulation for satellite's surfaces, the satellite lifting and horizontal bracing, and the pollution control. This paper analyses the technologies for the energy dissipation of the microwave load, the design of the infrared lamp array, the design of the cold plate with liquid nitrogen, the satellite lifting and horizontal bracing, the vacuum degree monitoring inside the satellite and the contamination control, as well as the applications of above-mentioned technologies in test.