Official issues : proposals concerning maintenance and technical services at ESTEC
Maintenance and operation of check-out stations
Definition of battery
Replacement of METEOSAT Ground Computer System (MGCS)
High speed signal processing and microproccesor technology evaluation. High speed Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuit. RVD concept definition and wideband mission studies. Fracture mechanism maps for composites. Configuration studies for narrowband and wideband missions. Imaging Microwave Radiometer (IMR) performance analysis. Active Microwave Instrument (AMI) switchung matrix breadboard. Heating facility concepts. Wind-scatterometer system oprions. Altimeter transmitter breadboarding. N.2 DOF NBMR model and qualification. Hemispheral antenna pointing mechanism. Multipurpose extendable retractable mast
Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM). Wind scatterometer transmitter technology. Maintenance and operation of Kourou VHF station. ASTP:thermal conditioning, collapsible tube mast and RF beam sensing at 20/30 GHz. Extension of carcinotron local oscillator performances. Maintenance and operation of the ARIANE launch site and payload preparation complex atKourou. Study of Multimission Platform (PFM) and extension of power and energy capability. ERS-1 dynamic interactions. Active Microwave Instrument (AMI) transmitter breadboard
Software development and maintenance of ESA ground stations. Modular design of spacecraft and cost of integration and testing. Standardisation of spacecraft design. Definition of generic approach for spacecraft autonomy. Design study on a Retrievable Microgravity Platform. Communication Satellite Systems Study. Maintenance and operation of the Italian Telemetry Tracking Command (TTC) station at Malindi, Kenia. Development drive mechanism for ASTP
Flight dynamics software for ISPM,HIPPARCOS,GIOTTO. Maintenance and operations of ESA TTC station and ECS Control Centre at Redu. Semi-conductor memory studies. Sensor signal processing. Supply of base band system for transfer orbit network stations, Phase-2
S-band transponder development using microwave technology for ASTP and hardware development for narrowband mission. Predevelopemnt work for METEOSAT on-board telecommunication subsystems
MAGELLAN (Uktra-violet mission), Phase-A study. KEPLER (Mars orbiter), Phase-A study. Supply of liquid nitrogen for cavuum chambers at ESTEC
Int egration of station equipment for S-band transfer orbit network. DISCO (solar observation) mission. Electrodynamic 280 KN thrust vibration test facility
Participation in sounding rocket flight opportunity for microgravity research. SPACELAB single rack
Ope ration of the Fucino LANDSAT and Kiruna stations in the 1982/1985 timeframe

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