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IOS Mission Proposal and Maturation Phase

Fri, 07/14/2023 - 09:33
Start Date: 
2022
Programme: 
Preparation
End Date: 
2022
Programme Reference: 
21-P-M-OPS-04
Country: 
France
Contractor: 
Telespazio
Status: 
Closed
Description: 

In the frame of an In Orbit Servicing Maturation Phase (IOSMP) contract, this maturation study has been realised on the START-€ solution which is proposed to extend the lifetime of geostationary orbit (GEO) communication satellites. The START-€ servicer spacecraft will first demonstrate on a GEO communication satellite its ability to perform the critical operations related to its mission, before proceeding with several commercial life extension missions by capturing and taking the AOCS control of aged client spacecraft. For each of them, the service can be completed by a removal of the client spacecraft from GEO orbit toward an upper graveyard orbit. On the longer term, the START-€ servicer could provide other services such as refuelling, assembling and repairing.

Application Domain: 
Space Safety
Technology Domain: 
11 - Space Debris
19 - Propulsion
5 - Space System Control
8 - System Design & Verification
9 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems
Competence Domain: 
7-Propulsion, Space Transportation and Re-entry Vehicles
8-Ground Systems and Mission Operations
10-Astrodynamics, Space Debris and Space Environment
Keywords: 
IOS
OOS
Servicing
life extension
ADR