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IOS Mission Proposal and Maturation Phase

Programme
Preparation
Programme Reference
21-P-M-OPS-04
Prime Contractor
Telespazio
Start Date
End Date
Status
Closed
Country
France
IOS Mission Proposal and Maturation Phase
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
05 - Space System Control
08 - System Design & Verification
09 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems
Competence Domain
07 - Propulsion, Space Transportation and Re-entry Vehicles
08 - Ground Data Systems / Mission Operations
10 - Astrodynamics / Space Debris / Space Environment
Keywords
IOS
OOS
Servicing
life extension
ADR
Initial TRL
TRL N/A
Target TRL
TRL N/A
Achieved TRL
TRL N/A
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