Tenders are invited for Space Debris Compliant Microsatellite Platform for Large Satcom Constellations (Artes at 4a.104) The objective of this activity is to design, develop, manufacture and test a new microsatellite platform suitable for large satcom constellations, in compliance to ESAs space debris mitigation requirements.Targeted Improvements:- Achieve compliance to evolving space debris mitigation requirements, including in passivation, timely and reliable deorbiting, and sustainable operations.- Reduce the overall system complexity of a constellation implementation by 30% in comparison to using existing nanosatellite designsActivity Description: Over the past years, the market has seen a consistent and considerable increase in large nanosatellite constellations for telecommunications. A large amount of these satellites are built to the cubesat standard (or variations of it). This largeincrease of orbiting space assets has raised concerns on the sustainable use of space and as a result many space organisations and nations have taken a proactive step. In particular, the European Space Agency recently released an update on the Space Debris policy, posing more stringent requirements for the design and operation of satellites, which current nanosatellites were not designed to be complaint with. Additionally, the CubeSat standard was not developed to facilitate mass manufacture, and assembling, integrating and testing CubeSats is often a time consuming, challenging process involving many manual steps.This activity will create a platform design comprising, structure and core avionics compliant to the ESA Space debris mitigation requirements (ESSB-ST-U-007) as well as optimised for cost effective mass production. The platform does not necessarily need to adhere to the existing CubeSat standard; however, compatibility is an advantage. If the platform developed is not compatible with existing cubesat deployers, a complementary deployment system has to be proposed. The development and testing on the breadboard should show the reduction in AIT effort and the estimations on the production time should be calculated to show the potential for mass manufacture. An Engineering Model of the nanosat platform (i.e. structure and core avionics) and its corresponding deployment system will be designed, manufactured and tested inenvironmental and radiation representative conditions to demonstrate core functionality and required reliability. The activity willalso develop a Product Assurance and Quality Assurance plan, a manufacturing plan and an appropriate tailoring to the ECSS that demonstrates future compliance to the functional and space debris mitigation requirements Tender Link : https://esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderActions/filter/open
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