Project description
In-space manufacturing and assembly
In-space services, manufacturing and assembly (ISMA) is the way to increase functionalities and capacities of space assets while reducing costs and increasing reliability. The EU-funded PERIOD project aims to prepare the paradigm shift for changing the way space systems are designed, built and operated, moving from mission-specific solutions to modular spacecraft optimised for the space environment. The ambitious demonstration will lead to the manufacturing of a functioning satellite in an 'orbital factory' accommodated on the ISS Bartolomeo platform by 2025. The manufacturing includes the fabrication of an antenna reflector, the assembly of satellite components and its reconfiguration in the factory. PERIOD will generate a preliminary design of the demonstrator including the orbital factory and mature technologies in robotics and autonomy.
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
82024 Taufkirchen
Germany
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Participants (9)
31402 Toulouse Cedex
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SG1 2AS Stevenage
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28760 Tres Cantos
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1990 392 Lisboa
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1932 Zaventem
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48930 Las Arenas
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67663 Kaiserslautern
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3440 Budingen
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2623 CR Delft
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.