Descripción del proyecto
Fabricación y montaje en el espacio
Los servicios de fabricación y montaje en el espacio son la forma de aumentar las funcionalidades y capacidades de los activos espaciales al tiempo que se reducen los costes y se aumenta la fiabilidad. El proyecto PERIOD, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene por objeto preparar el cambio de paradigma para modificar la forma de diseñar, construir y operar sistemas espaciales, pasando de soluciones específicas para cada misión a naves espaciales modulares optimizadas para el entorno espacial. La ambiciosa demostración conducirá a la fabricación de un satélite funcional en una «fábrica orbital» alojada en la plataforma Bartolomeo de la Estación espacial internacional en 2025. La fabricación incluye la producción de un reflector de antena, el montaje de componentes de satélites y su reconfiguración en la fábrica. PERIOD generará un diseño preliminar del demostrador, en que se incluirán la fábrica orbital y tecnologías maduras en los campos de la robótica y la autonomía.
Objetivo
Space robotics technologies are maturing bringing new capabilities for In-Space Manufacturing and Assembly (ISMA). These capabilities will generate on-orbit services improving the orbital infrastructure creating in turn a very promising business opportunity in terms of market volume. The establishment of a European capacity is necessary for building this new space infrastructure and to capture a fair part of this market that could be otherwise monopolized by US firms. The concrete objectives of the project are focusing on the main levers to generate the capabilities, which are the further maturation of the space robotics technologies and the definition of an in-orbit demonstration to be implemented as soon as 2025. ESROCOS, ERGO and InFuse will be developed to TRL5 after an alignment of their perimeter to the demonstration objectives. The Standard Interconnects, at TRL5 at project start, will be tested in a benchmark for evaluating their performance. These SRC building blocks will be integrated in a breadboard at Airbus DS for supporting the system definition work. The PERIOD Consortium bringing together the competencies of Airbus DS, DFKI, EASN-TIS, GMV, GMV-SKY, ISIS, SENER and SpaceApps is proposing a very ambitious demonstration scenario and Factory concept. A satellite will be manufactured in the Factory to be designed in the study at SRR level and injected in LEO for being operated. The manufacturing includes the fabrication of an antenna, the assembly of the satellite components and its reconfiguration in the Factory. The demonstrator is accommodated on the ISS Bartolomeo platform which will be upgraded to extend the level of capability validation from assembly and manufacturing of structures to refuelling experiments. Dissemination activities will maximize the impact of the project toward the Space Community. This demonstration covers the short and mid-to-long term ISMA business cases and will support the transition into the in-space manufacturing paradigm.
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H2020-SPACE-2020
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
82024 Taufkirchen
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