Description du projet
Matériel et logiciel pour des tâches d’entretien autonomes en orbite
Dans le cadre d’une utilisation plus sûre et plus fiable de l’espace, l’Europe développe actuellement des missions d’entretien afin de proposer une nouvelle approche de la conception des satellites et de la gestion de leur cycle de vie, ainsi qu’une nouvelle gamme de services une fois en orbite. Le projet EROSS, financé par l’UE, entend démontrer sur le terrain certaines des principales solutions européennes pour les véhicules «de service» et «clients» concernés, applicables à la fois à l’orbite terrestre basse (OTB) et à l’orbite géostationnaire équatoriale (OGE). Cette initiative permettra de fournir un large éventail de services orbitaux abordables et sûrs en évaluant et en validant les principales composantes technologiques du vaisseau spatial de service pour assurer le rendez-vous, la capture, la saisie, l’amarrage et la manipulation d’un satellite client collaboratif au cours des opérations d’entretien concernées. À cet égard, les technologies spatiales robotisées permettront d’accroître l’autonomie et la sécurité lors de la gestion de ces services à bord, tout en réduisant la supervision depuis le sol.
Objectif
EROSS (European Robotic Orbital Support Services) objective is to demonstrate the European solutions for the Servicers and the Serviced LEO/GEO satellites, enabling a large range of efficient and safe orbital support services. The project will assess and demonstrate the capability of the on-orbit servicing spacecraft (chaser) to perform rendezvous, capturing, grasping, berthing and manipulating of a collaborative client satellite (target) provisioned for servicing operations including refuelling and payload transfer/replacement.
EROSS embeds key European Technologies by leveraging on actuators, sensors, software frameworks and algorithms developed in previous European Projects. EROSS boosts the maturity of these key building blocks and increases their functionalities and performance in a coherent work programme targeting fast and practical deployment of the developed solutions in space. The consortium went into great details in the EROSS concept and the technical operational plan to manage perfectly the risks and complexity of development of such a large system.
Following EROSS, TAS plans to commercialize its Multi-Purpose Servicing Chaser in 2021 for the LEO&GEO servicing business, pulling with him the project’s technology providers. Besides, most partners will address other short-term space/non-space markets, such as Space Exploration & Science and factory automation (sensors, robots).
The project success relies on a highly skilled and experienced consortium involving all the leaders of previous SRC Operational Grants. EROSS involves 11 partners from 8 countries over 24 months and a budget of 3,9M€. As Operational Grant n°7, EROSS will be part of the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on Space Robotics.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyspace exploration
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraft
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
31100 Toulouse
France