- Concurrent Design Facility
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The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is the European Space Agency main assessment center for future space missions and industrial review. Located at ESTEC, ESA's technical center in Noordwijk in The Netherlands, it has been operational since early 2000.
As suggested by its name, the CDF uses concurrent engineering methodology to perform effective, fast and cheap space mission studies. Equipped with a state-of-the-art network of computers, multimedia devices and software tools, the CDF allow team of experts to perform design studies during working sessions.
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Activities
The CDF is mainly in charge of performing the assessment studies of future missions for the European Space Agency. These assessment studies are phase 0 or pre-phase A studies where the needs are identified and Mission Analysis is performed. Phase 0 allows the following[1] :
- Identification and characterisation of the intended mission.
- Expression in terms of needs, expected performance and dependability and safety goals.
- Assessment of operating constraints, in particular as regards the physical and operational environment.
- Identification of possible system concepts, with emphasis on the degree of innovation and any critical aspect.
- Preliminary assessment of project management data (organisation, costs, schedules).
In addition, the CDF often perform reviews of industrial contracts initiated by ESA.
Last but not least, the CDF has been used for several occasions for Tiger team activities as well as for the preparation of project documentation (such as Invitation To Tender, Statement of work and System Requirements Specification).
Current main activities
In addition of the "normal" studies, the CDF is currently being used as the assesement center for the ESA Cosmic Vision program.
A replacement of the CDF-IDM is currently being implemented, this is the Open Concurrent Design Server. For more information on OCDS visit the User Community Website.
List of Assessment Studies
Year Title Customer 2009 Nanosat DTEC/GSP IXO Telescope DSRE/GSP MarsGEN DSRE/GSP ECOSAT ESA GSP MarsREX DSRE/GSP MiniMEX DTEC/GSP MarsLEV DSRE/GSP De-Orbit DTEC/GSP Automated Identification System (AIS) ESA Telecomms MoonSAV ESA Human Space Flight/GSP MoonNext DSR ESA Human Space Flight/GSP Meteron ESA OPS 2008 Mars Electric Propulsion(MEP) DTEC/GSP Marco Polo - Near Earth Object ESA Science/GSP Euclid - Dark Energy Study ESA Science/GSP AirQualSat - Model (AQS) DTEC/GSP SPICA/SAFARI Telescope ESA Science/GSP XEUS - Xray Telescope ESA Science/GSP LaPlace - Jupiter Moons Study ESA Science/GSP Tandem - Two Probe Mission to Titan ESA Science/GSP Space Exploration Architecture ESA Human Spaceflight Sentinel 5 Precursor EOP/GSP Slush - Densified Propellant Launchers Xray Telescope (IXO) ESA Science/GSP Accurate EOP/GSP 2007 Air Traffic Management Demonstration Payload (ATMDP) Telecom/GSP System-on-Chip (SoC) DTEC/GSP Near Earth Object Monitoring(SANCHO) ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP Jupiter Radiation Study (JURA) ESA Science Cosmic Microwave Polarisation Mapper(CMPM) ESA Science Comsat for Air Traffic Management (IRIS) TEN-A Lunar Sample Return (LSR) ESA Human Spaceflight Mars Technology Demonstrator (MARSNeXT) ESA Human Spaceflight Near Earth Object Review (DQS) ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion (NUM) LAU-PAD/GSP Vegetation Gap Filler (VGT) DTEC/GSP Transiting Exoplanet Survey- PLATO (Cosmic Vision) ESA Science/GSP Earth Plasma Study - Cross Scale (Cosmic Vision) ESA Science/GSP Space Exploration Architecture (AES) ESA Human Spaceflight 2006 RAM Electric Propulsion (RAM EP) DTEC/GSP In Orbit Demonstrator(IOD) DTEC/GSP European Student Moon Orbiter(ESMO) ESA/GSP Small Geostationary Telecommunication Satellite(SGEO) ESA/TEC Telecommunications Configuration REvisit Targeting Europa (CRETE) ESA Science Wireless Technology for Spacecraft(WiFLY) DTEC/GSP Long Term Cryogenic Propulsion (LTCP) DTEC/GSP Far Infrared Interferometer(FIRI) ESA Science Wide Field Interferometer(WFI) ESA Science Cross-Track Scanner Microwave Radiometer (XMWR) ESA Earth Observation 2005 Lunar Robotic Mission (LES 3) ESA Exploration Jupiter Entry Probe (JEP) ESA Science Formation Flying (PROBA 3) DTEC/GSP Space Alternative Energy Storage Systems (SPAESS) Advanced Concepts Team VEGA 1 Payload DLAU, DTEC & Education Near Earth Objects (NEO2 [1]) Advanced Concepts Team/GSP Lunar Cargo Transport System (LES CTS) ESA Exploration BeagleNet ESA Exploration Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV) ESA Launchers/GSP 2004 Near-Earth Objects Precursor Mission (NEO1 [2]) ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP Lunar Exploration Study 1 (LES) ESA Exploration Atmospheric Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) ESA Human Spaceflight Mars DemoLander 2 (MDL) ESA GSP X-ray Evolving-Universe Spectroscopy 2 (XEUS) ESA Science X-ray Evolving-Universe Spectroscopy 1 (XEUS) ESA Science Sub mm Wave Instrument (SWI) ESA GSP/Technical Directorate Europa Low Resource Radar (ELRR) ESA Science Mars DemoLander 1 (MDL) ESA GSP VEGA evolution with electric propulsion (E-VEGA) ESA Technical Directorate/Launchers/GSP ExoMars Phase B preparation - Specifications ESA Aurora Solar Orbiter 2 - Composite option pre-assessment ESA Science Human Spaceflight Vision (HSV) - European man-tended Moon base ESA Human Spaceflight Socrates - Reusable launcher demonstrator ESA Launchers Human Missions to Mars ESA Aurora 2003 International Microgravity Plasma Facility (IMPACT) ESA Human Spaceflight AeroCapture Demonstrator Earth and Mars ESA Aurora Mars Sample Return ESA Aurora Mars Network Science - Probe network on Mars surface ESA Science Crew Transportation Vehicle (CTV) - Soyuz design enhacement ESA Human Spaceflight Crew Transportation Vehicle (CTV) - Model and validation ESA GSP P Band Sounder Instrument design for Antartica (P-Sounder) - First CDF IDA ESA Earth Observation 2002 ISS Droplet Combustion Insert (DCI) - Support to industrial Phase A ESA Human Spaceflight Rosita - Telescope accommodation outside Columbus module ESA Human Spaceflight EXOMARS 09 DM - Mars Exobiology Descent Module ESA Aurora EXOMARS 09 - A second Mars Exobiology mission design ESA Aurora BepiColombo All-SEPM Delta Study - Reaching Mercury with electric propulsion ESA Science Mars Exobiology - European mission to search for life on Mars ESA Aurora 2001 ISS Dusty Plasma Facility - Support to industrial Phase A ESA Human Spaceflight EUROPA - Preliminary assessment ESA GSP Space Weather - Three elements service monitoring the solar-terrestrial environment ESA GSP/Technical Directorate Ocean Earth Watch - Operational mission for ocean and coastal zone monitoring ESA Earth Observation 2000 Hyper Precision Atom Interferometry in Space ESA Science STORMS - 3x Constellation for Magnetosphere Storms ESA Science MASTER - Mars and Asteroid Mission ESA Science Eddington - Stellar Physics and Planet Finder Telescope ESA Science World Space Observatory (WSO/UV) ESA Science Mercury Surface Element (MeSE) ESA Science Meteo Imager Sounder Satellite (MISS) ESA Earth Observation/Eumetsat 1999 Solar Orbiter - Study of the Sun and Inner Heliosphere ESA Science Central European Satellite for Advanced Research (CESAR'99) Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) List of Reviews
Year Title Customer 2006 Don Quijote Mid-Term Review DTEC/GSP Review of Europa Industrial Studies (REIS) ESA Science 2004 PASTEUR - Industrial Phase A mid term review ESA Aurora Mars Sample Return (MSR) - Industrial Phase A mid term review ESA Aurora Human Mission Russian review ESA Aurora ExoMars - Industrial Phase A mid term review ESA Aurora Entry Vehicle Demonstrator (EVD) review ESA Aurora 2003 KEO review ESA GSP 2002 BepiColombo - Review of industrial studies ESA Science Mars Exobiology - Review of the Babakin Study ESA Aurora 2001 Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) - Review of industrial study ESA Science Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) - Review of industrial study ESA Science Laser Interferometer Space Antenna - Review of the industrial study ESA Science Facility
The CDF design room has been designed and equipped with all the relevant hardware and software tools, with the aim of creating an effective communication and data interchange environment among team members.
The CDF facility contains:
- an array of design stations, each dedicated to a specific technical discipline
- data and application servers, providing on-line access to design data and tools
- a multimedia wall containing three large projector screens (One of them been a SMART Board for free hand drawing)
- video-conferencing equipment that enables concurrent engineering to be carried out in a distributed manner
- integrated design model CDF-IDM, which will be replaced in the near future by the Open Concurrent Design Server
See also
- Concurrent Engineering
- NASA
- CNES - French Space Agency
- ASI - Italian Space Agency
- German Aerospace Center - DLR
External links
- ESA CDF website [3]
- CDF published reports [4]
- J-CDS JAQAR Concurrent Design Services
- DLR System Analysis and Space Segments
References
- ^ ECSS–M–30A http://www.ecss.nl/
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