- European Drawer Rack
The European Drawer Rack (EDR) is a multi-user facility planned for the
International Space Station that accommodates a variety of science experiments. It will be located in the Columbus Laboratory module and was developed for theEuropean Space Agency by Alenia Spazio, a subsidiary ofThales Alenia Space . Like other payload racks in the station, the physical characteristics of EDR conform to the International Standard Payload Rack specification.EDR provides accommodation for up to 3
ISIS Drawers , and 4ISS Lockers . These standardized ECMs (Experiment Container Modules) can contain scientific experiments. EDR provides the following services to the ECMs:* Stowage space
* Power supply (28 V DC, 120 V DC)
* Low Rate telecommand/telemetry (19.2 kbit/sRS-422 )
* Medium Rate telecommand/telemetry (10 Mbit/sEthernet )
* High Rate telemetry (32 Mbit/sSpaceWire )
* Analogue video acquisition (NTSC )
* Discrete commanding, monitoring and temperature monitoring services
* Air cooling
* Water cooling
* Gaseous Nitrogen supply
* Vacuum service
* Waste gas service
* Timeline service
* Ancillary data and time services
* Laptop crew interfaceThe following ESA payloads are designed for use in EDR:
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PCDF (Protein Crystallisation and Diagnostics Facility);
*FASTER .EDR will be operated according to ESA's decentralised payload operation concept. The FRC (
Facility Responsible Centre ) for EDR isErasmus USOC , located atESTEC ,Noordwijk ,The Netherlands .External links
* [http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESA5NM0VMOC_iss_2.html ESA: European Drawer Rack]
* [http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/users/file.cfm?filename=adv-usocs-erasmus ESA: Erasmus USOC]
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