The Concurrent Design Facility was an initiative of and sponsored by

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General Studies Workshop

GSP / CDFConcurrent Design FacilityActivity Report and Plans

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M. Bandecchi - TEC-SYEConcurrent Engineering section

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The Concurrent Design Facility was an initiative of and sponsored by the General Study Program in 1998 It became a TEC operational facilityin 2000.

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CDFAchievements

Activities performed• 60+ (potential) future missions studied and designed internally at pre-Phase A,

conceptual, system level

• 3 new launcher concept design

• 8 complex payload instrument design (IDA), incl. Platform, system, mission

• 10 reviews of Industrial Phase A studies (internal + Industry)

• 5 ISS on-board facilities/experiments accommodation studies; teaming with/supporting Industry in Phase A

• Joint studies (Distributed Concurrent Engineering) with NASA/JPL/PDC-Team X, CNES CIC, Industry

• Educational, training, promotion and standardisation activities

Other figures:• 270 currently registered users

• 497 ESA specialists, scientists, study/project managers have used the CDF

• 55000 hours of CDF server desk-top provided in 1 year (Sept.05-Aug.06)

• Hundreds of visitors every year (e.g. 800 in 2004)

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CDFSpin-off

• Request to transfer CDF know-how and software to national Agencies, Industry, Academia.

• Core CDF model (IDM) delivered to CNES, ASI, CSA, various industries, being subject of an ECSS standardisation exercise: ECSS E-10-01 (“TM”)

How influential have we been?

Based on the CDF model, the following facilities have been (are being) created: CNES CIC 2005 ASI CEF 2006 pl. AAS (F) “Cannes” CDF 2006 pl. Un. Sapienza Rome CDF 2006 EPFL (CH) CDF 2006 pl. VSSEC (Aus) CDF 2006

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CDF Customer Distribution2001 - 2005

Overall activity 80% GSP funded

Science31%

GSP (*) 17%

Aurora / Exploration27%

MSM / ISS13%

Earth Observation6%

Launchers6%

Science

GSP

Aurora / Exploration

MSM / ISS

Earth Observation

Launchers

(*) GSP direct

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• EOP: – XMWR: modelling activity for a LEO cross track MicroWave

Radiometer• SCI:

– REIS: Review of Europa Industrial Study– WFI: Wide Field Imager– FIM: Far Infrared Mission

• LAU:– Socrates 2

• GSP:– DCP: Dual cryogenic propulsion study– SOC: System on Chip– FBW: fly by wireless– DMA5: A5 Dual mission launches– RamELEC: Ram Electric propulsion thrusters for very low orbit

observation satellites and planetary exploration• HME:

– Phobos Sample return

Studies planned in 2006

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CDFLooking for new applications of CDF and CE

Application of CEto later phases

and to a large community

Model technologiesdevelopment

New technologiesImplementation

for future missions

- GSP contracton application of CEto anomaly treatment- GSP CDF study: NEO review of phase A

GSP contracton instrumentmodelling

GSP CDF studies:- Fly by wirelessin flight demonstration- Combined long termcryogenic propulsionfor interplanetary mission

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Plans

• Consolidation of the CDF Integrated Design Model (IDM) – creation of a ‘product’ IDM - to be able to distribute it to the institutional partners

• Extension of the CDF service to other Customers / Programmes (e.g Telecom), developing/integrating related tools and competences

• Application to new mission and system concepts (e.g. system on chip), developing new specific models and architectures

• Creation of an European distributed concurrent / collaborative environment to favourite the application of Concurrent Engineering to later phases of the project life-cycle.

• “GRID-based Distributed Concurrent Design” on-going TRP project for the study and prototype of a Virtual Distributed Design Facility, GRID based

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