Title
The instrument control unit of the PLATO payload: Design consolidation following the preliminary design review by ESA
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Cosentino R.
Focardi M.
Pezzuto S.
Giusi G.
Galli E.
Di Giorgio A.M.
Liu S.
Traficante A.
Biondi D.
Hasiba J.
Hofmann K.
Jeszenszky H.
Laky G.
Ottacher H.
Steinberger M.
Steller M.
Wallner R.
Neukirchner S.
Leichtfried M.
Del Vecchio Blanco C.
Serafini L.
Dini D.
Pilato L.
Toscano L.
Zolesi V.
Guedel M.
Kerschbaum F.
Ottensamer R.
Luntzer A.
Loidolt D.
IWF - Space Research Institute of Graz
Publisher(s)
SPIE
Abstract
PLATO is an M-class mission (M3) of the European Space Agency (ESA) whose launch is scheduled in 2026. The main aim of the mission is the detection and characterization of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting around bright solar-type star. The payload consists of 26 small telescopes: 24 "normal"cameras and 2 "fast"cameras. The huge amount of data produced by the PLATO telescopes is acquired and processed on-board by the Data Processing System (DPS) made up by various processing electronic units. The DPS of the PLATO instrument comprises the Normal and Fast DPUs (Data Processing Units) and a single ICU (Instrument Control Unit), are data routed through a SpaceWire network. The topic of this paper is the description of the architecture of the ICU and its role within the DPS, the status of the Avionic Validation Model (AVM) testing at the end of the Unit Preliminary Design Review (UPDR) performed by ESA and the results of the test of the first engineering model.
Volume
11443
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Ingeniería aeroespacial
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099882250
Source
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISSN of the container
0277786X
ISBN of the container
978-151063673-6
Conference
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Sponsor(s)
A special acknowledgement to the European Space Agency for the support provided by the PLATO Team and to DLR leading the PLATO Mission Consortium. This work has been funded thanks to the Italian Space Agency (ASI) support of the Project, as defined within the ASI-INAF agreement n. 2015-019-R.O. ”Scientific activity for the PLATO Mission - B/C Phases”.
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