ESA Open Invitation to Tender AO9429
Open Date: 18/06/2018
Closing Date: 31/08/2018 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 18.117.07
Prog. Ref.: Technology Developme
Budget Ref.: E/0901-01 – Technology Developme
Special Prov.: BE+DK+FR+DE+IT+NL+ES+SE+CH+GB+IE+AT+NO+FI+PT+GR+LU+CZ+RO+PL+EE+HU
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Products: Ground Segment / Ground Station / Antennas / Structure & Thermal, Servo / Mechanics, Reflectors, feeds and diplexers, Antenna Control Units (ACUs), Drive Systems, …
Techology Domains: Electromagnetic Technologies and Techniques / Antennas / Antenna Design Tools / System Design & Verification / Mission and System Specification / Requirement Engineering
Establishment: ESOC
Directorate: Directorate of Operations
Department: Ground Systems Engineering Department
Division: Ground Station Systems Division
Contract Officer: Hurtz, Anne Maria
Industrial Policy Measure: C1 – Activities in open competition limited to the non-Larg…
Last Update Date: 18/06/2018
Update Reason: Tender issue

The first objective of the present activity is to trade-off different alternative feed systems in order to implement a simultaneousX- and K-band Uplink and Downlink in all three ESA’s DSAs (Cebreros, Malargüe and New Norcia). The X-/K-band feed system recently developed for DSA2 and DSA3 will be considered a starting point for the activity. A preliminary optical trade-off analysis conducted by ESA is provided in Annex A (of the SoW) as a reference. Given a selected feed system configuration for each DSA as a result of the trade-off, the following objective is to perform its detailed design followed by the manufacturing and testing of a breadboard of selected critical items.

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