ESA Open Invitation To Tender AO8641
Open Date: 20/06/2016
Closing Date: 01/08/2016 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 16.1EE.06
Prog. Ref.: TRP
Budget Ref.: E/0901-01 – TRP
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: > 500 KEURO
Products: Satellites & Probes / System Engineering Software / Environment Models and Computational Tools / Radiation belts, Solar energetic particles, Galactic cosmic rays,
Technology Domains: Spacecraft Environments and Effects / Space Environment / Numerical modelling of environments
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Technical & Quality Manag
Department: Electrical Engineering Department
Division: Electromagnetics and Space Environment D
Contract Officer: Fabrizi, Lavinia
Industrial Policy Measure: C3 – Activities restricted to SMEs & R&D organisations
Last Update Date: 20/06/2016
Update Reason: Tender issue

Micrometeoroid impacts have been observed in the focal planes of the XMM-Newton and Swift-XRT X-ray observatories. These impacts have resulted in considerable damages to focal-plane detectors. Particles entering an X-ray telescope aperture at grazing incidence are scattered from mirror shells and therefore focussed into a telescope’s focal plane. This poses a considerable risk also for futureX-ray missions like ATHENA. The underlying scattering process shall be investigated by performing tests and simulations. Based on the test results a scattering model shall be developed. Procurement Policy: C(3) = Activity restricted to SMEs RD Entities. For additional information please go to EMITS news „Industrial Policy measures for non-primes, SMEs and RD entities in ESA programmes”.

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