ESA Open Invitation to Tender AO9127
Open Date: 16/10/2017
Closing Date: 20/12/2017 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 17.117.02
Prog. Ref.: TRP
Budget Ref.: E/0901-01 – TRP
Special Prov.: AT+BE+CH+CZ+DE+DK+EE+ES+FI+FR+GB+GR+HU+IE+IT+LU+NL+NO+PL+PT+RO+SE
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Products: Ground Segment / Mission Operations / Mission Control / Engineering Support (GS S/W dev. and maintenance, …)
Techology Domains: Onboard Data Systems / Payload Data Processing / System Technologies for Payload Data Processing
Establishment: ESOC
Directorate: Directorate of Operations
Department: Mission Operations Department
Division: Astronomy&Fundamental Physics Mission Di
Contract Officer: Hurtz, Anne Maria
Industrial Policy Measure: N/A – Not apply
Last Update Date: 16/10/2017
Update Reason: Tender issue

The ATHENA spacecraft baseline carries two independent instruments; a spectrometer (X-IFU) and an imager (WFI) which will share a single focal point provided by a single x-ray telescope. The mission therefore requires a means of placing one of the instruments at a time at the telescope focus via an Instrument Selection Mechanism (ISM). Two possibilities are foreseen in order to meet this requirement (a) the Movable Mirror Assembly (MMA) approach where the telescope mirror assembly shall be rotated/translated whilst the focal plane instruments remain fixed with respect to the spacecraft structure and (b) the Movable Instrument Platform (MIP) approach where the instruments are translated and the telescope mirror assembly remains fixed with respect to the spacecraft structure.This activity is foreseen to be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 shall address the preliminary design of an ISM meeting the requirements of both the MMA and MIP approaches. Phase 2 shall address the detailed design and breadboarding of one of the two approaches which will be selected by the Agency).

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