ESA Open Invitation to Tender AO10074
Open Date: 21/11/2019
Closing Date: 15/01/2020 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 19.164.08
Prog. Ref.: CTP – General
Budget Ref.: E/0401-01B – CTP – General
Special Prov.: AT+BE+CH+CZ+DE+DK+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HU+IE+IT+LU+NL+NO+PL+PT+RO+SE+GB
Tender Type: C
Price Range: > 500 KEURO
Products: Satellites & Probes / AOCS & GNC / Sensors ¿ BB / Detectors (APS, CCD, infrared detectors, …)
Technology Domains: Spacecraft Environments and Effects / Environment Effects / Ground and Space Effects Investigations
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Science
Department: Future Missions Office
Contract Officer: Weihert, Beatrice
Industrial Policy Measure: N/A – Not apply
Last Update Date: 21/11/2019
Update Reason: Tender issue

This activity shall characterise the dark current increase in Silicon detectors as a function of micro-meteoroid properties. The dark current increase shall be characterised with detectors representative in detector entrance window and Silicon bulk properties to the detectors used on the ATHENA WFI instrument. No further representativeness in terms of detectortechnology is anticipated. The following properties shall be characterised:1) Dark current as function of temperature prior and post impact2) Dark current generation as function of distance from impact site3) Inspection and characterisation of physical extent of micro-meteoroid damage using electron microscopyThe aforementioned properties shall be characterised as a function of the following micro-meteoroid propertiesA)Particle size (at least 4 TBD sizes)B) Particle speed (at least 4 TBD speeds)C) Particle composition (at least 2 TBD compositions