In-orbit Demonstration of Technologies with the Euro IOD Program

Paper number

IAC-16,B4,6A,5,x33581

Author

Mr. Norbert M.K. Lemke, OHB System AG - Munich, Germany

Coauthor

Ms. Andrea Jaime, OHB System AG - Munich, Germany

Coauthor

Mr. Chris Saunders, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), United Kingdom

Coauthor

Mr. Stephan Roemer, Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH, Germany

Year

2016

Abstract

Driven by the need for In-orbit Demonstration (IOD) and ‎verification ‎(IOV) of ‎new ‎and innovative ‎technologies a program has been proposed for regular and affordable opportunities for access to ‎space. This program is based on a bi-lateral initiative between the United Kingdom (UK) and ‎Germany. It is known as “Euro IOD” and shall be implemented as a partnership between Surrey ‎Satellite Technology Ltd‎. (SSTL) and OHB System AG, and shall continue the success of the recent ‎IOD small satellite missions by both companies. The envisaged program schedule is one mission ‎every two years.‎

In Germany and the UK, national space agencies and other ‎national funding bodies have recently ‎implemented and financed IOD ‎missions (TET-1 and TDS-1). The German IOD mission TET-1 was ‎launched in 2012 and ‎successfully ‎completed a primary one year mission time in 2013. TET-1 ‎now is ‎used within ‎the FireBird mission for fire detection from space. The TDS-1 satellite from UK was ‎launched in 2014, carrying a suite of ‎experimental payloads from different UK providers, and is ‎currently providing exploitation data to the payload principle investigators.‎

TET-2 as Germany’s follow-on mission has been studied as a Phase B ‎project, the European ‎Space Agency has defined a Technology Flight Opportunity ‎‎(TFO) program, and the European ‎Commission has funded four parallel H2020 studies about in-orbit demonstration payloads.‎

As a result from the TFO program OHB and SSTL propose an IOD/IOV Service that can be used ‎by companies, institutes, universities and space agencies wishing to demonstrate new technologies, ‎services or systems. The IOD/IOV service will provide a regular ‘ticket’ to space, under the terms of ‎a service agreement, and with a common set of technical interfaces to allow maximum program ‎flexibility and interchangeability for IOD customers.‎

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