The ESA centralized management system was instituted to predict system performances, to ensure correct matching of hardware and software constituents of each system, and to use a common logistic support organization encompassing documentation, procedures, maintenance, and operations. It is possible to define the instrumentation required at a very early stage in a project and to initiate procurement action for a well-proven system, thus reducing the risks involved in the development of the spacecraft; to achieve significant savings in capital investment, stemming from the possibility to reutilize equipment; to achieve a substantial reduction in the time needed for satellite integration and testing by using well proven testing methods and procedures; and to readily accommodate the requirements of space missions of increasing complexity at low cost and low risk by way of simple additions or modifications to existing equipment and procedures.


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    Title :

    ESA (European Space Agency) Centralized Management System for Satellite Electronic Test and Checkout Instrumentation


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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