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.
ESA (European Space Agency) Centralized Management System for Satellite Electronic Test and Checkout Instrumentation
1977
7 pages
Report
No indication
English
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