David Zolesi: Design of subsystems onboard the ISS · • Life and Physical Science experiment hardware, for both manned and unmanned missions ... Technical know-how and competencies

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David Zolesi: Design of subsystems onboard the ISS

Company overview

EU-Japan Partnering Support Mission in the Space Sector 209 March 2015

• Kayser Italia is a fully independent Italian system engineering company

(SME), incorporated in 1986

• Kayser Italia offers its products and services into the space sector

• Kayser Italia has a staff of around 60 engineers

• Kayser Italia has extensive expertise in the design and manufacturing

of experiments and payloads, related Ground Support Equipment and

Mission Operations and Support, both as prime-contractor, as well as

sub-contractor

Company overview

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• Kayser Italia has 28 years experience in the supply of hardware

and software solutions and on-site support services for space

• Kayser Italia has participated to 60 space missions with 90

payloads, ranging from sounding rockets, to unmanned and

manned European, Russian, Japanese, Chinese platforms, to

Shuttle, and ISS.

• Engineering services with key focus on the following application

areas:

• Life and Physical Science experiment hardware, for both

manned and unmanned missions

• Equipment for spacecrafts

• Systems and sub-systems for exploration missions

• Mission support

• Support to on-board and ground operations

EU-Japan Partnering Support Mission in the Space Sector09 March 2015

Technical know-how and competencies

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•Electrical/Electronics

•Power distribution

•Data acquisition

•Electronic controls

•Microprocessors and

microcontrollers

•Software

•Instrument firmware

•Flight software

•Man-machine interface

•EGSE software

•Data acquisition, storage and

presentation

•Mechanics/Structural/Thermal

•Mechanical design

•FEM

•Structural analysis

•Assembly and integration

•Fracture Control

•Thermal design and analysis

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HEALTH

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DATA

CHECK

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•System AIV

•Ground support equipment

•Electrical GSE

•Mechanical GSE

•Thermal GSE


Satellites programs

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TEMISAT (Telespazio) Microsatellite, EGSE and OCC

PAMELA (INFN)Telecommand and Telemetry interfaces

MITA (CGS) - EGSE

COSMO-SKYMED (ALENIA) - EGSE Focal plane

ROSETTA (OG)Breadboard of drill and carousel

control for Shark subsystem


Life science: biology experiments

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STROMA

2D BMSC

cell culture

AT-SPACE

Arabidopsis

germination

BIOKIN-4

Bacteria

aerobic culture

BASE-C

Bacteria aerobic culture

ROALD

T-lymphocytes

cell culture

XENOPUS

Xenopus tadpoles

aquaria

SEN

Sensor package

PKINASE

Monocytes

cell culture

YING-B1

Yeast batch culture

YING-B2

Yeast solid culture

TRIPLELUX

Cells and Bacteria analyser

BASE-B

Bacteria anaerobic culture

BIOLAB

KUBIK

STROMA

2D BMSC

cell culture

AT-SPACE

Arabidopsis

germination

BIOKIN-4

Bacteria

aerobic culture

BASE-C

Bacteria aerobic culture

ROALD

T-lymphocytes

cell culture

XENOPUS

Xenopus tadpoles

aquaria

SEN

Sensor package

PKINASE

Monocytes

cell culture

YING-B1

Yeast batch culture

YING-B2

Yeast solid culture

TRIPLELUX

Cells and Bacteria analyser

BASE-B

Bacteria anaerobic culture

BIOLAB

KUBIK


Life science: biology facilities

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BIOPAN (ESA)(Sub to KT . Electronics,

satellite electrical I/F, F/W, EGSE)

BIOBOX (ESA)(Sub to AST . Facility control

electronics, centrifuge electronics,

harness, Peltier controller, F/W, EGSE)

BIOKON (ASI)Containers for autonomous

experiments

ECCO (ESA)Flight Thermal

Transport Containers

KIC (ESA)Experiment Containers

MATROSHKA (ESA/DLR)(Sub to DLR. Facility Electronics,

CAN Bus, S/W, EGSE)


Life science: analysers

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I-BICA – Immuno-Biochemical

Analyser on ISS (ESA)(Sub to Astrium)

BioanalysISS (ESA)(Sub to Univ. Laval)

MIDASS – Microbial

Detection in Air System

for Space (ESA)(Sub to bioMérieux)


Life science: human physiology facilities

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Hand Grip

Dynamometer (HGD)

Pinch

Force

Dynamometer

(PFD)

Posture Acquisition Glove (PAG)

and Wrist Electronics Box (WEB)

HPA (ASI)Hand Posture Analyser

Target

Objects

HPA used :

- Taxi flight TM34 (R.Vittori, 2002)

- Increment 7 (Ed Lu, 2003)

- Increment 8 (Mike Foale, 2004)

- Soyuz 10S (R.Vittori, 2005)

- STS120 (Paolo Nespoli, 2007)

ELITE-S2 camera in

the USLab of ISS

ELITE-S2 cameras at KSC ELITE-S2 integrated in EXPRESS

rack at KSC

ELITE-S2 (ASI)ELaboratore Immagini TElevisive - Space 2


Physical science

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GABRIEL (ESA)

IFOAM (ASI)

MSL (ESA)(Sub to KT. Power Distribution Module)

EML (ESA)(Sub to AST. Power distribution, signal/data

acquisition & control electronics, GSEs


ISS equipment

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EHD (ESA)Data storage device

PPS/KuPS (ESA)Portable Power Supply

HAMVIDEO (ESA)Video Transmitter

CFEU (ESA)Cabin Fan Electronics Unit

ACLS (ESA)Advanced Closed Loop System

Sub to Astrium. Avionics of the facility

in progress..


Technologies

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TSS (ESA)Tensegrity Space Structures

EAP (ESA)Electro-Active Polymers

SMAShape Memory Alloys

GNSS Retroreflector Arrays

for satellite laser ranging (ASI)(Sub to INFN)

Wired and Wireless On-board

Sensor Network (ESA/ASI)

Peltier controllers from 25 W up to 250 W


ICARO

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ICARO - Italian Centre for Advanced Research and Operations, is the Kayser

Italia centre for experiments and operations support.

Management

of on-board

facilities and

experiments

User Support Operations Centre

Kayser Italia Livorno, Italy.

ICARO

USOC ESC

CleanRoom

ScienceLab

HardwareLab

Experiment Support Centre

Kayser Italia Livorno, Italy.


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David Zolesi: Design of subsystems onboard the ISS · • Life and Physical Science experiment hardware, for both manned and unmanned missions ... Technical know-how and competencies