August 17, 2016

Organization

For all CARMEN missions, CNES is prime contractor for both system and instrument.

For all missions, CNES is the instrument prime contractor and tasked industrials with the development and manufacturing of the different instrument flight models. As such, CNES is in charge of:

  • instrument specifications according to mission needs,
  • instrument subsystem specifications,
  • coordinatiing the industrial development activities,
  • managing the interfaces between the ICARE-NG instrument and the various sensors,
  • the on-board/ground interfaces,
  • coordinating the development activities of command/control and mission ground segments.

CNES is also the Principal Investigator. R. Ecoffet, C. Durin, and D. Payan are respectively PI of ICARE-NG instrument, SODAD sensors and AMBRE sensor. They draw on the expertise of non-CNES Co-Investigators in charge of each of these parts.

Satellite Prime Contractor

Concerning the CARMEN-1 mission, CONAE (Argentine Space Agency) is the SAC-D satellite prime contractor. As such, CONAE is in charge of:

  • defining the instrument interface with the platform and the arrangement of the instrument on the platform,
  • instrument assembly on the satellite,
  • tests performed at satellite level.

Concerning the CARMEN-2 & 3 missions, Thalès Alenia Space is in charge of the development of the JASON-2 & 3 satellite platforms. As such, Thalès Alenia Space is in charge of:

  • defining the instrument interface with the platform and the arrangement of the instrument on the platform,
  • assembly of the JRE instruments (LPT & CARMEN) on the satellite,
  • tests performed at satellite level.

Concerning the CARMEN-1 mission, ISRO (Indian Space Agency) is the GSAT-19 satellite prime contractor. As such, CONAE is in charge of:

  • defining the instrument interface with the platform and the arrangement of the instrument on the platform,
  • instrument assembly on the satellite,
  • tests performed at satellite level.

CNES

According to the mission, the CARMEN project team is composed of:

  • Project Manager and ICARE-NG Manager     E. Lorfèvre
  • MEX board Manager     F. Bezerra
  • AMBRE Sensor Manager     D. Payan
  • SODAD Sensor Manager     C. Durin

CARMEN's project team can rely heavily on the satellite project team. In particular, the team manages directly the activities related to Satellite interfaces with the satellite prime contractor.

Co-Investigators

In the frame of the CARMEN missions, different partners are Investigators or Co-Investigators:

  • D. Boscher from ONERA/DESP for the SPECTROMETRE part of the ICARE-NG instrument,
  • Jean-Roch VAILLE from the IES (South Institute of Electronics) of Montpellier II University for the ICARE-NG OSL dosimetry,
  • Anna CASALS form TRAD for ICARE-NG PMOS the dosimetry,
  • Jean-André SAUVAUD and Benoît LAVRAUD from IRAP (Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology) for the AMBRE sensor.
  • Jean-Claude MANDEVILLE from ONERA/DESP for the SODAD sensors.

Industries

EREMS is in charge of the development of both the ICARE-NG instrument and the AMBRE sensor. STEEL Electronique is responsible for the development of the SODAD sensors.

EREMS is in charge of the development, design, and manufacturing test of the ICARE-NG instrument, and more specifically of:

  • the design and development of the instrument's main functions (including data and power interfaces with other experiments),
  • the nterface simulator,
  • the manufacturing, assembly, tests, and qualification of the ICARE-NG instrument,
  • the functionnal interface tests between ICARE-NG and AMBRE.

EREMS also contributes to the tests of the CARMEN instruments tests and to the instrument integrations aboard host satellites.

EREMS is in charge of the development, design, and manufacturing test of the AMBRE sensor, and more specifically of:

  • the design and development of the sensor's main functions and interface simulator supply,
  • the manufacturing, assembly, tests, and qualification of the AMBRE sensor,

EREMS also provides the data harness flight model between the ICARE-NG instrument and the AMBRE sensor.

STEEL Electronique is in charge of the development, design, and manufacturing tests of the SODAD sensors, and more specifically of:

  • the design and manufacturing of the DC/DC converter boards, and upgrade of the other electronic board flight model from the existing developments,
  • the assembly, tests, and (delta) qualification of the SODAD sensors,

STEEL Electronique also provides the data harness flight model between the ICARE-NG instrument and the SODAD sensors.

COMAT, EREMS sub-contractor, is in charge of:

  • mechanical design of the AMBRE spectrometer,
  • assembly, alignment, and centring of sensor heads,
  • study of possible AMBRE sensor tightness.

IRAP (Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology) is in charge of:

  • sensor head specification according to the mission orbit,
  • scientific and technical expertise; as such, IRAP provides support to EREMS and COMAT,
  • specification, supply, and assembly of Multi Chanel Plates (MCP),
  • specification and supply of high voltage components (power converter and optocoupler),
  • electronic tests and tuning,
  • calibration and the associated tests.

TRAD is in charge of:

  • providing the PMOS dosimeter for the Flight Model and associated needs.

The IES (South Institute of Electronics) of Montpellier II University is in charge of:

  • providing the OSL dosimeter for the Flight Model and associated needs.
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