Projects

FluidPac ALSM TAS2 MMA DIMAC
 
Recent RedShift space projects and industrial projects have been described in the following tables.
 

Space projects

 
Project Name Delivery Launch date Customer Description
DIMAC FM 2007 09/2007 ESA Proto-flight development for Foton M-3 flight providing:
- vibration sensor and autonomous data acquisition system
  (enhanced TAS3, internal magnetometer, 10GByte data storage)
- experimental quasi-steady acceleration sensor
- magnetometer sensors at 3 remote locations
Mission support, data analysis and reporting (see results summary).
TAS3 2005



2007
05/2005 ESA Proto-flight development of a triaxial accelerometer system for the Foton-M2 flight. Features autonomous data acquisition and 8GByte data storage capacity.
Mission data analysis and reporting (see results summary).
Expansion with DIMAC electronics modules for the Foton M-3 flight.
DIMAC study 2005

2005
N/A ESA Study and prototype development of a (quasi)-steady-state microgravity acceleration measurement device.
Participation to parabolic flight campaign with DIMAC prototype.
MMA 2003 02/2008 Verhaert Proto-flight development of a microgravity accelerometer package for FSL core facility (Columbus module - ISS).
TAS2 /
TAS2-bis
2002
2004
10/2002
05/2005
ESA Proto-flight development of a replacement of the FluidPac tri-axial accelerometer subsystem for the FluidPac re-flight (Foton M-1 flight). Rebuild hardware after launch failure (for Foton M-2 flight).
ALSM /
ALSM2
2000
2002
N/A Verhaert GSE development (cooling air loop simulator module) for the FSL facility. First unit for FSL engineering model, second (upgraded) unit for FSL flight model.
FluidPac 2001 10/2002 Verhaert Consultancy in the frame of the FluidPac facility re-flight (Foton M-1 flight, launch failed).
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Industrial Projects

 
Project Name End Date Description
FLY 2003 Development of low-cost wireless remote-controlled locking mechanism.
Analysis of customer-supplied operating concept. Requirement definition for series production design (taking into account safety and production cost). Pre-design (several options) and assessment of series production cost. Development and production of proto-series (providing design validation).
VLAM 2001 Manufacturing equipment selection.
Requirement definition, market analysis and product selection (based on trade-off) for a set of dedicated industrial production equipment.
CICA 2001 Feasibility study for series production design based on existing laboratory test setup.
Analysis of equipment operating concept, followed by requirement definition for series production design (taking into account ease of use, ergonomics, environmental conditions, safety and production cost). Pre-design (several options) and assessment of series production cost for several batch volumes.
RAM 2000 Conceptual design of automotive security equipment.
Design of an automotive electronic security product based on existing modules. Development of an automatic battery charger. Safety assessment according to European directives for automotive equipment.
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