CSEM Scientific and Technical Report 2008

European Space Agency (ESA), European Southern Observatory (ESO) and
Astrophysical Instrument Projects
ESA Projects
CHOPIN "Programmable Micro-Diffraction Gratings (PMDG), ESA/ESTEC contract No. 21212/07/NL/IA
DEXARM 3_GA Dextrous robot arm
ECO ESA Cesium Optical (Prime contractor Oscilloquartz SA)
GSTP Laser Diode caracterisation at 779nm (ESA Technological Program GSTP-4)
LIDAR PRN Development of Pseudo-Random Noise continuous-wave Lidar Prototype (ESA Technological Program
GSTP-4)
LISA-PAAM Development, demonstration manufacturing and test of a closed loop controlled, pico-radians resolution, tiltmirror,
as “Point Ahead Angle Mechanism” for the ESA LISA-LPT
LTMS-2 Long Term Medical Survey system ground prototype
MCC Motion Control Chip
OGCC Prototype development of ground cesium clock
OLCI-MERIS2 The Ocean & Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on the earth observation satellite Sentinel-3 will use the same
in-flight calibration strategy as its successful predecessor MERIS on ENVISAT. The in-flight calibration relies
on a Calibration Mechanism, which is designed to insert solar diffusers and a shutter at the camera’s crossover
region
OSCAR Ultrastable Atomic Beam Clock for Telecom Space Applications and Long-Term Space Missions (ESA
Technological Program ARTES-5)
OSCC EBB Elegant bread board development of caesium clock for space
OSCC Phase A Development of an Optically Pumped Space Cesium Clock (ESA Technological Program ARTES-5)
PIPOx Position Independent Pulse Oximeter
PRN CCN Pseudo-Random Continuous Wave Backscatter LIDAR Prototype – Contract Change Notice Nr 4
SHM Development of Space Hydrogen Maser for ACES
SPHERE Reaction sphere for attitude control
SPHM Design Consolidation, Industrialisation and Lifetime Qualification of a Physics Package for a Passive
Hydrogen Maser (PHM) (Galileo System Test Bed – Version 2, GSTB-V2)
ESO Projects
ELT-M5-FSU Development, demonstrator manufacturing and test of a Field Stabilisation Unit (FSU) for the M5 mirror on
the future ELT (Extremely Large Telescope, 40 m) of ESO
PRIMA-DDL Systems engineering for the development, manufacturing, test and integration of a Differential Delay Line
(DDL) for the PRIMA instrument of the ESO-VLT (Very Large Telescope) interferometer line at Cerro Paranal,
Chile
Astrophysics Projects
EMIR-DTU Development, manufacturing and test of a Detector Translation Unit (DTU) for the EMIR instrument on the
Gran Canaries Telescope (GTC) of Spain (IAC, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canaries)
GOGNIO Feasibility Study for the Design of a 3-Axis Tilting Stage
MOSFIRE CSU Development, manufacturing, test and integration of a Configurable Slit mask Unit for the Multi-Object
Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration Instrument (MOSFIRE) to be mounted on the W.M. Keck Observatory
Telescope, Hawaii USA
SOFIA SP1 Manufacture of a few spare parts for the M2 mirror bipod (SOFIA M2 mechanisms)
SPARE-DTU Spare Energen actuator for the DTU (Detector Translation Unit)
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