Browsing by Author "Schwab, Philippe"
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Challenges of the development of a compliant focus mechanism submitted to the harsh Martian environment for the ExoMars rover mission
Verhaeghe, Antoine; Perruchoud, Gérald; Schwab, Philippe; Gumy, Mathias; Rouvinet, Julien; Kiener, Lionel (2020-01-14)The CLUPI (CLose-UP Imager) instrument is a high-resolution camera mounted onto the Drill of the ExoMars 2020 rover mission carried out by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos. The CLUPI development is under the ... -
COOLER: a louvered, passive radiator for Cubesats
Spanoudakis, Peter; Novo, David; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Ummel, Antoine; Psoni, Georgia; Rellakis, Dimitrios; Struijs, Robert; Fouché, Florian; de Faoite, Daithi (2021-09-20)Louvers are thermal control elements placed over external radiators to tune heat rejection from typically a factor 1 when fully closed to 5 when fully open. The most commonly used louver is a bimetallic, springactuated, ... -
Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) For MTG IRS: Qualification and Acceptance Test Campaign Results and Lessons Learned
Spanoudakis, Peter; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Perruchoud, Gérald; Saudan, Hervé; Gumy, Mathias; Regamey, Yves-Julien (2019-09-19)The Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) of the Infra-Red Sounder (IRS) for the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites completed an extensive qualification test campaign demonstrating the high-precision mechanism met stringent ... -
Development Challenges of a Focus Mechanism Design For Exomars Mission Submitted To The Harsh Martian Environment And Utilizing Off-The-Shelf Equipment
Verhaeghe, Antoine; Perruchoud, Gérald; Schwab, Philippe; Gumy, Mathias (2017-09-21) -
Development challenges of a focus mechanism for EXOMARS mission submitted to the harsh Martian environment
Kiener, Lionel; Perruchoud, Gérald; Schwab, Philippe; Verhaeghe, Antoine; Spanoudakis, Peter; Gumy, Mathias (2018-07-10)For the development of the Focus Mechanism of the CLUPI instrument of the ExoMars 2020 mission, the CSEM implemented a design based on flexible structure technology and the use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components. ... -
Development Challenges of Utilizing a Corner Cube Mechanism Design With Successful IASI Flight Heritage for the Infrared Sounder (IRS) on MTG; Recurrent Mechanical Design not Correlated to Recurrent Development
Spanoudakis, Peter; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Perruchoud, Gérald (2015-09-24)The Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) design for the Infra-Red Sounder (IRS) on MTG is based on the successful mechanism currently in orbit on the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometers (IASI) on the Metop satellites. The ... -
Focus mechanism for EXOMARS mission: lessons learned from preliminary design to space flight model delivery
Verhaeghe, Antoine; Perruchoud, Gerald; Schwab, Philippe; Gumy, Mathias; Rouvinet, Julien; Kiener, Lionel (2020-12-13)The CLUPI (CLose-UP Imager) instrument is a high-resolution camera mounted onto the Drill of the ExoMars 2020 rover mission carried out by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos. The CLUPI development is under the ... -
Large Angle Flexure Pivot Development and Test Campaign Results
Spanoudakis, Peter; Kiener, Lionel; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Grivon, Daniel; Psoni, Georgia; Rellakis, Dimitrios; Bencheikh, Nabil (2021-09-20)An innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) has been developed and has completed a thorough test campaign in the configuration of an Engineering Model. The intended application of the LAFP is to angularly ... -
Large angle flexure pivot development for future science payloads for space applications
Spanoudakis, Peter; Kiener, Lionel; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Giriens, Laurent; Kruis, Johan; Grivon, Daniel; Psoni, Georgia; Vrettos, Christos; Bencheikh, Nabil (2019)An innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) is described. It combines the advantages of flexure mechanisms while surpassing one of their few flaws, small displacement strokes. The LAFP design exceeds these ... -
Large angle flexure pivot development for high accuracy positioning of optical payloads
Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Kruis, Johan; Giriens, Laurent; Spanoudakis, Peter; Vrettos, Christos; Psoni, Georgia (2019-06-06)In this study, an innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) is proposed. It combines the advantages of flexure mechanisms – no friction, no backlash, no need for lubricant, no wear – while surpassing one of ... -
LESSONS LEARNT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLIANT FOCUS MECHANISM FOR THE EXOMARS ROVER MISSION
Verhaeghe, Antoine; Perruchoud, Gérald; Schwab, Philippe; Gumy, Mathias; Rouvinet, Julien (2019-09-19)In the frame of the development of the CLUPI instrument for the ExoMars rover, CSEM developed a frictionless compliant focus mechanism. Three models were delivered to Thales Alenia Space Switzerland who is the instrument ... -
Operational Performance of MOSFIRE with Its Cryogenic Configurable Slitmask Unit at the W. M. Keck Observatory
Kassis, Marc; McLean, Ian S.; Steidel, Charles C.; Matthews, Keith; Lyke, James E.; Rizzi, Luca; Chan, Dwight; Weiss, Jason; Adkins, Sean; Spanoudakis, Peter; Schwab, Philippe; Onillion, Emmanuel; Lisowski, Leszek; Theurillat, Patrick; Chételat, Olivier; Meier, Christophe (2016-06-26)