Start Date
4-1988 8:00 AM
Description
Within the long-term framework of establishing a coherent system that supports permanent and autonomous European presence in space , the MTFF as an integrated flight configuration assumes a major role among the other COLUMBUS elements and joins Ariane V, HERMES, EDRS and Ground Segment facilities as an important building block, leading to a coherent European space capability.
The MTFF is designed for an operational on-orbit period of 30 years, which will be made possible by periodic in-orbit servicing activities.
The in-orbit servicing activities are to be made possible by a resupply system, which will have to provide and prepare all items needed for the in-orbit servicing. This will include exchange units for in-orbit maintenance and repair of system and payloads, consumables, new payload sets, etc.
A Resupply Scenario For The Columbus Mantended Freeflyer (MTFF)
Within the long-term framework of establishing a coherent system that supports permanent and autonomous European presence in space , the MTFF as an integrated flight configuration assumes a major role among the other COLUMBUS elements and joins Ariane V, HERMES, EDRS and Ground Segment facilities as an important building block, leading to a coherent European space capability.
The MTFF is designed for an operational on-orbit period of 30 years, which will be made possible by periodic in-orbit servicing activities.
The in-orbit servicing activities are to be made possible by a resupply system, which will have to provide and prepare all items needed for the in-orbit servicing. This will include exchange units for in-orbit maintenance and repair of system and payloads, consumables, new payload sets, etc.
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