Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
23-4-1996 2:00 PM
End Date
23-4-1996 5:00 PM
Description
The reusable space platform Eureca was developed under the authority of the European Space Agency Esa and had its 11 months maiden flight in 1992/93. Launched and retrieved by the Shuttle the 4.5 ton-platform is capable of free-flying in a low earth orbit for a period of some 6-9 months and provides a stable high quality microgravity environment, good attitude accuracy and large payload resources. Together with the remote science operation capabilities, these features allow a wide range of scientific applications, i.e. astronomy, solar and atmospheric physics, earth observation, space technology, physical and life sciences under microgravity conditions.
Based on Esa’s intention to foster the industrialization of space programmed, Esa intends to transfer the Eureca spacecraft and Esa’s core payloads to Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (Dasa), which has been the prime contractor for this platform. By this transfer (entered into force since January 1st 1996), Dasa has the responsibility and risk for overall mission implementation and the freedom to assemble a payload in accordance with user demands. It is planned that this will be performed by an international team of aerospace companies headed by Dasa.
Paper Session I-B - Industrial Reflight of Eureca Platform in 1998
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
The reusable space platform Eureca was developed under the authority of the European Space Agency Esa and had its 11 months maiden flight in 1992/93. Launched and retrieved by the Shuttle the 4.5 ton-platform is capable of free-flying in a low earth orbit for a period of some 6-9 months and provides a stable high quality microgravity environment, good attitude accuracy and large payload resources. Together with the remote science operation capabilities, these features allow a wide range of scientific applications, i.e. astronomy, solar and atmospheric physics, earth observation, space technology, physical and life sciences under microgravity conditions.
Based on Esa’s intention to foster the industrialization of space programmed, Esa intends to transfer the Eureca spacecraft and Esa’s core payloads to Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (Dasa), which has been the prime contractor for this platform. By this transfer (entered into force since January 1st 1996), Dasa has the responsibility and risk for overall mission implementation and the freedom to assemble a payload in accordance with user demands. It is planned that this will be performed by an international team of aerospace companies headed by Dasa.
Comments
Space Business Aspects In A Commercial Market
Session Chairman: Janice Bellucci, President, Star Corporation, Attorney for Selected Aerospace States
Session Organizer: Jay Gurecki