ARTES 8 Alphabus/Alphasat
ARTES 8 Alphabus/Alphasat is a specific element dedicated to the development and deployment of Alphasat. Alphasat is the satellite that, in partnership with Inmarsat, will incorporate the first unit of the Alphabus Platform jointly developed by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space. Alphasat incorporatess innovative on-board processing technology and user services.
The programme line has the following objectives:
- Initiate ESA-funded pre-development contracts to secure enabling technology and to assist the emergence of "second-source" hardware suppliers able to match the market needs of the Large Platform.
- Develop and qualify, together with CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) and industry, a generic product line for AlphaBus based on ground qualification of development and engineering models.
- Procure a flight-standard platform (proto-flight model) to facilitate early first flight opportunity (in frame of AlphaSat).
- Consolidate a Large Platform Mission combining ESA-funded payloads with institutional and/or commercial payloads, allowing the in-orbit demonstration of a protoflight large platform
- Launch is expected 2011-2012.
Invitations To Tender or ITTs are issued during the year in coordination with prime contractors.
Funding
Activities are funded at 50%, 75% or 100% of their total cost by the Agency.
Who can participate?
Activities under ARTES 8 Alphabus/Alphasat are only open to the industry of the Member States participating in this element. Participating Member States are:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Authorisation from a participating Member State’s national delegation is NOT required.
Last Update: 12 Aug 2009
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