Industrial involvement in the Rosetta mission
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| Industrial involvement in Rosetta. Credit: ESA |
The Rosetta spacecraft was built by an industrial team led by prime contractor Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany, and involving more than 50 contractors from 14 European countries and the USA. Major subcontractors were Astrium Ltd. who built the spacecraft platform, Astrium France who supplied the spacecraft avionics and Alenia Spazio, Turin, Italy, for assembly, integration and verification. Canada participated in the construction of ESA's first 35 m-diameter Deep Space Antenna in Australia, which was built for Rosetta. Scientific consortia from institutes across Europe and the United States provided the 11 experiments for the orbiter.
The lander, Philae, was provided by a European consortium headed by the German Aerospace Research Institute (DLR). Other members of the consortium are ESA, CNES, ASI, and institutes from Austria, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
This page lists the industrial involvement in the Rosetta Orbiter and the mission's ground segment.
The industrial involvement in the Philae Lander is detailed on a separate dedicated page.
Rosetta Orbiter and Ground Segment
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Australia |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Telstra | New Norcia antenna |
| Western Power | New Norcia antenna |
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Austria |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Austrian Aerospace | Telemetry and telecommand special check-out equipment (SCOE) |
| Multi-layer insulation | |
| Steyr Daimler Puch | Louvres |
| Siemens | Special check-out equipment (SCOE) |
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Belgium |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Alcatel ETCA | Attitude and orbit control measurement system interface unit (AIU) DC/DC hybrids |
| Remote terminal unit (RTU) DC/DC hybrids | |
| AMOS | Batteries |
| Logica | Support to avionics |
| Nexans (formerly Alcatel Fabrisys) | Spacecraft harness |
| Rhea | Consultancy support |
| Spacebel | Software validation facility (SVF) - software development environment (SDE) design specification |
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Canada |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| SED System inc. | New Norcia antenna |
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Denmark |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Terma | Lead of central checkout system (CCS) |
| Power control unit | |
| Software validation facility (SVF) | |
| Turbinegarden | Database engineering support |
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Finland |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Patria Finavitec | Power distribution unit / thermal control unit (PDU/TCU) |
| Platform structure |
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France |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Alcatel | Support to Prime contractor (Astrium GmbH) |
| Pressurant tanks | |
| Pressure regulator | |
| Astrium SAS | Central checkout system (CCS) software |
| Avionics major subcontractor Lead | |
| Solid state mass memory (SSMM) memory boards | |
| SEP | Transducer |
| Thomson Tube Electronics | Travelling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) tubes |
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Germany |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| ASE | Solar array |
| Astrium GmbH | Thrusters (10N) |
| Prime Lead | |
| Propellant tanks | |
| System Consulting | Lander support |
| Timetech | Ultra stable oscillator (USO) |
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Hungary |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| KFKI | Lander support |
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Ireland |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Captec | Independent software validation facility (SVF) |
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Italy |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Alenia | Assembly, integration and verification (AIV) major subcontractor Lead |
| Transponder | |
| Officine Galileo (formerly FIAR) | Navigation camera & startracker Lead |
| Solar array photovoltaic assembly (PVA) | |
| TOPREL | Coordinated part procurement agency |
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The Netherlands |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Bradford | Back-up landing gear |
| Chess | Software validation facility (SVF) sham board specification |
| Software validation facility (SVF) Sun Silver maintenance | |
| Fokker | Solar array |
| Satellite Services | Telemetry/telecommand (TM/TC) fee |
| RF suitcase | |
| Spacecraft interface simulator (SIS) equipment | |
| TNO-TPD | Sun acquisition sensor |
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Norway |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Det Norske Veritas | Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) tasks |
| Kongsberg | Solar array drive mechanism (SADM) equipment |
| Supply of ground support equipment (GSE) and support | |
| Prototech | Structural thermal model (STM) dummies |
| Raufoss | Valves |
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Spain |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Alcatel Espacio | Radio frequency distribution unit (RFDU)/waveguide interface unit (WIU) |
| Solar array drive electronics (SADE) | |
| Attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) interface unit (AIU) | |
| Remote terminal unit (RTU) | |
| CASA | Medium-gain antenna |
| Crisa | Startracker & navigation camera electronic unit |
| Sener | Startracker & navigation camera baffle |
| Hipparcos recommendation | |
| Experiment booms | |
| Louvres | |
| Tecnológica | Coordinated part procurement agency |
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Sweden |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Saab Ericsson Space | High-gain antenna |
| Low-gain antenna | |
| Command and data management unit (CDMU) lead | |
| Solid state mass memory (SSMM) lead |
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Switzerland |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Alcatel ETCA | Travelling wavetube amplifier (TWTA) |
| Alcatel Space | Electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) simulator |
| APCO | Mechanical ground support equipment (MGSE) |
| Quality assurance (QA) co-location for structural thermal model (STM), assembly, integration and test (AIT) | |
| Captec | Independent software validation (ISV) engineering support |
| Clemessy | Power pyro special check-out equipment (SCOE) |
| Test batteries | |
| Contraves | Solar array |
| Thermal support | |
| ETEL | Antenna pointing mechanism electronics (APME) for high-gain antenna |
| Helbling | Software quality assurance (QA) |
| HTS | High-gain antenna |
| Mecanex | Brackets |
| Reliability engineering support | |
| RST | Software development environment (SDE) tools procurement |
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United Kingdom |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| AEA Technologies | Batteries |
| Astrium Ltd. | Platform major subcontractor lead |
| Reaction wheel unit | |
| BAE Systems (formally MRC) | High-gain antenna |
| Hunting/Insys | Alternative landing gear equipment |
| Logica | Onboard software autonomy |
| Polyflex | Non-return valves |
| Satasint | Support of assembly, integration and verification (AIV) team |
| SciSys | Satellite control and operations system |
| Vega | Support of assembly, integration and verification (AIV) team |
| Electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) support |
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United States |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Conax | Pyro valves |
| Honeywell | Inertial measurement package |
| Starsys | Louvres |
| Vacco | Filters |