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    DARWIN System Assessment Study - Alcatel Summary Report

    Publication date: 15 Feb 2007

    Authors: C. Ruilier, M. Sghedoni and R. Krawczyk

    Issue: 01.0
    Page: 1-30
    Year: 2007

    Copyright: Alcatel Alenia Space

    This report is the summary of the work done in the DARWIN System Assessment Study and presents its main results: selected concept and architecture, preliminary design, main performance at functional and interface levels.

    This study has spanned around 12 months, featuring:

    • a Phase 1 devoted to requirements review and architecture trade-of: it has led to the selection of the non planar arrangement
    • a Phase 2 devoted to preliminary design: together with the consolidation of the selected arrangement, it has produced the payload and spacecraft preliminary design, including performance budgets

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    Last Update: 04 Apr 2007

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