DRS Instrument Avionics Unit

Date: 09 April 2010
Satellite: LISA Pathfinder
Depicts: IAU of the DRS
Photograph of flight hardware, showing the Instrument Avionics Unit (IAU) of the Disturbance Reduction System (DRS). The DRS is supplied by NASA.
The IAU is the dedicated computer of the DRS, running drag-free control software and controlling the DRS's two clusters of colloid thrusters (see related images).
Last Update: 1 September 2019