Industrial involvement in the Philae Lander
Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.
The industrial involvement in the Rosetta Orbiter and the mission's ground segment is detailed on a separate dedicated page.
Philae Lander
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Austria |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Institut für Weltraumforschung | Philae Lander Anchor design and testing (jointly with MPE, Germany, where the hardware was built); Two sensors (ANC-M and ANC-T) within the MUPUS experiment (both sensors are integrated into the anchor tips). |
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Finland |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Finnish Meteorological Institute | Mass Memory of the Command, Data and Management System (CDMS); Permittivity Probe (PP) as part of the SESAME consortium |
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France |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| CNES | Overall lander architecture and mission analysis; procurement of radio communications units and battery assembly; procurement of CONSERT instrument, procurement of CIVA instrument; procurement of COSAC instrument parts (tanks and chromatography columns); overall engineering and development/operation of the Scientific Operation & Navigation Centre in Toulouse |
| IAS | |
| SA | |
| LPG | |
| LISA |
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Germany |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| DLR |
Overall Lander project management, Lander level product assurance; System, mechanical, electrical and thermal engineering; Coordination of system Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) activities; Delivery of Lander structure, thermal subsystem, flywheel and the Active Descent System (cold gas thruster); The ROLIS instrument; The SESAME-CASSE instrument; Operation of the Lander Control Centre (at MUSC, Cologne); Operation of the Lander Ground Reference Model; Procurement and operation of the Lander Software Simulator.
Participating institutes: |
| University of Münster | Participation in the MUPUS instrument |
| University of Braunschweig | Participation in the ROMAP instrument |
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Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik |
Coordination and optimisation of payload; Payload engineering; Assembly and integration activities for all Lander models; Eject mechanism; Landing gear; Anchoring harpoon (design and testing was done jointly with IFW, Austria); Command and Data and Management System, Power Control System; Common Electronics Box; COSAC instrument, APXS instrument. |
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Hungary |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| BUTE-SRG | Design, assembly and testing of Power Conditioning and Distribution Subsystem (PSS); PSS electrical ground support equipment |
| KFKI AEKI | SPM instrument; Calibrating and testing of SPM and ROMAP. |
| DIM instrument; Calibrating and testing of DIM and SESAME. | |
| DIM ground support equipment | |
| KFKI RMKI | Central data and command interface (CIU) for the Command and Data and Management System (CDMS); CDMS flight software; CDMS electrical ground support equipment |
| SGF Technology Associates Ltd. | Command and Data and Management System (CDMS); CDMS flight software |
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Ireland |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Space Technology Ireland, Ltd. | Electrical Support System Processor Unit for the Philae Lander |
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Italy |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| ASI | Co-Project manager, delivery of SD2 instrument, delivery of Photo Voltaic Assembly, participant in Lander Steering Committee |
| Tecnospazio SpA | SD2 instrument |
| Galileo Avionica SpA | Photo Voltaic Assembly |
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United Kingdom |
| Contractor | Contracted Item |
| Open University | Ptolemy instrument |
| Rutherford Appleton Laboratory | Ptolemy instrument; Thermal design of Philae Lander; Thermal blankets of Philae Lander |
| Surrey Satellites Technology Ltd. | Momentum wheel |
Last Update: 1 September 2019