ESA PRARE/ERS-2 and the PRARE/Meteor-3

ESA PRARE/ERS-2 and the PRARE/Meteor-3

Design, development and manufacturing of Electrical Ground Support Equipment

ESA PRARE/ERS-2 and the PRARE/Meteor-3

Space experience has been gained during ESA PRARE/ERS-2 and the PRARE/Meteor-3 project. PRARE is a high performance microwave experiment for geodetic science.

Within these contracts TimeTech was subcontractor and responsible for the following activities:
 

  • Preparation of manufacturing and test documentation
  • Manufacturing of on-board flight hardware by staff, certified to ESA or MIL standards
  • Manufacturing of antennas
  • Sub assembly tests
  • System integration and all AIT/AIV activities
  • Launch support
  • On-site system calibration

 

TimeTech‘s further tasks within the PRARE Project:

  • Automated test and data analysis system for the PRARE experiment
  • PRARE reference time unit installed at DLR / D-PAF
  • Also the proton radiation tests with the PRARE engineering model in Villigen, CH attained important knowledge to the company.