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COTStoSPACE - Technologies and processes to use COTS in Space applications

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COTStoSPACE - Technologies and processes to use COTS in Space applications

On February 2021, IMT had a Kick-off meeting with ASI on a Project named COTStoSPACE.

COTStoSPACE Project wants to address the problem of the use of COTS in LEO applications by defining the guidelines for:

  • Selection of COTS and acceptance criteria for TID and SEE
  • The design to mitigate the problems of component technologies due to the Space environment (SEU, SET, SEFI, SEL, SEGR, ...)
  • The production flow and acceptance criteria for the use of plastic and non-hermetic packages
  • Verification of the effectiveness of HASS (High Accelerated Stress Screen) tests on 2 demonstrators: 1 Digital and 1 RF
  • The design and verification of the effectiveness of MLS (Multi Layer shields) to mitigate the effect of ionizing radiation on the components used.

Partners of the Projects are: IMT srl (as Prime Contractor), Thales Alenia Space Italia, MB Elettronica, Università di Roma 2 – Tor Vergata.

Duration of the Project is foreseen to be 24 months.

Four Design Reviews are planned, one every 6 months.

Outcome of the Project will be:

  • Part selection list and relevant rationales
  • Technology definition
  • Characterisation Test Results
  • Manufacturing Process characterisation
  • Testing results of Demonstrators

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