Airbus Crisa
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Pic legend 1: Airbus Crisa
Pic legend 2: Manufacturing of space proven electronics
Pic legend 3: Electronics manufacturing for space
Pic legend 4: GAIA Proximity Electronic Module
General information
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Company nameAirbus Crisa
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AdressCalle Torres Quevedo, 9 (PTM)
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Turnover84.02 million EUR in year 2023
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Employees540 in year 2023
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SMENO
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Contact Info:
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Phone+34918068600
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Emailproducts.trescantos@airbus.com
Activity and Skills
Airbus Crisa designs and produces state-of-the-art electronic products for space applications that range from satellites, deep space probes and orbital infrastructure to space transportation systems. Motivated by a commitment to continuous innovation, and backed by the strategy of investments in research and development, the company’s products continually evolve in response to customer’s needs.
Crisa is able to provide reliable electroncis designed for harsh environments like space or fusion under radiation and no-maintenance condition. the company has also a strong knowledge of system engineering and project management.
Contracts for Big Science facilities
[OTHER - NASA
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Power Management and distribution (PMAD) for NASA's lunar Gateway
(2022)
Crisa will provide the standard modular power management system of HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) for the Moon-orbiting Gateway, as part of NASA's artemis programme to return to the Moon.
The PMAD has four power units and will manage the electricity from the solar panels of the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). It will distribute the power to onboard equipment and the rest of the station as required, always ensuring the safety of the crew on board. The PMAD will power the life support system, the interior lighting, the communications systems and the scientific experiments.
[ESA]
Electrical Power Subsystem (EPS) for JUICE mission to Jupiter
(2016 - 2021)
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) relies on Airbus's Crisa power Subsystem, which is vital for the spacecraft's operation. This Power Subsystem consists of the Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) and the spacecraft batteries. The design of the EPS had to answer to the challenges coming from the need to operate in an extreme environment, for which very high efficiency and electromagnetic cleanliess are key.
This mission will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons (Ganymede, Callisto and Europa).
[ESA]
On Board Computer for 2020 ExoMars Rover NASA mission to Mars
(2015 - 2020)
Airbus Crisa develops custom on-board computers and spacecraft management units, answering to the specific needs of our customers.
Flagship missions ExoMars have trusted Airbus Crisa the development and production of a system as critical as the Descent Module’s OBC (On Board Computer) . This OBC: controls the Carrier Module during the cruise phase and the descent module until the landing in Mars. includes processing through flight application SW, while interfacing with all the spacecraft’s systems, providing power distribution and input / output interfaces.
[ITER ORGANIZATION]
CODAC Engineering support Framework contract
(2014 - 2020)
Crisa was awarded with an engineering support Framework Contract for Control & Data Acquisition Communication Systems (CODAC) and heating Current Drive division. Contract ref.: ITER/CT/6000000014.
[ESA]
Electric Propulsion Power Processing Unit (PPU) and Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) for BepiColombo mission to Mercury
(2009 - 2018)
BepiColombo is an ESA mission to Mercury intended for a better knowledge of its evolution, structure, vestigial
atmosphere and its magnetosphere. The journey to Mercury is expected to last for approximately 6 years.
The Power Processing Unit (PPU) was the first 5 kw ever deloped in Europe. It provides the required functionality to power and control the T6 thruster and the Xenon Flow Control Unit
For its part, the PCDU is able to support the mission power demand of up to 14kW foreseen in the cruise phase for the Mercury Transfer Module, being the power subsystem based on a 100V bus.
[ESA]
GOCE PCDU & Electric Propulsion IPCDU
(2002 - 2008)
Airbus Crisa developed the PCDU and PPU Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission.
The Power Processing Unit (PPU) for the Electric Propulsion System was developed for QinetiQ’s T5 thruster. This unit is intended for low power missions, mainly for earth observation purposes. The main asset of this unit is the high level of controllability from 0.6 mN to 20 mN with a resolution of 12 μN, with a beam output voltage supply of 1200V.
[OTHER - ISS
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Electronics for High Energy particle Physics
(2001 - 2010)
Airbus Crisa has been responsible for designing and manufacturing the Cryomagnet Avionics Box (CAB), a challenging electronic unit to power and monitor a superconducting dipole magnet that was built to form part of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), a particle physics detector on board the International Space Station (ISS). The AMS was the first large superconducting magnet in space with application in radiation protection, propulsion system, power generation and energy storage. The project was conducted under the technical supervision of CIEMAT, with funding provided by CIEMAT, CDTI and ETH-Zurich.
Relevant R&D projects
[ARTES
] -Optimized low-cost electronics for Mega Constellations
(MEGA
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(2022)
Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) is part of the Main Electronics for Global Access (MEGA) product line providing electrical power capabilities for LEO constellations.
Based on flight-proven reliable automotive-grade parts, it features a modular design in a competitive mass and volume envelope.
MEGA product is a modular and scalable PCDU, providing unregulated main power bus, with isolated and non-isolated low power buses adapted to DET solar array energy management, able for distribution capabilities adaptable according to mission needs.
[Horizon Europe, ARTES
] -Desing, integration and verification of High Voltage elements for satellites Electric Propulsion Systems, covering HET (Hall Effect Thruster), GIT (gridded Ion Thruster) and HEMP (Highly Efficiency Multiusage Plasma Thruster) technologies
(MVPPU
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(2019)
Multi-voltage Power Processing Unit is the answer from Airbus Crisa to provide the same performances as the preceding classical PPU but taking into account the highly demanding New Space constraints, thanks to the extensive use of flightworthy COTS parts and fully automated industrial approach.
It is built with fully digital control, GaN based power electronics able to provide unpreceded performances at half the volume.
Some remarkable features of the MVPPU are Modular and scalable for HET and GIT, Dual mode operation, High voltage technology, Flexibility to accommodate changes in thruster parameters, Fully autonomous failure detection and recovery, Flow Control Unit integrated in the PPU, Compatible with regulated and unregulated power buses.
[InCubed
] -High quality and reliability modular Instrument Control Unit (ICU) with flexible architecture
(2016)
Airbus Crisa developed a Generic ICU (Instrument Control Unit), based on two identical core sections operating in cold redundancy plus specific instrument dependent functions. This concept has been successfully implemented in MetOp SG missions (Sentinel-5 ICS, MWS ICU, 3MI ICU, SCA DCU and METimage MCE), and Biomass or SMILE programmes.
Airbus Crisa is developing the new generation of ICUs based in ESA ADHA standard, named New Instrument Control Electronics (NICE). The NICE architecture is modular and based on two main groups of functions incorporating a set of core modules which implement basic functions common to all ICUs (processing, Standard general-purpose interfaces, Power conditioning and Thermal Control) and a set of application-specific modules dependant of instruments need.