General information
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Research GroupInstitute of Microgravity Ignacio Da Riva
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Hosting Organisiation
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AddressPlaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3 28040 Madrid, España
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Contact Info:
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Phone
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Emailsecretaria.idr@upm.es
Description
IDR/UPM is a Research Institute of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid whose R&D activities aerospace technology include:
Design, construction, qualification and operation of spacecraft.
Payload development.
Engineering support in subsystems such as thermal control, structures, attitude and orbit determination and control.
Testing of space systems and equipment: thermal vacuum, vibrations.
IDR/UPM leads the Master in Space Systems (MUSE), a PBL official master course of UPM.
Summary of Research Services
Design, construction, qualification and operation of spacecraft.
Payload development.
Engineering support in subsystems such as thermal control, structures, attitude and orbit determination and control.
Testing of space systems and equipment: thermal vacuum, vibrations.
Technology Capabilities
Mission analysis and design
Attitude and orbit determination and control
Thermal control
Space structues and mechanical systems
Main equipment or Facilities
Software, tools or licenses to be applied to Big Science
Simulation tools (PATRAN/NASTRAN, ESATAN, CATIA, ESACRACK, ESACOMP, VAONE, etc.).
Concurrent Design Facility OCDE (Open concurrent Design environment).
Integration clean room.
Space environment test facilities:
Shakers:
Electrodynamic shaker with a hydrostatic-bearing slip table. For horizontal and three-axis testing and a loading capability of 17 kN.
Electrodynamic shaker for vertical vibrations of up to 7 kN.
Thermal vacuum chamber: 1 m3 useful testing volume, up to 5x10-6 mbar and temperature range from – 150 ◦C to 150 ◦C.
Concurrent Design Facility: integrated tool to perform systems engineering and mission design analysis in the early mission stages in a reduced time frame.