ESA Document - Emits - ESA

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Start of Activity
Time to
Departure
[years]
HMM Timeframe
Operations
Duration
[years] Activity
HMM
Assessment Study
Report: CDF-20(A)
February 2004
page 116 of 422
1 May 2025 -8.0 3.0 Assembly operations preparation
29 April 2028 -5.0 3.6 Test and Validation (0.5 years per individual launch)
29 October 2028 -4.5 3.5 Assembly Operations
16 January 2033 -0.2 0.2 Support to Habitation Module Mission Task
Habitation Module Mission Operations Task
1 February 2019 -14.2 5.0 Operations support to system study
1 February 2024 -9.2 4.0 Operations definition
1 February 2028 -5.2 4.0 Operations preparation
16 January 2032 -1.2 1.0 Test and Validation
16 January 2033 -0.2 0.0 Take over of S/C composite operations
16 April 2033 0.0 0.5 Transfer to Mars
16 April 2033 0.0 0.1 Commissioning in transfer orbit
11 October 2033 0.5 1.5 Mars operations
28 May 2035 2.1 0.5 Transfer to Earth
Martian surface Mission Operations Task
1 February 2017 -16.2 5.0 Operations support to system study
1 February 2022 -11.2 5.0 Mars mission operations definition
1 February 2027 -6.2 5.0 Mars mission preparation
16 January 2032 -1.2 1.0 Mars mission test and validation
16 January 2033 -0.2 0.7 Standby Period
11 October 2033 0.5 0.2 Martian surface Operations (no sand storms assumed)
Ground Station and Communications Network
1 April 2021 -12.0 3.0 Operations infrastructure technology studies
1 November 2024 -6.0 3.0 Operations infrastructure build up
29 October 2027 -3.0 1.0 Test and Validation (0.5 years each element)
2.10.2.4 Ground station network
Table 2-41: Mission Timeframe
TDRSS services
The TDRSS service is rented from NASA, only the communication lines to NASA have to be set
up.
LEOP network
An additional 15-m LEOP station is set up in the Pacific.
Essential link
The essential link is performed with the existing deep-space X-band stations plus a X-band
capability at (at least two) of the 70-m Ka-band stations.