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3.3.6.2 Baseline design<br />

HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 205 of 422<br />

3.3.6.2.1 Requirements and design drivers<br />

The THM integrated avioncis has been evaluated taking into account all the function normally<br />

requested of a command and control module in a complex spacecraft.<br />

Moreover, the data rate has been dimensioned assuming the need for almost continuous audio<br />

and video link with the ground station and the need of an internet-style connection.<br />

3.3.6.2.2 Baseline design<br />

The DCDMS (Distributed Control and Data Management Systems) is implemented as several<br />

distributed units called Control and Data Management Units (CDMU). Every unit exploits the<br />

following modular functions:<br />

• processors modules (PM) each including the digital interfaces required to communicate<br />

with the platform units. Any number of processor can be powered at a given time,<br />

depending from the workload (a similar mechanism is used on multiprocessing computer<br />

farms and is totally managed by the application software)<br />

• telemetry transfer frame generators (TFG), directly interfaced with trasponders.<br />

• reconfiguration modules (RM), two of which are always powered, each containing a<br />

clock function and a reconfiguration function. A configuration mechanism allows<br />

choosing one of the modules as “master clock”. The other ones act as spares or as backup<br />

processors.<br />

• distributed memory modules (DMM), each containing VRAM and NVRAM modules,<br />

the latter to be used as safeguard memory. A specific application checks the<br />

synchronization of the content of safeguard memories. The overall amount of available<br />

mass memory shall be of the order of several terabytes, even only for astronaut’s personal<br />

use.<br />

3.3.6.2.3 Budgets<br />

The DHS mass and power budget has been evaluated as shown in the following Table 3-39:<br />

Property Value<br />

DHS+harness mass, inhabited modules 650 Kg<br />

Percentage of DHS+harness mass, unmanned modules 5 %<br />

Power, per module, manned 2200 W<br />

Power, per module, unmanned 400 W<br />

3.3.7 Communications<br />

3.3.7.1 Requirements and design drivers<br />

Table 3-39: DHS mass and power budgets<br />

• The vehicle should support Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) communications<br />

during all mission phases and any attitude.<br />

• Two-way ranging and Doppler capabilities are required during all mission phases.

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