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INDUSTRY ACADEMIA

Active Space Technologies, 1 CCTAE – IST, 49 Amorim Cork Composites, 3 CIGCE – Univ. Porto, 51 Critical Software, 5 FCUL, 53 Deimos Engenharia, 7 IGP, 55 Edisoft, 9 INEGI, 57 Efacec, 11 INOV, 59 Evoleo, 13 Inst. Meteorologia, 61 Fibersensing, 15 Inst. Telecomunicações, 63 GMVIS Skysoft, 17 IPFN – IST, 65 HPS, 19 ISR – IST, 67 Indra Sistemas Portugal, 21 LIP, 69 ISQ, 23 Uninova, 71 KEMET, 25 Logica, 27 TECHNOLOGY MAPPING, 75 Lusospace, 29 Novabase, 31 Omnidea, 33 Solscientia, 35 Spin.Works, 37 Tekever ASDS, 39 Thales Portugal, 41 Zeugma TSI, 43 Proespaço, 45

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Active Space Technologies http://www.activespacetech.com Ricardo Patricio [email protected] +351 239 70 03 33

Description

Active Space Technologies provides state of the art mechanical and electronics engineering expertise, offering turn-key sub-systems, supplying the whole value-chain from requirements definition, design services, and modelling up to manufacturing and AIT. Active Space Technologies takes on the most demanding projects, leveraging expertise acquired in the space sector and a range of engineering backgrounds of our staff, providing a multidisciplinary approach to your challenges. We aim to provide services and products across the whole supply chain through synergies and integrated competencies of a network of partnerships. Following this vision, we have been working for DLR, the European Space Agency, Galileo Avionica, OHB, Thales Alenia space, JET/UKAEA, ITER/EFDA, Zeiss Optics, among others, promoting a professional relationship with the customer by working in close cooperation. Active Space Technologies complies with ECSS and RCC-MR and is certified with ISO 9001 and AS9100. Further, Active Space Technologies is an active member of:

Proespaço (Portuguese association of space industries); PeMAs (Portuguese SME for aerospace industry).

Fields of Expertise

Active Space Technologies offers added-value Engineering services in the fields of: Mechanical engineering (thermal, fluids, and structural analysis, design, precision CNC); Electronics engineering (automation & control, embedded systems, digital control).

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Main Projects, Products and Services

Services Active Space Technologies provides the following services: • Thermal and fluids Engineering • Structural Engineering • Mechanical & CAD Design • Prototyping & Manufacturing • Automation & Control • Digital Control • Embedded Systems • Materials R&D • Product Development

Products Active Space Technologies develops disruptive technologies fed by our innovation pipeline, offering you the following products: • ESU®: Cryogenics High Enthalpy Reservoir • 1.5K, 6K, 20K, 100K Thermal Switch

• AerTPS®: Aerogel Insulation Systems

• Vacuum Chambers (0.01 mbar)

• Pandora: Controlled Environment Transport Container

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Amorim Cork Composites

http://www.corkcomposites.amorim.com

António Coelho

[email protected]

+351 227 47 53 00

Description

Amorim Cork Composites has been the leader

company on innovative applications using cork,

inside the Amorim Group, world leader on cork

products.

The main markets are in B2B, in sectors like;

building; wood; automotive; transportation;

shoe; upholstery; naval and special niche

markets like aerospace; special containers;

friction elements, etc.

Amorim Cork Composites produce three kinds

of semi‐finished products: granules,

blocks/cylinders and sheets. The cork granules

are separated according density and size, on‐

line controlled by SPC methods. The production

of the blocks or cylinders can be by

agglomeration or vulcanization, using different

polymers, according the specified properties

for the final use. These materials are applied in

segments such as aerospace, aeronautics,

composites and construction as a natural

acoustic and thermal barrier.

In some cases, we produce final products,

ready to be used (gaskets, vibration pads, etc).

All new applications and processes of cork are

study and initiated inside the company by a

research team and dedicated laboratory.

Fields of Expertise

The company strategy is to enlarge the

applications field of Cork, using state‐of‐art

technologies, to supply high value applications.

Due to that, Amorim has invested heavily on

development areas, strengthening the R&D

department and co‐funding research and

development projects in several areas.

It has a consistent background in applications

like:

Vibration control

Thermal control in static conditions

Thermal control in dynamic conditions

Cryogenic insulation

High temperature control

Sealing and gaskets

Friction control


Main products for space applications are:

TPS ‐ Thermal Protection Systems – product

range for heat shields and thermal control;

CoreCork – product range of cores for FRP

structures;

ACM – ACoustic Material solutions – product

range for damping control.

TechSeal – Cork base sealing techniques, for a

wide range of applications.

Cork granules with extreme control for spraying

uses in thermal control.

Main Aerospace projects are:

ATPI – Thermo‐Phonic insulation material for

Aeronautical use – funded by the 6ºFP, on the

SCRATCH initiative;

Cork Characterization for non‐ablative space

applications‐ funded by ESA‐ European Space

Agency;

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AEROFAST – Aerocapture for future space

transportation – managed by EADS.

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Critical Software

http://criticalsoftware.com

Rui Cordeiro, ASD Unit Business Director

[email protected]

+351 239 98 91 00

Description

Since 1998 Critical Software has been

committed to provide dependable and

innovative technologies and engineering

solutions for mission and business critical

information systems across several industries.

With offices in Coimbra, Lisbon and Oporto

(Portugal), and San Jose (USA), Southampton

(UK), São Paulo (Brazil) and Maputo

(Mozambique) our growth has been continuous

and sustained.

Working in the Space market since 1999,

Critical has established itself as a reliable,

proactive and close partner for customers, such

as ESA, NASA, JAXA, EADS Astrium, Thales

Alenia Space, DNV, ScySis and Vega among

many others.

Quality has been strategic at Critical Software

since its very beginning and is, to this day, one

of the company’s stronger competitive

advantages. Critical Software operates an

ISO9001:2008 Tick‐IT and was the first

Portuguese company accredited with the CMMI

SW/SE Level 5 Quality Management System

(QMS). Critical also applies the ISO/IEC 15504

standard in the area of software process

assessment (whose deployment was supported

and monitored by the European Space Agency).

Critical Software is also an active member of

the European Cooperation for Space

Standardization (ECSS) working group.

Fields of Expertise

Critical Software’s activities range from system

or solution development using best available

technologies and modelling methodologies

to specialized services such as independent

product assurance (quality & product

assurance, ISVV, RAMS) .

Our activities span from the space segment to

downstream services, including Embedded &

Real‐time, Command & Control, Verification,

Validation & RAMS, Independent Software,

Verification & Validation, Mission Control

Systems, Payload Data Processing &

Dissemination, On‐board Software

Development, Data Handling Systems, Ground

Segment, and Earth Observation.


Space Verification and Validation Critical Software provided verification and

validation services according to rigorous

standards and mission requirements to several

missions such as LisaPathfinder,

CryoSat,CryoSat‐2, GOCE, Sentinel‐1, and

AlphaBUS. Activities such as verification and

validation, static and dynamic analysis, test

design, implementation and execution, and

development of specialized testing tools to

improve productivity were performed. Client: EADS Astrium, ThalesAlenia Space, ESA,

DNV

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Sentinel 2 and 3 on Board Central Development Critical Software developed high integrity and

real time central components of Sentinel 2 and

3 on‐board software and provided independent

verification & validation teams.

Client: EADS Astrium, Thales Alenia Space

Swarm – Operational Simulator Critical Software designed and implemented

payload and platform modules to accurately

simulate SWARM behaviour, using a Model

Driven Development approach based on EGOS‐

MF.

Client: ESA, VEGA

csXLUNA – Extending Free/Open-Source Real-Time for On-Board Space Applications

The rationale behind csXLUNA is to supply the

European Space industry with a reliable

RTEMS/Linux based kernel that can be used for

both payload and avionics applications. It

includes features such as standard

programming interfaces (e.g. POSIX), co‐

existence of real and non real time tasks, and

context isolation. csXLUNA was developed to

attend to emerging computational

requirements for future complex space

missions. It provides both a high‐level interface

for Linux applications and a hard‐real time,

qualified service for high‐priority tasks. This is

achieved using a stripped down Linux kernel

running in user mode, on top of a Real Time

Operating System, in this case RTEMS. csXLUNA

is currently built to support the SPARC LEON2

processor and it uses Snapgear Embedded

Linux for the Linux subsystem.

csXCEPTION – Automated Stress and Robustness Testing Tool

Using the csXCEPTION fault injection

technology, systems based either on

proprietary design or COTS parts can be

evaluated under realistic conditions with

minimal intrusiveness and reliable validation of

fault tolerance mechanisms. csXCEPTION

provides the ability to test systems in

exceptional situations, that may however occur

in the field, validate RAMS (Reliability,

Availability, Maintainability, Safety) and FDIR

(Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery)

mechanisms in place, experiment worst failure

scenarios, and spot weak points in the system,

proving feedback for correction or redesign.

Application fields: Avionics system validation;

FDIR and RAMS validation; Robustness testing.


DEIMOS Engenharia

http://www.deimos.pt

Elsa Alexandrino

[email protected]

+351 218 93 30 10

Description

DEIMOS Engenharia is a Portuguese Aerospace

Engineering company, delivering advanced

design solutions and turnkey space software

systems since 2002. Building on a solid team of

highly motivated and specialized engineers,

DEIMOS Engenharia is now a reference player

in the European space sector.

The cornerstone of the success of DEIMOS

solutions lies on a multidisciplinary team

supported by a consolidated network of leading

European university research groups, R&D labs

and outstanding companies. The portfolio of

customers and partners includes the European

Space Agency, Eumetsat, Thales Alenia Space

and EADS Astrium. Currently the company

employs around 40 engineers mainly in the

areas of Aerospace Engineering, Physics,

Mathematics and Software. 30% of the staff

holds a Master or PhD in similar areas.

DEIMOS Engenharia is a founder and currently

leads Proespaço ‐ the Portuguese Space

Industry Association. The company is ISO

9001:2000 certified. DEIMOS Engenharia is one

of the companies comprising DEIMOS Group,

the technology arm of ELECNOR

(www.elecnor.com).

Fields of Expertise

DEIMOS bases its expertise in Mission Analysis,

Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)

systems, Global Navigation Satellite systems

(GNSS) Technologies, Ground Segment and

Earth Observation systems and applications.

The core business ranges from engineering

design activities (such as algorithms definition,

mathematical modelling, simulation and

systems prototyping), to operational software

systems development and validation. Deimos

Engenharia also provides on‐site support and

operational services on Earth Observation and

Satellite Operations.


Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Development of autonomous navigation

algorithms and systems, including rendezvous

and hazard avoidance functions using

innovative techniques and approaches, for

application in interplanetary missions and other

unmanned vehicles.

One of the key projects of DEIMOS Engenharia

in this area is the Hazard Avoidance and

Detection function for the soft precision

landing of ESA’s next mission to the moon, the

Lunar Lander.

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Global Navigation Satellite Systems Development of new technologies for

navigation receivers, applications and product

prototypes, simulation and integrity of GNSS

systems and concept studies for the evolution

of the Galileo System.

DEIMOS Engenharia is leading ENCORE, the

next‐generation high‐precision and low‐cost

GALILEO receiver for land management

applications.

Ground Segment Systems Systems engineering and software for critical

applications and data processing systems for

novel mission concepts.

The GMES Sentinel‐1 Commissioning Phase

Calibration and Performance Analysis Facility is

a framework in development by DEIMOS

Engenharia including all the necessary

algorithms and components to carry out the

calibration, validation and performance analysis

tasks during the Sentinel‐1 commissioning

phase, in order to verify the performance

requirements in‐orbit.

Earth Observation Systems and Applications End‐to‐end observation systems and

development of Earth Observation services and

applications.

The DEIMOS‐1 satellite is the first Earth

Observation satellite of the DEIMOS group,

launched in 2009. The satellite has a

multispectral camera operating in three bands ‐

near‐IR, red and green ‐ with a resolution of 22

meters and a 630 km swath. DEIMOS‐1 images

are used for the development of services and

applications in the area of Environment and

Natural Resources Monitoring, and also for

rapid mapping and damage assessment to

support emergency response situations. The

satellite is best in class when high revisit times

and wide swath are required.


EDISOFT – Empresa de Serviços e Desenvolvimento

de Software, S.A.

http://www.edisoft.pt

Cardoso, Teresa (Eng.)

[email protected]

+351 212 94 59 00

Description

Established in 1988, EDISOFT is the national

leader in the domains of command and control

systems, of information integration systems, of

military logistic systems and space systems.

As a specialised company offering

technologically advanced software solutions

and highly qualified IT consulting services,

EDISOFT holds a profound knowledge in the

development of integrated space solutions, in

the fields of Embedded Real Time Systems,

Satellite Navigation, Remote Sensing and

Ground Station Systems.

Today, EDISOFT’s operational systems are a

Portuguese presence throughout the world,

highlighting the Company’s commitment to the

internationalisation effort and to innovation

and entrepreneurship.

Fields of Expertise

From the beginning of its activity, EDISOFT has

reached a wide recognition in software

development, maintenance and upgrading in

areas as sensitive as real‐time information

Space Systems, emergency networks and

systems’ integration. Throughout the years,

EDISOFT has accumulated skills and expertise

in:

• Embedded Real Time Systems;

• Satellite Navigation Systems;

• Remote Sensing;

• Ground Segment Systems;

• Command and Control Systems;

• Systems Integration and Acceptance;

• Integrated Information Systems;

• Spatial Data Infrastructure;

• Strategic Collective Security Systems.


Since 1994, EDISOFT has earned a solid

reputation in the Space industry, providing

expertise in the development of engineering

solutions for Satellite Navigation, Remote

Sensing, Embedded Systems and Ground

Segment.

Satellite Navigation EDISOFT is involved, since the beginning, in the

development of the European GNSS strategy.

EDISOFT participated in the early EC GALA

study and was the first Portuguese company

joining the EGNOS project and, afterwards, the

GALILEO program, from the Galileo Phase B2 up

to today’s activities. EDISOFT developed its

GNSS activities both in connection with GNSS

infrastructure and with GNSS applications.

Based upon the above‐mentioned experience,

EDISOFT has developed specific skills and

products, including Monitoring & Control

(M&C) and Reliability, Availability,

Maintainability and Safety (RAMS).

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Remote Sensing EDISOFT selected Earth Observation to be one

of its niche areas of excellence. Currently,

EDISOFT holds responsibilities in the existing

two Earth Observation Infrastructures in

Portugal:

• EUMETSAT/IM LSASAF, Land Surface Analysis

Satellite Application Facility – in which EDISOFT

holds the project’s engineering responsibility;

• EDISOFT’s Earth Observation Santa Maria

Station – in which EDISOFT holds full

responsibility.

The Santa Maria Station accompanies daily (day

and night) the trajectories of several remote

observation satellites, collecting data for ship

detection, oil spills’ monitoring and other

operational services.

The services of maritime monitoring and

surveillance provided by the EO Santa Maria

Station already support the CleanSeaNet

project, managed by the European Maritime

Safety Agency (EMSA) and the MARISS

(Maritime Security Service) project, this latter

part of the GMES program.

Participating in projects framed within the

GMES program, EDISOFT assumes the

responsibility of positioning Portugal with a

global market offer of satellite data concerning

the Earth’s biosphere.

Embedded Systems For ESA, EDISOFT has developed the RTEMS

Support and Maintenance Centre

(http://rtemscentre.edisoft.pt). EDISOFT’s

RTEMS portfolio is comprised of:

• EDISOFT RTEMS Tailored Version – Source

Code and the full documentation of RTEMS

Tailored;

• EDISOFT RTEMS Test Suite;

• RTEMS Technical Support – Helpdesk, Remote

and Local Consulting, Development (Delta

qualification, evolutive RTEMS qualification,

Middleware qualification);

• EDISOFT RTEMS Tools – the Timeline Tool,

RTEMS Installation and Configuration Tool,

RTEMS Application Configuration Tool.

EDISOFT’s RTEMS Tailored Version is

considered to be very close to achieving the

Technology Readiness Level of a Building Block

(TRL Level 6 – Product Release) for the satellite

on‐board software.

Ground Segment The Santa Maria ground station is a dual

mission station, ESA Tracking Station and

EDISOFT Earth Observation Station.

Santa Maria’s Launchers Tracking station is the

first station of the European Space Agency

(ESA) in Portuguese Territory and the first of

ESA for tracking launchers. The management

and operation of the Santa Maria Station is

EDISOFT’s responsibility, leading a consortium

with the regional companies GlobalEda and

Segma.

In the last year, EDISOFT invested in expanding

the Station’s capacity, to receive EO SAR images

from Envisat and Radarsat‐1, thus enabling the

Station to combine two missions: launchers’

tracking and Earth Observation, a new

capability that allows EDISOFT to complement

its offer in the area of Remote Sensing with

applicability in different areas, including Ocean

Monitoring.


EFACEC Engenharia e Sistemas, S.A.

http://www.efacec.com/

Pedro Silva

[email protected]

+351 229 40 20 00

Description

With a history of more than 100 years, the

EFACEC Group had its origin in "A Moderna", a

company established in 1905.

The name EFACEC appeared only in 1962 and is

now the largest Portuguese Group in the

electricity field; EFACEC employs above 4000

people all over the world and has a turnover of

above 1000 million Euros; it is established in

more than 50 countries and exports almost

75% of its production.

Fields of Expertise

The portfolio of EFACEC business activities is:

Energy Solutions

Transformers

High and Medium Voltage Switchgear

Service

Engineering solutions and Services

Engineering

Automation

Maintenance

Environment

Renewable

Transport and Logistics

Transport

Logistics

These activities are based on a Systems

Integrating Contractor philosophy that covers

the present needs of the market and turns the

different Group capabilities profitable.

EFACEC's strategy, focusing on International

market, as well as important investments made

in Innovation and New Technologies

Development, backed by the resources of

EFACEC traditional technology led the Group to

a position at the forefront of the Portuguese

Industry and overseas markets.

The activity of EFACEC in the SPACE field is

included in the Transports and Logistics

business activities and was elected by EFACEC

due to the expertise that brings to the

organization, the demanding technical

requirements and the image of competence

that brings to the company. This activity focus

on INSTRUMENTS FOR SPACE, meaning the

following expertise:

Electronics design:

o Project upon specification or idea

o Digital and analogue simulation

o Bread boarding with industrial and

military components

o Test using up‐to‐date laboratory

o Qualification to ECSS standards

o Printed Circuit Boards design

Structural design:


o Mechanical Drawings

o FEM simulation and analysis

o Prototyping

o Qualification

Thermal design:


o TMM simulation and analysis

o Qualification

Radiation design:

o Sectorial analysis TID and TNID

System Design and Integration:

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o System design

o Manufacturing using class 100000

clean‐room

o Electrical, functional and EMC

qualification

Specialized procurement for:

o Bread‐boarding, engineering models

and flight models

o Mechanical parts

o EEE

Ground Support Equipment:

o Electronics test equipment

o Mechanical support for transport

and handling


In line with the Space approach selected, the

projects developed so far are summarized in:

EuTEMP

Is a temperature recording unit installed in the

International Space Station. On the external

platform of COLUMBUS, EuTEMP

autonomously recorded successfully the

temperature of the various EuTEF experiments

downloading its data through the MIL‐STD‐

1553 communications bus.

CTTB

Is a computerized equipment able to host up to

three experiment boards sized 200mm x

110mm and an external payload feeding and

monitoring their voltages and currents and

communicate with them using the I2C protocol

CTTB is powered by the spacecraft 100V bus

and communicates with the spacecraft On

Board Computer through the MIL‐STD‐1553

communications bus.

MFS and BERM

Are radiation monitors. They are designed to

detect, measure the energy and count

energetic particles. Electrons from 300keV to

7MeV, Protons from 1MeV to 200MeV and

other heavier ions up to 400MeV per nucleon

are in the range of these instruments detection.

MFS is installed together with CTTB on the

Alphasat TDP8 and BERM makes part of the

BepiColombo mission to the planet Mercury.

They will allow the scientist to understand

better the space environment.


Evoleo Technologies, Lda

http://www.evoleotech.com

Rodolfo Martins

[email protected]

+351 229 42 43 27

Description

EVOLEO was created on January 16th, 2007,

investing in skills related to the design of

critical and highly complex electronic systems.

EVOLEO embraces four areas of activity: Space,

Transportation, Energy and Health.

EVOLEO is based on evolution, innovation and

constant customer oriented learning. We seek

to know what the customers wants, suggest

improvements and be very flexible for higher

effectiveness and efficiency.

EVOLEO holds a skilled multidisciplinary

engineering team seeking and promoting

partnerships and networking between centers

of knowledge and industry players. We

strongly cooperate, among others, with

EFACEC, ESA, R&D groups from Porto and

Aveiro, either University or Polytechnic.

EVOLEO Technologies mission is to provide

high‐end and differentiated electronic

engineering solutions, seeking continuous

improvement, flexibility, quality and customer

oriented innovation. We aim international

recognition as a technological company for

leveraging partnerships, added value

enhancement and sustainable growth.

Fields of Expertise

On‐Board Data Systems

Payload Data Processing, On Board Data

Management, Microelectronics for digital

and analogue applications

Space System Software

Space Segment Software, Ground Segment

Software, Ground Data Processing

Spacecraft Electrical Power

Power conditioning and distribution

System Design & verification

Collaborative and Concurrent Engineering,

System Analysis and Design, Verification &

AIT

Quality, Dependability and Safety

System Dependability and Safety


EVOLEO provides engineering services covering

a wide range of needs in the electronics design,

embedded and systems engineering.

Services Design and Implementation of Analogue

HW

Project, CAD, WCA, PSA, FMEA/FMECA.

Design and Implementation of Digital HW

Project, CAD, FPGA, µC/µP 8‐32 bit (simple

and multi‐core over FPGA), VHDL and C.

SW Implementation for Embedded

Systems

Real time operating systems, NI LabView

platform, Windows or Linux environment.

Instrumentation, Automation and Control

PLCs, National Instruments technology

Systems Engineering

Support to systems integration & validation

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Quality and Development Process

Support to ESA‐ECSS standards

Projects Project ALPHASAT TDP8 for ESA

TDP8 is composed of 2 units – CTTB and MFS,

aiming to evaluate electronic components in

harsh space conditions and to record the

radiation levels observed. In collaboration with

Efacec, the TDP8 payload required the design

and integration of flight HW, SW and Testing.

EVOLEO contributed deeply to the design of

the On‐board Software, EGSE system, system

engineering and several flight boards (DIF,

MTB, PDU and Backplane), as well as support

to other partners on their own experiments.

TDP8 On‐Board Software

The SW developed over RTEMS manages the

Spacecraft communications via 1553B, TDP8

subsystems control, Housekeeping and Science

data collection, Internal Power distribution

control, internal time synchronism and FDIR. It

also controls the experiments scheduling.

TDP8 Electrical Ground Support Equip. (EGSE)

The EGSE is used throughout all phases of

project development, from individual test cards

up to integration on the satellite. Based on a

National Instruments platform, it allowed major

savings in cost and time. Main features include

monitoring and simulation of communications

(1553, 422), GUI and automated procedures.

TDP8 Data Interface Board (DIF – Control Unit)

The customizable DIF board with Aeroflex

Gaisler LEON3FT processor supporting several

RTOS, low power, onboard memory and

several digital and analogue I/O capabilities is

ideally suited for space and other High‐Rel

applications, such as instrument, payload and

spacecraft control applications.

TDP8 Power Distribution Unit Board (PDU)

PDU distributes the secondary power to the

TDP8 units. Holding ON/OFF capability of each

peripherals, LCL (Latching Current Limiter)

circuits, and Loads current monitoring. PDU is a

very flexible unit for other payloads’ power

conditioning, protection and distribution.

TDP8 Memory Test Board (MTB)

MTB is an experiment board testing memories.

It contains banks of SEL and SEU monitors and

Flash demonstrators. Besides the scientific

component, it provides current limiter and SEL

events protection per DUT, bus contention

prevention and VHDL code interfacing the On‐

board SW. MTB can be adapted to other

payloads with different memory units.

Project AEEF CTTB In‐Flight Data Analysis

This SW project allows In‐flight data collected

from experiments within TDP8, to be used on

ground test protocols validation and

performance prediction models for new

components. It also provides in‐flight

evaluation of components for future missions.


FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de

Monitorização, S.A.

http://www.fibersensing.com

Silvia Abad

[email protected]

+351 229 61 30 10

Description

FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de

Monitorização, S.A., is a spin‐off company from

INESC Porto devoted to the development of

optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensor

systems for advanced monitoring applications.

It develops, commercializes and supports

products (sensors, measurement units and

software packages) and services (complete

solutions) for instrumentation, being the main

markets the ones of structural health

monitoring in civil and geotechnical

engineering, and energy production and

distribution. The company, supported by

competences going from fiber optic technology

to optoelectronics, digital electronics and

instrumentation, offers technologically

advanced solutions while ensuring innovation,

quality and reliability in a user friendly way.

Fields of Expertise

FiberSensing is equipped with state‐of‐the‐art

tools in what concerns fiber optic,

optoelectronics and electronics technologies:

FBG automated manufacturing workstation

fiber optic hydrogen loading high‐pressure

chamber

hot nitrogen and hot acid stripping

acrylate and polyimide recoating

fiber optic connectorization

climatic chamber

mechanical testing machine with thermal

chamber

vibration test systems

controlled environment rooms for optical

sensor manufacturing and test

dedicated rooms for optelectronic and

electronic boards manufacturing and test

FiberSensing engineering team is able to advise

and draw up project analyses in close

cooperation with costumers. The goal is to

assess the monitoring needs of a structure and

subsequent interaction with the project

designer, construction company and

infrastructure owner. Company’s engineers

develop then an appropriate tailor‐made

integrated system based on off‐the‐shelf

FiberSensing products.


FiberSensing manufactures complete

monitoring systems for industrial applications.

Temperature Mapping in HV Power Transformers Real‐time temperature mapping system for

power transformers. The system enables hot‐

spot monitoring up‐to 400kV, providing a tool

for conformity assessment. The system also

enables overloading real‐time control.

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Temperature Mapping in Overhead Power Lines Real‐time temperature mapping of conductors

for optimization of energy distribution

networks. The system enables sag control in

high‐voltage overhead power lines. The

complete solution supports tenths of

measuring points over long distances.

Temperature and Vibration Mapping in High Power Generators Real‐time temperature and vibration mapping

systems for high power generators. The system

enables condition monitoring of large scale

generators. The system also enables vibration

and thermal analysis and alarm generation.

Main Aerospace Projects FiberSensing is involved in different

development projects in Aerospace both with

ESA, European Union and Customers.

ESA Photonics Technologies (NGL/FS‐ACS‐

CON‐0011) – Avionics

ESA ITT 4940 – Fiber Optic Sensing

Subsystem for Spacecraft Health

Monitoring in Telecommunication Satelites

InFlightFOS (FP7 CleanSky ‐255768) –

Improved Reliability and Integration of FBG

Systems for In‐flight Applications

RemFOS (FP7 CleanSky ‐255820) – Design,

Manufacturing and Reliability Evaluation of

Embedded Sensors

SpaceFBG (FP7 CleanSky ‐ 255789) – Design

& Validation of FOBG for SHM Application

Development of a temperature monitoring

system for thermal vacuum testing (Thales

Alenia Space, France)

System for stress monitoring in composite

fuel tanks (Airbus, France)


GMVIS SKYSOFT, S.A.

http:// www.gmv.com.pt

José Freitas

[email protected]

+351 213 82 93 66

Description

GMV‐SKYSOFT was established as a private

Portuguese company in 1998 focusing on

advanced technological solutions for the

aeronautics and ICT markets and then shortly

initiating its first space related activities, even

before the accession of Portugal to the

European Space Agency. The company’s space

activities have grown since that date, to the

point where GMV is the Portuguese entity with

highest business volume with ESA, and having

secured key contracts in European institutions

including EUMETSAT, EMSA, EDA, Eurocontrol

and the European Commission.

In 2005, the well known GMV Group acquired a

majority stake in GMV‐SKYSOFT from its

previous shareholders and today GMV‐SKYSOFT

is a fully owned subsidiary of the GMV Group.

As of 2011, GMV‐SKYSOFT has staff count of

near 90 persons with a solid technological

background, out of around 1000 in the whole

GMV Group. GMV‐SKYSOFT’s strategy in the

space market is to identify and secure niche

market satellite technology positions that are

sustainable on a long term perspective. We

look to provide lasting relationships with our

customers, which now not only include

European institutions but some of the main

players in the Space market, in particular the

large satellite integrators.

Fields of Expertise

Along with acquired technical knowledge from

numerous space contracts, GMV‐SKYSOFT is a

seasoned prime bidder for specific technology

developments having shown the ability to lead

consortia on challenging and technically

complex programmes, as well as support

satellite integrators on a long‐term basis.

Technology Competences The key technical know‐how of GMV‐SKYSOFT

may be summarized as below:

Ground segment engineering and

development for GNSS, Scientific and EO

missions (including PDGS).

EGSE and Satellite Reference Databases.

GNSS system level studies, simulations and

test tools, and software receivers.

Onboard software, including automated

tools and advanced methodologies.

Application and services using Space

Technology: EO, GNSS and Telecoms.

Satellite communications systems – user

segment, satellite networking, DVB‐RCS.

Services and Support Some key highlights include being a key ground

segment software supplier for the Galileo IOV

programme, supporting Thales Alenia Space on

the Herschel /Planck and Sentinel 3 missions,

and being selected by ESA and Astrium as a

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supplier for the GAIA EGSE and to support the

Sentinel 2 Instrument AIT campaign.


Ground Segment Galileo IOV ‐ OSPF/IPF RTMC SW, OSPF/IPF

AIVP Platform, MDDN‐MNE Networking

Software, Flight Dynamics Tools.

Supply of the IASI‐level 2 Instrument

Processing Facility of the EUMETSAT EPS.

ENVISAT Operational Tools: MERISAT.

ESRIN FC: AVHRR and SeaWiFS Acquisition

and Processing System Upgrade.

EGNOS ‐ DAL C COTS components for G/S.

ESOC GFC8/EFC1 Eng. Frame Contracts.

Space Systems and Engineering for Scientific / Exploration Missions GAIA Central Checkout System (EGSE).

Sentinel 2: EGSE CCS and AIT support.

Herschel/Planck, Sentinel 3 and TRP

contracts for Satellite Reference Databases.

AURORA ‐ Avionics Reference Architecture.

NLP Solver for Space Trajectory Opt.

ESTEC & ESAC Scientific Frame Contracts.

Earth Observation Applications and Services Reference player in GMES Initiative and

contributor to GEO: FP7: MYWATER,

SAFER, G‐MOSAIC, NEREIDS.GSE: MARISS,

MARCOAST, PROMOTE.

Integration of EO services into operational

systems

EUMETSAT LandSAF SW engineering.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems GNSS receivers, platforms and toolbox:

EAGUR, NUSAR, GSRLab & DNURS.

Tech studies: ADVENT, MASSTRA.

DINGPOS: Indoor GNSS Positioning.

EGEP Program studies, including Atomic

Clocks and tests beds.

GNSS Applications: ARMAS, GUTD, AGILE,

MARUSE, ADVANTIS, Helicity, Angelica,

GINA, SWIRLS.

Satellite Communications SaNTA – TCP accelerator for satellite D/L.

IRIS/SDLS/AVISAT & ANTARES – ESA

Aeronautical satcom system for SESAR.

PRODAT – upgrade of the ground segment

of the ESA satellite messaging system.

Development of DVB‐RCS satellite test bed.

DECISION – Deployment of satcom services

for civil protection international agencies.

SINUE: Satellite communications for UAVs.

OBSW, SW Tools and Methodologies Integrated ‐ Space ‐ Modular Avionics.

AIR ‐ (TSP/IMA) Operating Environment.

AMOBA ‐ ARINC 653 host simulator.

MOBARE‐Validation of Dependability/Safety

Critical SW with Model‐Based Reqs.

Auto Test Generation for Flight/Ground SW.

DIANA / SCARLETT – Advanced Avionics.


HPS‐ High Performance Structures Lda

http://www.hps‐lda.pt

Pedro Portela

info@hps‐lda.pt

+351 229 57 87 18

Description

HPS‐Portugal was established in 2007 as a joint

venture between the German SME HPS‐GmbH

and the Portuguese R&D institute INEGI in

Porto. HPS Lda is located in Porto, in the

campus of the School of Engineering with

access to a 10 000 class cleanroom, large

assembly hall and complete thermo‐mechanical

test facilities including thermal vacuum.

Since its foundation in 2007, HPS Lda has been

active in the areas of thermal protection

systems, hot structures and lightweight

structures through either ESA TRP studies or

industrial projects with its European partners.

Fields of Expertise

HPS Lda has specialized not only in the

provision of engineering services such as

project management, design and analysis,

assembly and integration and testing but also

producing flight hardware such as multi‐layer

insulations (MLI), mechanical ground support

equipment (MGSE) and feeds for

telecommunication satellites.

HPS Lda has established an MLI manufacturing

facility that can manufacture blankets up to 4

meters long but also small blankets for

scientific experiments and payloads.


HPS Lda core products and services may be

categorized in three different vectors.

Technology Development and Project Management HPS Lda acts as prime contractor for ESA

technology development projects managing

usually a multidisciplinary team of 4‐5

subcontractors in the areas of hot structures

and composite structures and materials.

Currently, HPS Lda is managing two TRP studies

with more than 10 subcontractors in a total

projects value of 900 000€.

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Design and Manufacturing of Thermal Blankets, MGSE and Feeds HPS Lda design and manufactures thermal

blankets (MLI) for satellites and its payloads. In

a 10 000 class cleanroom HPS can deliver

blankets up to 4 meters long made of usual MLI

materials such as Mylar and Kapton.

HPS Lda has supplied Efacec with the thermal

blankets that protect the TDP8 experiment to

fly on Alphasat in 2012 and will also supply the

Max‐Planck Institute in Germany with blankets

for the eROSITA x‐Ray telescope.

HPS Lda also designs and manufactures MGSE

such as transport containers and lifting devices.

The one shown below was used to transport a

complete satellite telecommunication antenna

system.

Specialized Thermo-Mechanical Testing HPS Lda provides also the preparation and

execution of specialized thermo‐mechanical

tests on space products. These tests are usually

non standard and require the design and

preparation of custom test plans, test setups

and test procedures.

HPS Lda has access to mechanical test facilities

(test machines and technicians), thermal test

facilities (several thermal chambers and one

thermal vacuum chamber) and acoustic test

facilities.


Indra Sistemas Portugal, S.A

http://www.indracompany.com

Helder Alves

[email protected]

+351 214 72 46 00

Description

Indra is a leading IT multinational in Europe and

Latin America. It is ranked as the second

European company in its sector according to

stock market capitalisation, and as one of the

companies with 500M€ investment in R&D over

the last 3 years. In 2010, revenues reached €

2,513 M, of which € 33 M came from Indra

Portugal. The company employs more than

30,000 professionals, 390 of them in Indra

Portugal.

Indra is organised around six vertical markets:

Security, Defence and Space; Transport and

Traffic; Energy and Industry; Telecom and

Media; Finance and Insurance and Public

Administration and Healthcare. Over the years

we have gained comprehensive insight into

each business and crafted solid relationships

with customers. This knowledge, coupled with

latest‐generation technology, allows Indra to

create unique in‐house solutions and services

for each market segment.

Indra provides its clients with an offer that is

both complete and of value which ranges from

systems and applications integration and

project development to consultancy and

outsourcing of IT systems and business

processes. This offer is structured into two

primary segments: Solutions and Services.

In general, Indra solutions serve the core of the

business operation of our clients, and require

as an essential capability the integration of

systems, i.e. the design, configuration,

development, and implementation of complete

components, applications, and IT systems,

featuring our own and third‐party products.

Fields of Expertise

Indra fields of expertise on the Space Market

are:

Satellite Communications

Satellite control

o Satellite control centres

o Applications for satellite control

Navigation and positioning

o Reference stations and monitoring

and archiving centres.

o Navigation systems engineering.

o Positioning applications

Integrated logistic support

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Indra Portugal is mostly working in Satellite

Control and Navigation systems of which the

two following projects are examples:

ULS C-Band Antenna Production of the complete, Indra designed,

3,5m C‐Band Antenna, that will ensure the

constant up‐link of the Mission data to the on‐

orbit Galileo Satellites.

The antennas will be deployed in the most

critical and equipment harsh environments

(north‐pole and equatorial countries) and will

have a lifetime of 20 years.

ULS Shelter Production of a 20 feet ISO compliant

Composite Telecommunications Shelter

capable of being deployed in turn‐key

conditions in any part of the world either be

the North‐Pole or the Sahara desert in the

same baseline configuration.


Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade

http://www.isq.pt

Paulo Chaves

[email protected]

+351 214 22 94 38

Description

ISQ – Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade is a

private entity, established in 1965, with a group

turnover, in 2010, of 92M€ (40% overseas) a

staff of 1300, with a permanent presence in 9

countries. Some of ISQ areas of expertise are

Laboratories, Materials and Mechanical

behaviour, Electrical Engineering, Quality

Certification and Technical Inspections, and

Research and Development.

ISQ has invested, in the last ten years, more

than 55 M€ in R&D projects, national and in the

different EC Frameworks, including aerospace

in partnership with different organisations such

as EADS, Rolls‐Royce, MTU, NASA, Agusta

Westland and Airbus, among others.

The high level of testing capacity of ISQ group

of certified labs, offer a large range of technical

expertise in space and aeronautics, to clients

such as Thales Alenia Space, Snecma Propulsion

Solide, ESA/ESTEC and OGMA, among others.

As members of the GIE ESQS, ISQ is providing at

the European Space Center – French Guyana, in

a permanent basis since 2003, technical

inspections for CNES and Arianespace, to

Ariane and now, as well, Soyuz.

Some other high qualified international

reference clients are CERN, ITER and the

European Southern Observatory.

Fields of Expertise

Materials & Coatings Behavior

Thermodynamics & Reliability

Maintenance & Inspections

Non‐Destructive Testing & SHM

Instrumentation & Electronics

Metrology

Sustainable Development

Health & Safety

Research & Development

Training

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Performance of tests for the Critical Design

Review of the IXV Vehicle (for SAFRAN) Test

campaign including thermo‐mechanical,

dynamic, permeability, venting and sneak‐flow

tests on attachment parts and on subscale

composite (CMC) parts.

Performance of tests for a Versatile Thermal

Insulation Tests for a Cryogenic Upper Stage

(for TASI) Test campaign including thermo‐

mechanical and dynamic tests with sine and

random loads on VTI sandwich panels‐

Performance of tests for the Characterisation

and thermo‐mechanical robustness

justification of an improved CMC nozzle

extension (with SAFRAN for ESA).

Services in the area of the Quality, Safety and

Environment at the CSG‐Kourou (as ESQS for

CNES and ARIANESPACE ).

Services in the area of Industrial Safety and

Quality Assurance for the construction of a

Kinetic Shock Tube for Radiation Database for

Planetary Entry (with IST for ESA).


KEMET Electronics Portugal, SA

http://www.kemet.com

Cristina Mota‐Caetano

[email protected]

+351 266 75 96 00

Description

KEMET Electronics Portugal, SA is a 100%

subsidiary company from the US Company

KEMET Corporation, which was officially

formed in 12th February 1997. The company

produces Tantalum Capacitors Surface

Mounted Devices with MnO2 and Polymer

counter‐electrodes.

Historical the plant is located in Évora, south of

Portugal and had the official opening at 4th

September 1998. Until 1st October 1999 was

denominated as Siemens Matsushita and was

in continuous scale up with 4 complete lines of

standard MnO2 counter‐electrode ramping up.

The denomination changed to EPCOS in 1999

with an extension in place, adding more 2

production lines.

In April 2006 KEMET Corporation acquired

EPCOS Tantalum Business Division and the

denomination change to the actual KEMET

Electronics Portugal, SA. In the same year the

new polymer counter electrode technology was

introduced in mass production.

Based on KEMET Corporation strategic decision,

in 2009, KEMET Electronics Portugal SA, started

to be the footprint baseline for the

Military/Space and Medical segments grows in

Europe. New products qualification processes

were kick‐off and are under execution adding

to Telecom and Automotive an extended

Portfolio.

Fields of Expertise

Capacitors are fundamental components that

store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and

current flow. They are found in all electronic

application’s and products used today,

including those in the computer,

telecommunication, automotive, military and

aerospace, medical, industrial/instrumentation

(including lighting), and consumer market

segments.

"High Reliability" versions of KEMET

Corporation capacitors were used in every

important military and aerospace effort from

the first Telstar to Viking, the Apollo moon

landing, the Patriot missile, and the Mir and

International Space Stations.

The product lines include the world's most

complete surface‐mount and through‐hole

capacitor technologies across tantalum,

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ceramic, aluminum (organic and electrolytic),

film and paper dielectrics.

The company markets for capacitors covers a

large and diverse group of original equipment

manufacturers (OEMs), electronics

manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and

electronics distributors around the world.

Production is measured in the billions of pieces

per year.

For KEMET Electronics Portugal SA the main

area of expertise, within the Tantalum SMD,

has been the telecom and automotive

segments, including all the safety applications

as: ABS, AirBag and Transmission controls

among others.


Solid Tantalum SMD Capacitors

One of the main KEMET’s products is the solid

tantalum capacitors that are manufactures all

over the world with different technologies. At

this moment, KEMET’s Évora plant provides

two of them: MnO2 and Conductive Polymer

cathodes.

Surface mount technology tantalum capacitors

are increasingly being used in new circuit

designs because of their volumetric efficiency,

basic reliability and process compatibility.

The steady‐state and dynamic reliability of a

tantalum capacitor are influenced by several

factors under the control of the circuit design

engineer. These factors are voltage de‐rating,

ripple current and voltage conditions,

maximum operating temperature and circuit

impedance. It is also of interest that because of

the solid nature of the tantalum capacitors

construction, there is no known wear out

mechanism by drying.

The electrical characteristics of a Tantalum

capacitor are determined by its structure:

capacitance, leakage current, impedance/ESR

and dissipation factor. Those characteristics

are very dependent on the capacitors designs

and materials.

As part of KEMET strategy the Évora plant is

developing/executing projects to start mass

production of high reliable solid tantalum

capacitors with MnO2 technology for Military

and Aerospace industries, including the

European Space Agency.


Logica

http://www.logica.pt

Tiago Pedro

[email protected]

+351 210 01 80 00

Description

Logica Portugal was formed from the group

Edinfor, established in 1991. With more than

1000 employees in Portugal and Spain has

offices in Lisbon, Porto and Madrid. With a base

of more than 200 customers, it is one of the top

3 IT service players in Portugal.

Its global solution portfolio includes the

provision of services in areas of technology

consulting, systems integration and outsourcing

for clients across various industries including

financial, telecommunications, energy &

utilities, industry, distribution and also public

sector.

Logica provides a wide supply of IT services,

outsourcing and business solutions to

organizations helping them achieving higher

levels of performance.

Fields of Expertise

The services portfolio is aggregated in three

core service lines, being the entire Logica

group, both globally and locally organised along

these lines.

Business Process Outsourcing,

Application Management, including ERP

services and testing,

Infrastructure Management.

Software Development Logica Portugal has a long and proven record of

project delivery including complex projects in

business critical systems in key market sectors:

Energy, Telecommunications, Public Sector and

Transportation. Our expertise is recognized by

the costumers and peers, including

distinguished technology areas that range from

Web Applications, Systems Integration, ERP to

GIS and Testing.

Maintenance and Operations At the service and management infrastructure

level, Logica has the full range of integrated

services that includes all the infrastructure

functions from Network Access to Desktop

Management and Remote Support:

Management of the IT Outsourcing Contract of

Portugal’s Energy Group (“Energias de

Portugal” – EDP);

16 years of leadership in the utilities market,

with 65% market share with UBS;

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Logica’s service and infrastructure

management is based on the Best Practices

including ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library). We are

in a privileged position to help the European

Space Agency in improving their space mission

related services operations by bringing the

managed service expertise and experience in

other industries. By increasing efficiency,

repeatability, best practices in business

processes, we will help bringing space to life

with our legacy.

Supply of Personnel Logica Portugal’s largest asset is the expert

personnel that work in the most diverse areas.

We can offer experts in managed testing, IT

Security, GIS, project management, software

development and systems integration. Logica is

also experienced in working with mixed and

international teams of different suppliers

where the personnel expertise and flexibility is

highly regarded.

Consultancy and Special Services Logica Portugal puts knowledge and innovation

in a special place. We take this seriously and

keep working closely with some universities

and the international academia. We work

together in novel concepts that through the

incubation of new ideas, we jointly identify

innovative ways to use available technology or

help research to push its boundaries. It is also

this team remits to develop prototypes and

proofs of concept, as well as further developing

the corresponding industrialised solutions and

exploring new business models. In parallel, we

continuously evaluate technological, process,

social and organizational trends.

An Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

provides the perfect response to these new

challenges. An AMI solution combines metering

hardware (supported by reliable two‐way and

adaptive communication networks) and

systems specially designed to meter, collect

and handle a vast range of power

measurements and grid quality data. When

integrated with business and technical systems,

the AMI platform is one of the main

cornerstones for the ‘SmartGrid’.


Vessel Traffic System Examples of projects include the VTS (Vessel

Traffic System) that provides a system for

helping assessing the integrity of Portuguese

territory and its national waters, using radar,

AIS, voice communication, direction finder,

meteorological capabilities and a microwave

data communication network. This is aimed to

improve the quality and capability for maritime

traffic management, maritime security and

environmental control in this wide area.

GALILEO Service Centre Design Study Logica Portugal is also collaborating with ESA in

the definition of the Galileo Service Centre

Study. Together with a multi‐disciplinary team,

Logica’s excellence is helping in the definition

of the stringent requirements and architecture

design of what will be a key component of the

overall Galileo Programme.


LusoSpace

http://www.lusospace.com

Ivo Vieira

[email protected]

+351 213 97 43 63

Description

LusoSpace is a company founded in 2002 with

the aim to develop, produce, test and qualify

space hardware. The main breakthrough

project was the production and qualification of

a magnetometer for satellite navigation.

Nowadays, a total of 8 magnetometers have

been produced and other 6 are being produced

for the following missions:

PROBA‐2

AEOLUS

Sentinel 1A;

Sentinel 3A;

Sentinel 1B

Sentinel 3B

SEOSAT

LusoSpace’s main customers are ESA, Astrium

Stevenage, Astrium Toulouse, Thales Alenia

Space France‐Cannes, Thales Alenia Italy –

Rome, Jena Optronik, RUAG and SENER.

LusoSpace is fully compliant with ESA Standards

and is ISO 9001 certified. Furthermore, the

company has been successfully audited by

Astrium and Thales for industrial procurement.

LusoSpace is member of the PROESPAÇO, IST

spin‐off and COTEC PME network and of.

Fields of Expertise

AOCS – Attitude orbit and control systems The main product of this field is a

magnetometer for LEO/MEO satellites which

can be used for the navigation of the satellite. It

has been developed in the frame of an ESA

contract and qualified for AEOLUS mission.

LusoSpace is the main European provider of

magnetometers and is beginning to sell this

product outside of Europe.

Optoelectronics Our capabilities are focused on custom optical

products development. The main activity has

been the preliminary development of a Head

Mount Display for astronauts, the OGSE

(Optical Ground Support Equipment) for the

GAIA and Sentinel 3 satellites, and the

development of a optical communication

terminal in collaboration with RUAG‐Zurich.

Additionally, we have been supporting Astrium

in the Thermal Analysis of Sentinel 2

optoelectronic payload.

MEMS – micro electro mechanical systems LusoSpace is working with ESA on the

development of procedures for evaluating and

qualifying MEMS for the space sector. This is a

new market in the space sector expected to

enable high tech missions that are currently

constrained by mass, volume or power

limitations. The space qualification procedure

for this technology is of the utmost importance

since they provide a positive response to the

demanding reliability of the space missions.

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Magnetometer The LusoSpace magnetometer is onboard

Proba‐2 and Aeolus satellites for navigation

information.

This is the first‐ever Portuguese hardware to be

used in critical space applications.

Head Mount Display In the frame of an ESA project, LusoSpace

concluded the preliminary development of a

Head Mount Display for astronauts.

Procedures for MEMS Qualification The set of procedures have been developed

with ESA for the qualification of all kind of

MEMS for the space sector. The miniaturization

of hardware enables new and demanding

scientific missions increasing the possibility of

new discoveries. LusoSpace is at the forefront

of MEMS reliability in the European space

sector.

GAIA OGSE Working as system integrator and optical

technology developer, LusoSpace developed

the OGSE for the GAIA satellite and the testing

system which projects a star pattern over the

telescope CCD during the vacuum testing.

Optical Communication for UAV’S / Satellites The most recent project includes the

development an optical communications

terminal between UAV’s and satellites. While

Oerlikon is the prime contractor of the system

development, LusoSpace is in charge of

developing the laser terminal, a key technology

for this challenging communication concept.


Novabase

http://www.novabase.pt/en

João Rafael Silva

[email protected]

+351 213 83 63 00

Description

Novabase is the leading Portuguese company in

IT business solutions. Its turnover was €236

million in 2010, 15% of which originated from

outside of Portugal. It has invested more than

10 million euros in R&D. Novabase has

operated in 28 countries on 5 continents and

now has over 2,500 employees. The company

currently has offices in Portugal, Spain,

Germany, France, the Middle East and Angola.

Fields of Expertise

With a leading position in revenue gathering

and protection systems as well as IT

infrastructures, emerging areas such as ITS

(Intelligent Transportation Systems), customer‐

centric airport management and sustainability

are also addressed.

Since these factors greatly impact the economy

and citizens’ quality of life, the intensive

application of IT to mobility management

entails great opportunities for differentiation

through innovation and added value.

This scenario is a privileged sphere of business

for Novabase, with emphasis on its high

potential for internationalization through the

application and ongoing vertical development

of the expertise for which it is already known,

particularly in service design, business

intelligence, CRM, enterprise management and

customized development.

Similarly, these capacities are used to address

the needs of public and private companies in

the area of civil and military space and aviation.

Novabase works with its customers to develop

solutions for mission planning and control,

simulation of satellites, aircraft and UAV

operations, together with integrated solutions

based on fine geo referencing and real‐time

satellite communications in various fields of

application.

Key References: BOEING, EADS, EMBRAER, TAP,

SATA, ANA Airports, NAV, OGMA, Portugal

Ministry of Defence, ASTRIUM, INMARSAT, ESA,

EUMETSAT


Novabase provided consulting services and IVV

to the Mission Control Systems and Simulators,

and On‐Site Acceptance Testing to the

following satellites: HERSCHEL & PLANCK,

MARS & VENUS EXPRESS, LISA PATHFINDER,

CRYOSAT, GOCE and AEOLUS

Virtu Product Virtualization tool for management and

configuration of applications in virtualized

environments. Automated testing in distributed

environments and management of IT

applications and infrastructure. Configuration

at application level based on a simple premise:

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each application (or group) is a data block that

can have a configuration associated and that

can be fully parameterized.

Mobile-Geo Product Geographic Information Systems High Precision

applications on enhanced mobile interfaces for

personal and professional purposes (Eureka/

Galileo Masters).

SSVT Project 3D Immersive system, applied to space by

usage of emerging remote devices to operate

Monitor & Control Systems, and support the

spacecraft design.

SIMSAT Consulting services to the Architectural Design

phase of ESOC’s simulator port to the Linux

Platform. Participation in the Factory

Acceptance Testing and On‐Site Acceptance

Phases.

SCOS-2000 Responsible for the validation of SCOS2000 v.5.

Emphasis was given to the validation of new

subsystems, namely PARC2 and FARC3.

Involvement on the new testing ”framework”

designated by ART4, to automate the validation

process of SCOS2000.

Airbus MilitaryMission Planning Framework where Novabase

is participating in this effort in several stages of

the software lifecycle, such as functional and

organic analysis, development and tests,

problem management and test results

reporting.

SESAR ProjectNovabase developed in Matlab and Simulink a

model of an airport network, simulating each

airport as a node connected to others via air

routes, with the objective of understanding the

behavior of the network based on changing

demands.


OMNIDEA, Lda

http://www.omnidea.net

Pardal, Tiago

[email protected]

+351 211 91 31 69

Description

Founded in 2003 and incubated in ESA’s ESTEC

until 2005, Omnidea is an innovative SME

performing R&D in pioneering energy concepts

and processes, and licensing the resulting IPR for

use in products with worldwide application.

Our R&D embraces high‐tech concepts for Space

applications as well as affordable technologies

for terrestrial daily use. The strategy for growth

focuses on technology ownership and tailor‐

made solutions in Space propulsion, terrestrial

mobility and energy production.

To match these ambitions, our research team

with varied backgrounds is comprised mainly of

mechanical engineers with some electronic

engineers and chemists, all working to solve the

complex problems of aerospace technology;

Omnidea exports over 90% of its turnover and

has as customers, companies as large and well

known as EADS Astrium and Magna Steyr; also

the European Space Agency is both our biggest

client and a partner.

In 2010 Omnidea became the first Portuguese

PME to head a consortium in Energy in FP7,

leading institutions such as EDP and RisØ‐DTU.

Fields of Expertise

For Space applications Omnidea has

accumulated know‐how in:

gas storage for propulsion, and

CO2 recycling into hydrocarbons

In terrestrial applications Omnidea has been

working in revolutionary, high altitude, wind

energy production concepts, which surpass the

capacity factor and lower the cost per MWh of

currently available wind energy sources.

Omnidea plans to spin‐off its Space gas storage

technologies to future terrestrial energy carriers

such as hydrogen.

Areas of Expertise Fuel Cells and Electrochemical Systems for

fuel production;

Conceptual analysis and testing of Energy

Storage Systems;

Design and analysis of Terrestrial and Space

Propulsion;

Lighter‐than‐air structures design and

construction;

Advanced control and electronics for

renewable energy conversion technologies


Omnidea currently manages the following 3

projects:

ENERGON – Energy Storage Systems

o Recycling of CO2 into hydrocarbons

and H2

INNOVGAS – Innovative Gas Storage

o Space grade aluminum liners for

COPV’s

BOREAS – High altitude wind power &

platform

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o Tethered system, for station keeping

and wind power production, through

aerodynamic force

INNOVGAS The storage of Xenon (propellant in electric‐ionic

drive) and Helium (pressurant in satellite

chemical propulsion) is complex and expensive

as the high launch costs per kg translate into

minimum tank weight. This requirement

translates into high pressures, comparable to

compressed natural gas and hydrogen storage in

transportation applications. INNOVGAS aims to

replace the titanium liner in composite

overwrapped reservoirs, with space grade

aluminum ones, maintaining performance at a

much lower cost. This was achieved with

substantial R&D in novel production methods,

with no need for longitudinal and girth welding

and producing the shape in a single forming step.

ENERGON The sharp increase in atmospheric CO2, one of

the most important environmental issues facing

mankind, prompted research into new usages for

CO2 (e.g. recycling) previously deemed

unattractive for the lack of strict emission control

and low hydrocarbon prices. Nevertheless,

emission restrictions and high fuel prices have

sparked Omnidea to perform R&D on the

electrochemical reduction of CO2 to produce H2,

CxHy and O2. This system acts as a substitute for

batteries, storing energy as hydrocarbons (CH4,

C2H4 and C2H6) plus H2. Breakthroughs in long

chain hydrocarbons production have been

achieved and, consequently, efforts shifted

towards the challenges of successful system

integration.

BOREAS Earth Observation, Global Monitoring, and

Geographic Information Systems, are business

areas estimated at over $5Bn. Although satellites

are the main choices for these applications, High

Altitude Platforms (HAP) have advantages such

as lower costs and higher image resolution. HAPs

are well suited to perform satellite data

validation, fundamental to assess the accuracy of

collected data. Onboard communication

equipment can replace terrestrial base stations,

a significant advantage in remote areas. The

BOREAS technology provides means to lift a

reasonably sized payload, through the use of

aerodynamic lift coupled with a tethered layout

and lighter‐than‐air technology, being able to

remain airborne and keep station for long

periods at very high altitudes.


Solscientia, Lda.

SOLSCIENTIA Lda.

Advanced Technologies and Consulting

Prof. David Resendes

[email protected]

+351 217 10 11 00

Description

SOLSCIENTIA‐Tecnologias Avançadas e

Consultoria, Lda. is a spin‐off from GOLP and its

founding members, remain associated with

GOLP. Solscientia has as mission to develop

and/or apply advanced technology solutions to

problems of national and public interest. Its

activity encompasses research and

development as well as technology based

innovative services in which physics

applications have an important role. The

motivation for the creation of Solscientia arose

from the research experience in an industrial

setting in the US of its principal founder

associated with academic research at the

Group for Lasers and Plasmas (GOLP) at the

Technical University of Lisbon.

Fields of Expertise

Space Weather Plasma Modelling

Electromagnetic Wave Interaction and

Propagation in Plasmas, Communications,

Blackout

Active optical and microwave Remote

Detection/Monitoring Technologies

Plasma Aspects of Aerothermodynamic In‐

Flight Research, Measurements, and

Physical Models

Laser Propulsion and Other Advanced

Concepts


Development of Plasma Reflectometry for In-Flight Aerothermodynamics Re‐entry reflectometry is a horizontal precursor

flight technology able to provide plasma flow‐

field information not possible with other

instruments. Such information is crucial for

vehicle design, aeroassist/aerobrake

technology, and communications “blackout”

control, particularly for newer generation, high

speed re‐entry scenarios. Such an instrument

can also provide important scientific data if

deployed on high speed

planetary/lunar/cometary probes and sample

return vehicles. The aim of this investigation is

the improvement of European capability in

accurately characterizing the plasma

environment surrounding a Re‐entry Vehicle.

The Re‐Entry Plasma Broadband Reflectometer

(RPBR) breadboard was initially developed

under ESA TRP funding. The main objectives of

this technology research consisted in defining

measurement requirements, selecting the most

appropriate technology, elaborating a

functional design, implementing a hardware

design, and providing a breadboard system. An

additional objective of the TRP was a

preliminary study of the integration of the

plasma reflectometer into a re‐entry vehicle.

This included an identification of suitable high

temperature windows, capable of satisfying the

necessary microwave transparency as well as

the thermal, strength and structural

requirements. Follow on GSTP funding has

focused on upgrading and testing the

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reflectometer in a relevant plasma

environment. Appropriate range and time

gating has been incorporated as well as

increased sensitivity, dynamic range and SNR.

Laser Propulsion for ESA Missions Laser propulsion allows for the possibility of

rockets with high specific impulse, high thrust,

and low propulsion weight, a combination of

advantages not apparent in any other rocket

propulsion scheme. Laser‐heated rockets have

the potential for producing more than 1000 s,

perhaps much more, by heating the propellant

to more than 4000 K. The thrust depends on

the power which can be absorbed in the

propellant, and this is only limited by the laser

power available at the rocket. Because laser

power can be beamed from a remote laser

source, a laser‐heated rocket need not carry its

power source, enabling low weight.

The project emphasized both fundamental

physics issues and a determination of the state‐

of‐the‐art in thermal laser propulsion. The laser

supported combustion (LSC) and laser

supported detonation (LSD) wave mechanisms

were explored for efficiency and

implementation. Additionally both continuous

wave (CW) and pulsed (RP) laser operation

were investigated. Among the most promising

laser sources is the free electron laser (FEL).

The limiting bottleneck was determined to be

available laser power. Modeling demonstrated

that with existing 50‐100 KW CO2 lasers, a total

mass of 200 g may be launched to above 10

km. Other issues such as beam steering and

mirrors were also addressed.


Spin.Works

http://www.spinworks.pt

Vasco Pimenta

[email protected]

+351 210 12 84 52

Description

Spin.Works is an aerospace company dedicated

to the development and manufacturing of

aerostructures and unmanned systems for the

Aeronautics, Space and Defence markets.

Spin.Works has been strongly involved in R&D

activities since its foundation in 2006, both at

national and European levels, and having as its

main customer the European Space Agency.

Our mission is to create, develop and deploy

innovative, multi‐disciplinary and cost‐effective

solutions, in the areas of structures,

mechanisms, guidance, navigation & control

(GNC) systems, simulation, remote detection

systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Spin.Works aims to leverage its technical

expertise to provide efficient, cost‐effective

solutions to its customers, and to take

advantage of its multi‐disciplinary competences

to become a reference player in the emerging

unmanned systems market.

Fields of Expertise

Spin.Works has strong expertise in Aerospace

Structures and Aerospace Systems, applied to

ground segment, unmanned vehicle systems

and space exploration missions.

Structural Solutions & Composites Design, optimization, simulation,

manufacturing and qualification of complete

structural solutions. Emphasis on aviation,

space, composites. Shelters for demanding

environments in civil/military applications.

Mechanisms Non‐explosive actuators for space applications.

Integrated design of mechanisms involving

coupled thermal‐structural‐software

simulations.

Simulation High fidelity simulation of multi‐body systems

focusing on aerospace applications. Proprietary

integrated framework for reconfigurable

Mission Performance and Functional

Engineering Simulation Tools.

GNC Family of navigation (IMU, AHRS and INS/GPS)

systems based on MEMS technology and state‐

of‐the‐art navigation filters, targeted towards

UAV and general aviation markets.

Flight Control Systems for UAV and space

vehicles, including entry, automated descent

and landing.

Detection Systems Image processing software for detection

systems based on opto‐electronic sensors. 3‐D

reconstruction, feature extraction, tracking and

real‐time decision making algorithms.

Application to Hazard Detection and Avoidance

systems for planetary landing.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Design and development of UAV systems.

Family of proprietary UAV systems including a

micro UAV (1.5kg) and a Small Tactical UAV

(25kg).

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GALILEO Up-Link Stations Manufacturing, assembly and delivery of

twelve metallic/composite large antenna

dishes, sub‐reflectors, as well as metallic

support structure and pointing mechanisms for

the GALILEO Global Satellite Navigation System

Up‐Link Stations (ULS). Design and

manufacturing support of 5 electronic

equipment shelters for the GALILEO ULS.

TAEM Guidance ESA Contract, Prime Contractor.

Development of Modern Terminal Area Energy

Management Guidance systems for: space

planes, lifting bodies and capsules.

Development of auto‐landing guidance and

control systems for a space plane. Verification

and validation using 4DOF and 6DOF

simulation.

NEXT Lunar Lander ESA Project, Sub‐Contractor of OHB System

Phase A Mission Study of the NEXT Lunar

Lander with In‐situ Science and Mobility.

Spin.Works responsible for the development of

Hazard Avoidance strategies using real‐time

image processing of visual and LIDAR images.

The goal is to avoid shadows, craters,

rocks>0.5m height & slopes>15o to safely land

on the Lunar South Pole, where maximum sun

elevation is 1.5o.

Non Explosive Actuator ESA Contract, Prime Contractor.

Development of a Non‐Explosive Actuator for

Hold‐Down Release Mechanisms.

Micro UAV System

Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system (1.5kg)

with proprietary navigation and flight control

system, real‐time video and HiRes imaging.

Attitude Heading Reference System Attitude Heading Reference System with Air

Data integration. MEMS‐based navigation

system for unmanned aerial vehicles.


TEKEVER ASDS

http://www.tekever.com

Mr. André Oliveira

[email protected]

+351 213 30 43 00

Description

The TEKEVER ASDS division of the TEKEVER

Group provides the Aerospace, Defense and

Security markets with innovative technology

that enables them to modernize and evolve by

increasing the quality of communication,

information and action means available in the

abovementioned domains in a continuous,

sustainable and cooperative way.

Incepted in 2001, TEKEVER creates technology,

products and solutions designed to help

individuals and organizations collaborate to

achieve common goals without cumbersome

technical limitations. TEKEVER is in constant

pursuit of technical differentiation in the areas

of interaction, cooperation and

communication. In its first 7 years of activity,

TEKEVER has achieved a leadership position in

the Enterprise Mobility Platform and Solutions

market, with its mBPM Platform and mBPM‐

based enterprise solutions. TEKEVER has offices

in Portugal (Lisbon), USA (Palo Alto, CA), Brazil

(São Paulo) and China (Beijing).

Fields of Expertise

TEKEVER ASDS core expertise in the Space field

are based on telecommunication systems (in

particular networking techniques, signal

processing, Satcom and Telecom service

applications), Earth Observation payload data

exploitation (data and information processing

as well as application and services), advanced

software Technologies and functions (Internet,

distributed systems) and GNSS systems and

ground related technologies (data processing

and services and user segment). In addition to

these, TEKEVER ASDS is extending its activities

to the fields of on‐board data systems (onboard

networks and software Technologies for data

processing), Ground Segment communication

network Technologies and protocols and

aspects of planetary exploration.

Internet or Distant network

Existing satellite linkPotential satellite link

Optimised satellite resource management & usage

Optimised routing in hybrid satellite & MANET

Horizontal end-to-end optimisations (QoS, performances, resources usage, …)

Vertical integration

MANET


Early Warning & C2 Systems TEKEVER ASDS designs and develops early

warning and Command and Control systems for

public safety, security and defense applications

exploiting space technology to the utmost.

These solutions support threat detection and

response processes, focusing on areas like

inter‐organizational response process

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management and execution, cooperation

between entities, and coordination of field

resources. Taking advantage of space Remote

Sensing and Satcom for data collection,

detection, intelligence, coordination and

dissemination, TEKEVER ASDS currently exploits

a product line fully dedicated to these topics:

DEWS.

Space Based SDR MANETs The flexibility introduced by concepts such as

SDR, ad‐hoc networking, hybrid networking,

DTN and CR is revolutionizing communications

as we know them. TEKEVER ASDS is applying

these concepts directly to space

communications by designing and developing

satellite payloads for Mobile Ad‐hoc Networks

based on SDR.

Location, Tracking & Navigation Where TEKEVER ASDS explores products based

on the results of ESA ARTES5 project LOBAS

(Location Based Services Provider) as well as it

own fleet management solution incorporating

EO imagery based on the results of ESA project

EOFleet. In addition, TEKEVER ASDS is

developing products using technologies for

remote sensing processing such as the ones

used in ESA project ITI‐Mosaicing among others

from other domains.

Spin-In Of Terrestrial Technologies into Space The increasing involvement of private initiatives

in space and the growing investments in

terrestrial mass market technologies in the

areas of communications, micro and nano‐

electronics coupled with advances in lower cost

space platforms and faster flight validation is

shifting the way space systems are considered.

TEKEVER ASDS explores these concepts and

technologies to speed up the take up of

technologies and solutions for space use


Thales Portugal, S.A.

http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portugal/

Sérgio Barbedo

[email protected]

+351 212 48 48 48

Description

Thales Portugal is a competence centre in

integration of solutions for Transportation,

Space, Defense and Security Solutions for

Critical Infrastructures.

Thales has as mission being the reference

supplier of Mission Critical Solutions and

Services.

The Portuguese team started its activity in the

early 90’s under the Portuguese Railways

Network Modernization Plan.

In 2007, with the replacement of Alcatel as

shareholder, Thales Portugal increased its

activities and gained complementary skills.

Today, Thales Portugal has around 400

specialized human resources, spread between

Paço de Arcos and the 16 Maintenance Centers,

with a strong capability to design, develop, and

deploy multidisciplinary projects. With

operations running in the five continents,

Thales Portugal is recognized as a key

technology partner.

As part of Thales Group, Thales Portugal shares

more than the name. The Portuguese company

shares the vision of the Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer of Thales Group, Mr. Luc

Vigneron: “achieving sustainable customer

satisfaction by continuously enhancing our

project management performance”.

Fields of Expertise

Thales Portugal has large competencies and

long experience in Integration and

Implementation of multiservice complex

projects. Supported by its strong Project

Management and being a trustable

Maintenance partner, Thales Portugal has local

capability to develop, adapt and customize

Thales’ products.

Within Aerospace sectors, our people have

functional experience and knowledge on the

following domains:

Command and Control

Communications

o International VoIP network

management; Local Multipoint

Distribution System (Wireless

Network); Radio mobile monitoring

system (CDMA plus Bluetooth); RF

Payload and Systems; Telecom

System Engineering Tools; Network

Techniques; Telecom Security

Techniques and Technologies;

Payload Tools (RF);

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Telecommunication Payloads (RF);

Simulation tools and Link design

Navigation Systems

System Design & Verification

o System Design and Simulation and

Multidisciplinary Analysis

Automation, Telepresence & Robotics

o Associated to the video processing

and analysis activities, specific

knowledge on perception has been

acquired and developed

Security (Cyber & Surveillance)

Imaging Diagnostics and Image Treatment

Technologies

o Image processing and security

analysis. Feature extraction,

detection and tracking, and visual

perception are some of the fields of

expertise


Command & control case study – Lisbon Operation Control Center (PT Railway)

Thales Portugal’s capabilities to achieve

successfully all goals are shown through the 28‐

month turn key project that equipped the

Portuguese Railway Infrastructure Manager

with a state‐of‐art command & control center.

Thales Portugal managed the entire project,

from the first draft to the finished and

operational building, and the result was a

critical infrastructure with the following key

benefits:

Global project Concept

Integration of 5 Regional Control Traffic

Centers in 1 single Operation Control Center

Seamless interoperability

Management of all video surveillance

installations

Fully integrated systems solutions

Innovative implementation and

development of new functionalities

Field‐proven features

Integration of 3rd parties solutions

Telecommunications– case studies Rocade Nord Railway System, Algeria

o Data network, fiber optics network,

passenger information system.

Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland

o Safe Data Network system

Surveillance Systems – case studies Harbor of Sines, Portugal

o CCTV system and Ship plate

recognition

Information Systems – case studies FOCIS (Ferry Operations and

Communications Information System),

Australia


Zeugma – Tecnologia de Sistemas Industriais, S.A.

http://www.zeugma.pt

Humberto Cunha

humberto.cunha@zeugma‐tsi.pt

+351 261 81 62 70

Description

Zeugma is a provider of custom advanced

factory automation systems, assembly lines,

robot cells and automatic test systems.

This expertise has been crystallized by

providing machines and manufacturing

solutions for industries like paper, packaging,

automotive, electronics, consumer goods,

aerospace, food and biomedical.

Zeugma's products range from slitter

rewinders, doctor machines, automated

assembly lines, palletizer robots, lean

manufacturing stations, selective soldering

machines, mini wave soldering machines,

packaging lines and SCADA systems.

Fields of Expertise

Zeugma has a vast experience in industry

sectors such as paper, packaging, automotive

and electronics amongst others, being able to

deliver products and services to customers

accordingly to three different business areas:

Industrial equipment and systems, Industrial

maintenance services and Industrial

consultancy.

The technological know‐how may be divided in

three areas:

Electric / electronic engineering

Automation, Process control, Motion

control, Industrial robotics, Machine vision,

Instrumentation, Equipment Supervision,

and Electrical and electronic design and

systems integration

Main tools: Eplan, Siemens Simatic and NI

LabVIEW. Zeugma is Siemens Solutions

Partner for Automation

Mechanical engineering

Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Structural design,

Structural dynamics and vibration,

Mechanism kinematics & dynamics,

Mechanical design and integration

Main tools: SolidWorks,

MechanicalDesktop, AutoCAD and

PDMWorks

Other

Maintenance management software,

Technical Service, Total preventive

maintenance (TPM), Reliability centered

maintenance (RCM), Simulation of

production processes, Project management

and Risk management

Main tools: Sage/GCNext(ERP), MSOffice,

MSProject and SQLServer

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ESTEC - Large Diameter Centrifuge Zeugma developed the Large Diameter

Centrifuge, a special test system for ESA Life

and Physical Sciences Instrumentation

Laboratory.

The large diameter (8 meters) centrifuge can

provide the hyper gravity environment to cells

and small animals, allowing the acquisition of

the measurement points in the range from 1 to

20G. The application of this test system is not

limited to living systems, but may have also

applications in the area of Physical Science

experiments.

Zeugma used CAD and CAE software on the

design of this automated test system. Vibration

analysis and structural dynamics provided a

solid tool for the design optimization.

The centrifuge is able to accelerate from still to

20G when fully loaded in less than 60 seconds.

The LDC has room to accommodate 6 gondolas

(experiments containers) plus one central

reference gondola. Each gondola can carry up

to 80kg experimental payload, and is provided

with serial, USB, Ethernet and Video

connections available for experiments setup.

The gondolas can be supplied with water and

gas from on‐rotor storage facilities, broadening

the range of possible tests and increasing

experiment duration while avoiding

intermediate stops. Forced ventilation of the

gondolas is also possible.

Using a user‐friendly user interface the scientist

is able to define and automate test

experiments with durations up to 6 months and

then remotely monitor the test data.

The Large Diameter Centrifuge is in operation

at the ESA facility in ESTEC at Noordwijk in The

Netherlands since the beginning of 2008.

ESA ‐ A. Le Floc'h


PROESPAÇO ‐ the Portuguese Association of Space

Industries

http://www.proespaco.pt

António Neto da Silva (President)

[email protected]

Description

PROESPAÇO main objectives are:

To promote in Portugal activities related to

space in all their aspects.

To be a representative organization, acting

as an intermediary and interface with the

public administration and national and

international organizations in all matters

relating to the space industry.

To work at all government levels (local,

regional, national and supra‐national) to

achieve a substantial increase in the

participation of Portuguese industry in

space‐related activities at a national,

European and global level.

To provide expert information on the space

industry in Portugal and on all related

research, development and support

programmes.

To provide a single voice to represent

Portuguese industry in regard to the

orientation of Portuguese space policies.

To extend and strengthen cooperation

between companies, universities and state

research institutes in R&D activities aimed

at developing new technologies and

products for use in space.

To contribute studies, analyses and

viewpoints to the institutes and

organizations responsible for drawing up

Portugal’s space policy and related

industrial development plans.

Secondary Aims To act as an organized forum for debate

and business development to meet the

needs of the Portuguese space community.

To collect and exchange information

relating to markets skills and know‐how for

the benefit of Association members.

To set up and launch working groups to

formulate and plan activities in specific

areas of common interest.

To represent and communicate the

common interests of the Portuguese space

industry to all sectors of society and to

international organizations with similar

aims.

To inform society as a whole of the

importance in everyday life, both today and

in the future, of the application of space

technology.

To provide foreign institutions with easy

access to information about the Portuguese

space industry.

To organize visits to Portugal and to

relevant meetings for delegations from

overseas.

To create, maintain and keep permanently

updated a complete catalogue of the

Portuguese space industry, including a

directory of members, covering the space

and earth sectors as well as related

services.

To represent the Portuguese space industry

at international

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Associated Companies

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CCTAE

Centre for Aeronautical and Space Science and

Technology

http://cctae.ist.utl.pt

Prof. L. M. B. C. Campos

[email protected]

351 218 41 72 67

Description

The CCTAE (Center for Aeronautical and Space

Science and Technology) is the research arm of

the academic unit ACMAA (Scientific Area of

Applied and Aerospace Mechanics), which

coordinates all degrees teaching Aerospace

Engineering at IST, namely: Bachelor in

Aerospace Science (3 years); Master in

Aerospace Engineering (branches: Aircraft,

Avionics, Space); Doctorate in Aerospace

Engineering (3 years).

The group at CCTAE/ACMAA has 30 years of

experience in research in aeronautical and

space science and technology, including

authorship of 4 books, 110 articles in journals,

160 communications to symposia and 30

internationally funded research projects.

It operates an aeroacoustic wind tunnel and a

six‐degree‐of‐freedom flight simulator. It has 20

years of experience of flight testing, of more

than 12 types of aircraft, from transport aicraft

(C‐130, P‐3) and business jets (Falcon 20 and

50) to fighters (A7P, Alpha‐jet) and helicopters

(Puma).

Fields of Expertise

The main areas of expertise across the

aerospace field are:

trajectories of launch vehicles: calculation

and optimization of trajectories, including

atmospheric effects on lifting designs, two‐

point boundary‐value problems of orbital

insertion;

aerothermodynamics: modelling of heat

transfer between high‐speed viscous

thermally conducting flow and thermal

stresses in a structure, including the effects

of ablative material and internal cooling;

modelling of acoustic fatigue of structures

subject to intense random or stochastic

pressure fluctuations and loads due to

turbulent flows and engine exhausts;

thermoacoustic coupling and combustion

instability in confined spaces including

geometric effects of boundary conditions

and flame front;

atmospheric entry and re‐entry of satellites

or probes, including ionization and chemical

reaction effects at high‐speed of payload

return missions;

magnetohydrodynamics of the solar

atmosphere and wind, including flows and

magnetic fields associated with magneto‐

acoustic‐gravity waves;

stellar models and data analysis based on

coupled acoustic‐magnetic‐gravity effects.

In general, dynamics of atmospheric and space

flight, including aerothermodynamics of

hypersonic flight in the atmosphere, space

environment for interplanetary and solar

missions, and atmospheric entry for space

probes and sample return missions; all aspects

of aeroacoustics, including acoustic fatigue,

themoacoustic instability and aerodynamic and

engine noise.

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There is a close link between aeronautics and

space research, as testified in the following

internationally funded projects:

P‐3 Orion ‐ Structured load monitoring;

RNAF/FAP ‐ NLR / IST.

ENABLE ‐ Transmission of boundary layer

noise; EU ‐ Dassault.

JEAN ‐ Noise of turbulent jets; EU‐TCD.

SILENCER ‐ Liners with non‐uniform

impedance for engine inlets and exhausts;

EU ‐ SNECMA.

ROSAS ‐ Installation effects on engine noise;

EU ‐ EADS France.

VELA ‐ Optimization and control of flying

wing aircraft; EADS ‐ Germany.

NEFA ‐ Control coupling and de‐coupling of

V‐tailed aircraft; EU ‐ Airbus France.

SEFA ‐ Reduction of aircraft noise around

airports; EU ‐ Dornier.

FRIENDCOPTER ‐ Generation of helicopter

noise and transmission to the ground; EU ‐

Eurocopter.

NACRE ‐ Flight dynamics and noise of new

aircraft configurations; EU ‐ Airbus France.

EGNOS ‐ Monitoring of accuracy and

integrity of satellite navigation signals ‐

EU/ESA/Eurocontrol ‐ ANA/IST.

X3‐NOISE ‐ Aeroacoustics network; EU ‐

SNECMA.

FLPP ‐ Calculation of trajectories of lifting

re‐usable launch vehicles through the

atmosphere into orbit; ESA ‐

Astrium/Deimos.

COSMA ‐ Atmospheric propagation and in‐

door transmission of aircraft noise; EU ‐

EADS Deutschland.

For each project were indicated the area of

work, the funding institution (EU, ESA,

Eurocontrol, Portuguese (PoAF) Air Force) and

the overall project leader. The projects listed

involved cooperation with more than 30

aircraft companies, 14 research centres, 36

universities, 40 SME's, and 10 national and 4

international institutions. National and

international projects outside the

EU/ESA/Eurocontrol are not included.

The main areas of expertise across the

aerospace field are:

Flight dynamics: trajectories, stability, and

control of aircraft and rockets, including: (i)

optimization of aircraft design to minimize

cruise drag and maximize control

effectiveness in adverse conditions and

atmosphere disturbances; (ii) optimization

of satellite launch trajectories including

effects of lift in atmospheric flight; (iii)

aircraft separation in air traffic

management, due to wakes, to collision

risk, and use of satellite navigation;

Aeroacoustics of aerodynamic and engine

noise, including engines, inlets, nozzles,

turbulent flow, boundary layers, active

noise reduction, acoustic fatigue and

thermoacoustic stability;

Aerothermodynamics of hypersonic flight,

including heat transfer between flows and

structures;

Atmospheric effects on vehicle dynamics:

winds, wakes.

Atmospheric and ground effects on noise.

Magnetohydrodynamics: physics of ionized

matter, including space environment, solar

physics, solar‐terrestrial physics and

phenomena related to plasma/fluid flow

under gravity, magnetic, and rotation

forces.

This research is backed by a 30 year experience

on Mathematical‐physical modelling in

Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Dynamics, Acoustics

and Electrodynamics.


Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais www.fc.up.pt/cicge J. Pereira Osório, Professor Catedrático, CIGCE Scientific Coordinator [email protected] +351 220 40 21 28

Description

The activities of CICGE belong to different areas of the Earth and Space Sciences, including pure and applied scientific research, advanced teaching and education, promotion of science and services to the community. With a research team of 17 PhDs, it is organized in two different Groups: Group 1 – Satellite Positioning and Navigation, Coastal Zones Applications, Space Weather and Reference Systems; Group 2 – Remote Sensing, Image Processing and GIS.

Fields of Expertise

Group 1- Satellite Positioning and Navigation, Coastal Zones Applications, Space Weather and Reference Systems • Satellite Positioning and Navigation: GNSS

Applications in different areas of human activity; GNSS Permanent Network (GEONET); GPS Software Receiver for Location-Based Services.

• Coastal Zones Applications: Retrieving TSM concentration from multi-spectral satellite data; Estimation of river plume size based

on image segmentation; Beach hydromorphological behavior analysis through remote sensing; Bathymetric estimation by using satellite data; Extraction of a sand spit from IKONOS-2 satellite images; Breakwater stability analysis through a DGPS network – Madeira Harbour, Portugal.

• Space Weather: Solar Energetic Particle Events: Models of particle propagation in the interplanetary medium; Large Scale Structure of the Solar Wind; Solar Radio Emissions associated with flares; CMEs and shocks using data from our radio-telescope; Models of Near Earth Radiation Environment.

• Reference Systems: Gaia is a global space astrometry mission of ESA. We are involved in the selection and characterization of the QSOs, in terms of intrinsic properties in correlation with the accuracy and stability of the object's centroid coordinates. The main goal is to produce a list of confirmed and well studied QSOs that can help on defining the alignment between International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) and the Gaia Extragalactic Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF).

Group 2 - Remote Sensing, Image Processing and GIS • Image Classification, Image Segmentation,

Biomedical Applications of Image Processing.

• Digital Photogrammetry, Terrestrial Photogrammetry, Image orientation and DEM extraction from high resolution satellite images, Geometric Corrections of Satellite Imagery, Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning, GIS data capture.

• Biogeography, Spatial Biology, Ecological Modelling, Precision Agriculture, Remote

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Sensing of Vegetation, Natural Resources Management.


• COST Action MP0905 – “Black Holes in a Violent Universe”.

• ERIG – Education, Research and Innovation in the field of GNSS, Large European Consortium supported by the European GNSS Supervisor Authority (GSA).

• GEONET – GNSS Permanent Network (FCUP, FCTUC, IICT, IPG and AFA) (supported by FCT).

• SOFTWARE RECEIVER – GPS Software Receiver for Location-Based Services.

• GNSS Applications – Different Projects on the use of GNSS in several areas of human activity (plate tectonics and volcano, aeronautics, agriculture, environment, mobile phones, urban traffic control, atmospheric studies and outer space).

• GAIA – Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics, European Space Mission, member of the coordination unit CU3 – Core Processing (national participation supported by FCT).

• GREAT – Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training, Working Group C3 “Quasars”; Working Group C2 “Astrometry Reference Frame”.

• TSM Concentration – Retrieving TSM concentration from multispectral satellite data by linear regression and artificial neural networks.

• RIVER PLUME SIZE – Estimation of the Douro river plume size based on image segmentation of MERIS scenes (ESA, Earth Observation Program).

• Beach classification - Beach hydromorphological classification through remote sensing data and image processing techniques.

• SANDY - Cabedelo SANd Spit MorphoDYnamic Evolution and Modelling using IKONOS data – Douro River, Portugal (ESA, Earth Observation Program).

• MoZCo - Advanced methodologies and techniques development for coastal zone monitoring.

• The Near-Earth radiation environment is being modelled through a collaboration with LIP, as part of an effort funded by FCT.

• Energetics of Propagating Coronal Mass Ejections are being studied through a SHINE collaboration with the University of California at Berkeley.

• CICGE/ADFCUP is part of a Portuguese consortium, including members from IT/Aveiro, CENTRA/IST and Evora University, working to bring the European Square Kilometre Array (SKA) test site to Portugal.

• Laser Scanning / DEM Generation o FCT Project “Forest and Fuel

Variables Estimation and Digital Terrain Modelling with Airborne Laser Scanning and High Resolution Multi-Spectral Images”

o DEM extraction from ALOS-PRISM data

• Agriculture / Vegetation o LAMESAT_XXI, FCT, 2007-2010,

Ancestral irrigation management on mountain semi-natural meadows using remote sensing

o Remote Sensing for vineyard monitoring

• Biodiversity / Biogeography o Expansion model for a tree frog

• Biogeography of crocodiles • Image Processing Applications


Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa http://www.fc.ul.pt Prof. José Manuel Rebordão [email protected] +351 217 50 00 00 / 217 50 05 16

Description

Space and Earth sciences are at the core of the activity of FCUL, at research and training levels. These sciences influence space missions design, drive space infrastructures and benefit from systems that are actually implemented, either in space or on the ground. FCUL is still the R&D organization with the largest number of ESA activities, and participates in space science consortia to develop ground segments for ESA missions. Links with ground-based astronomy programs are well established (ESO or others). In science FCUL participates at infrastructures which generate and process astrophysical data. In Earth sciences, FCUL is active in remote sensing applied to Earth systems interfaces (EUMETSAT), meteorology, oceanography and geophysics. In technology FCUL has an intensive activity in: • Instrument design, construction, integration

and testing associated with optical technologies; cryogenics, mechanical structures and detector electronics - which have been used to implement scientific instruments for ESO and as tools for space optical metrology, autonomous navigation and instrument processors;

• Computing architectures (e.g., a grid for ground data centers) and real-time and embedded systems for spacecraft environments.

FCUL research units active in space technology and applications are the Lab. of Optics, Lasers and Systems (LOLS), the Large-Scale Informatics Systems Lab. (LaSIGE), the Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAAUL), the Lab. of Systems, Instrumentation and Modeling (SIM), the Instituto Dom Luís (IDL) and the Center of Oceanography (CO).

Fields of Expertise

FCUL capabilities have been used to develop: • Optical Metrology, covering high precision

optical metrology for constellations, enabling synthetic aperture optics or configuration control, theoretically assessed and demonstrated in laboratory;

• Optical Navigation coupled to GNC, for relative navigation between S/C, terrain navigation and hazard avoidance for automatic landing in planetary surfaces, with optical cameras and/or lidar;

• Instrument Processors and Simulators for ground instrument processing chains or generating instrument telemetry in the context of specification and interfaces between instrument subsystems.

• Spacecraft operating systems and computing paradigms, with new approaches for combining real-time and generic operating systems in S/C on-board systems to enable building highly dependable and secure systems and to use bio-mimetic models to manage space robots.

Space applications, especially in the fields of oceanography, navigation and geodesy, geology and geophysics, meteorology and climatology.

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PLANAV – Image-based Navigation Tool for Mars Lander (2003-2004) - Accurate determination of the landing site of Beagle 2 (Mars Express) using Mars moons positions. Beagle failed. Tools will be used in future missions.

NPAL – Navigation for Planetary Approach and Landing (2001-2004) - Feature points identification and tracking, to extract terrain features and enable relative navigation (planetary approach and landing).

LiGNC – LIDAR Guidance, Navigation and Control (2004-2005). LAPS - Preparatory Lidar-based Autonomous Planetary Landing System (LAPS) (2008-...) - Design and testing of a lidar processing chain to enable the reconstruction of the surface topography and assess the landing risk. Adaptation to new lidar modes.

VBrNav – Vision based relative navigation (2004-2006). HASE – Hazard Avoidance Real Time Experiment (2008-2011) - Hazard mapping for planet landing; optical navigation (RVD) for approaching S/C.

GNCO – Guidance, Navigation and control for elliptical Orbits (2006-2008) - Follow on of RVD part of VBrNav, to cope with highly non-circular orbits.

PROBA 3 (20011-2016) – ESA demonstration mission for formation flying technologies. Portuguese RVD experiment on board (VBrNav).

AutoNav – Autonomous onboard navigation for interplanetary missions (2001-2005) – Using stars and moving bodies to extract accurately the Line-Of-Sight (LOS) and S/C attitude.

GNCO Maturation and Validation for Rendezvous in Elliptical Orbit (2008-2011) - Generalization of the IP for RVD for a spherical, unstable and passive canister, returning from Mars surface with soil samples. Laboratory experiment integrating IP and GNC.

AEROFAST – AEROcapture for Future spAce tranSporTation (2008-2011) – FP7 / Space - Aerocapture technologies for human Mars return missions. IP to support the GNC. Generalization and improvements over AutoNav and GNCO Maturation projects. Laboratory experiment integrating IP and GNC.

EUCLID RTP 9.9 - High resolution optical satellite sensor (2003-2005) - Frequency sweeping interferometry for optical metrology for synthetic aperture optical instruments.

HPOM – High Precision Optical Metrology (2002-2004). FP-MET – Fabry-Perot based metrology (2006-2009) - Laser interferometer to measure distances up to 250 m with 10 μm accuracy. Technological maturation; candidate metrology technology to be used in ESA PROBA 3 mission.

HAALDM – Absolute long-distance measurement with (sub-)μm accuracy for formation flight (2007-2008) - Femto-second lasers for long-distance measurement for formation flying missions, such as XEUS.

MLSL – Mode-locked Semiconductor lasers (2008-2012) - Assessment of semiconductor pico-second lasers for high precision metrology, following HAALDM results. Focus on device performances and stability.

GAIA – OGSE – Optical Ground Segment Equipment Test (2008-2009) - Radiometric tests of the OGSE: low light radiometry, attenuation,

temporal stability and uniformity evaluations. The optical head is being used to test Gaia focal plane mosaic of 106 CCD’s. (Lusospace).

SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (2004-2006) - Development of the ground segment of SMOS / MIRAS and evaluation of adaptive striping techniques using different types of apodization

functions. System errors and sensitivity analysis.

GAIA-FPASS – Focal Plane Assembly Static Simulator (2006-2008) - Focal plane simulator addressing all details of the two telescopes with a common focal plane, and generating images and telemetry samples.

GAIA-DPAC – Data Processing Analysis Consortium (2007-2011) - Within ESA DPAC, FCUL is active on system architecture, modeling of dispersive instruments (LOLS & CAAUL), ground segment architecture and data bases and extraction of stars astrophysical parameters (SIM).

PLATO – Planetary transits and oscillations of stars (2010-2018) - For a 128 camera ESA system, image processing, accurate stars centroiding, attitude and timing management, reference systems. Testing PLATO cameras at room temperature.

AIR: ARINC 653 Interface in RTEMS (2006-2007). AIR-II: ARINC 653 in Space RTOS - Industrial Initiative (2008-2009) - Proof-of-concept of ARINC 653 in space onboard software, using the real time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) operative system. Evolution towards an industrial product, featuring: robust

time and space partitioning (TSP) and resource sharing; TSP-specific processor architecture and features; multicore-aware scheduling; input/output functions and wired & wireless networking; online reconfiguration and (self-

)adaptability. SIMORG - Swarm intelligence modeling of root growth (2009-2011) - Root growth is modeled as a collective of agents, growth pattern emerging as a result of the individual decision-making of the apexes. Roots' capabilities to explore nutrient may inspire robots exploring planets.

COAST COLOUR (2010-2011) - Demonstration, validation and inter-comparison of retrieval algorithms over a global range of coastal water types, using ESA MERIS, a 300 m resolution instrument. Quality control of end-users data. VAE-INTERTIDAL - Value added

Element for monitoring Intertidal Flats (2009-2011) - Study international market for monitoring of intertidal flats and develop the classification beyond the current state in order to adapt it to other regions. The Tagus Estuary is the test site.

LMINSAR - Landslide risk mapping in the Lisbon area, Portugal, by means of inSAR (2008-2011) - Detection of ground subsidence in the city of Lisbon using Interferometric SAR and topographic data.

COASTALT - Development of radar altimetry data processing in the oceanic coastal zone (2009-2011)

Transition of pulse-limited coastal altimetry towards a mature, pre-operational status. New coastal radar altimeter products. Performance of new coastal products over the west Iberia margin.

Blue – Optical Navigation. Yellow – Optical metrology. Orange – Instrumentation. Green – Computer sciences. Gray – Space Applications

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Instituto Geográfico Português

http://www.igeo.pt

Rui Pedro Julião

[email protected]

+351 21 381 96 00

Description

The Portuguese Geographic Institute (Instituto

Geográfico Português – IGP) is the National

Mapping Agency responsible for the geographic

information policy. Its activity is set in a broad

framework of competencies such as being the

national authority for geodesy, cartography and

cadastre, as well as the coordinator of the

Portuguese spatial data infrastructure (SNIG)

and the responsibility for Research &

Development (R&D) in geographic information

specific domains that includes environment,

land management and remote sensing.

The R&D related activities within the remote

sensing domain are fully dedicated to Earth

Observation and focus in the extraction of land

use and land cover information from satellite

and other EO data.

For the purpose, IGP participates in several

R&D projects and programmes, both

individually and through partnerships with

other national and international organisations.

These activities are essentially funded by the

European Commission (EC) and by the

Portuguese Government, namely through the

National Science Foundation (Fundação para a

Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT). IGP regularly

hosts MSc and PhD students who develop their

research within this framework.

IGP is the National Reference Centre in Land

Use and Spatial Information (NRC‐LUSI) for the

European Environment Agency (EEA) and it also

contributes, as focal point for land use and

land‐use change, to the fulfillment of Portugal’s

obligations in the framework of international

climate change treaties.

Furthermore, the fact that this activity is

performed in an organisation that is a data

provider of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC)

cartography, gives it an important advantage:

the ability to produce scientific research with

an operational perspective.

Fields of Expertise

IGP’s activities focus on digital image

processing methods for thematic information

extraction from satellite data, mostly for LULC

characterisation, in a wide range of application

fields (e.g. environmental monitoring, forestry,

agriculture). In the past IGP has developed a

strong experience in working with high spatial

resolution satellite imagery (e.g. Landsat TM).

Its present and mid‐term strategy is to expand

this scope towards both very high (e.g. IKONOS)

and medium/low (e.g. MODIS, MERIS) spatial

resolution satellite data.

IGP is involved in both research projects and

cartographic production programmes (namely

national‐scale LULC thematic cartography

programmes). Through them IGP has gathered

a solid experience from the methodological

point of view as well as from the data handling

point of view. More specifically, IGP has

expertise in the development and use of

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automatic and semi‐automatic processing

chains for LULC mapping, in the visual

interpretation of aerial imagery for the

production of LULC cartography, and it has also

acquired a reliable experience in working with

medium, high and very high spatial resolution

satellite data.


CORINE Land Cover (CLC) Coordinate and produce the Portuguese

CORINE Land Cover cartography based on

satellite images for different reference dates.

Land Use and Land Cover Map of Continental Portugal for 2007 (COS2007) Coordinate the production of the Portuguese

Land Use and Land Cover Map of Continental

Portugal for 2007.

HELM - Harmonised European Land Monitoring Participate in the creation of a European

network of Public Administration bodies

concerned with LULC.

Desert Watch Portugal (DW-E) Develop and produce spatially distributed

indicator on desertification using satellite

images in order to fulfil the obligations of

providing information committed with the

United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification – UNCCD.

TIGER - Capacity Building Facility (TCBF) Provide scientific and technical support to the

African consortia involved in the development

of TIGER and ESA projects.

LANDYN – Land use and cover change in Continental Portugal Characterize the changes of LULC in Portugal

from the last six decades, as a support to

identify the main driving forces behind them

and build the future scenarios until 2040 using

spatial models.

LANDAU – Geostatistical methodologies for spatial accuracy assessment and update of land cover maps Characterize the spatial pattern of error in LULC

maps in order to evaluate how the uncertainty

of classification spreads over maps for

estimating forestry resources and develop new

stochastic simulation methods for updating

purposes.

FIRELAND – Wildfire effects on the vegetation dynamics at the landscape scale in Portugal Perform a broad and detailed analysis of the

spatial‐temporal dynamics within the forestry

induced by wildfires.

PREK Contribute for the pilot study on the definition

of Portugal’s reporting methodology under the

United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto

Protocol, in the land use, land‐use change and

forestry (LULUCF) sector.


INEGI – Institute for Mechanical Engineering and

Industrial Management

www.inegi.up.pt

Celeste Pereira

[email protected]

+351 229 57 87 10

Description

INEGI – Institute for Mechanical Engineering

and Industrial Management is a nonprofit and

autonomous organization, financed by private

and public funds. The Institute was founded in

1986 and has developed links with institutions

located in Portugal and European Union.

INEGI has a long experience in R&D projects

commissioned by private and state owed

companies, public services and European

programs (BRITE, COMETT, SPRINT, ESPRIT,

GROWTH, FP6, FP7 and ESA). The projects

covered areas as diverse as New Materials,

Production Engineering, Thermal Energy,

Structural Engineering and Management

Sciences.

Fields of Expertise

INEGI has expertise in the following areas:

Composite Materials Design and

Manufacturing. NEGI’s has a long

experience in composite materials design

and manufacturing by using filament

winding, pultrusion, autoclave, hot plates

press, RTM, VARTM and Towpreg

technologies.

Testing of Materials and Products: Fire

Reaction and Smoke Toxicity, Experimental

Stress Analysis, Non‐destructive Testing and

Durability.

Process Simulation.

Structural integrity analyses.

Equipment and Product Development.

Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling.

Tribology and Industrial Maintenance.


INEGI is currently participating and leading

several on‐going Projects related to advanced

composites manufacturing and

characterization:

BOJO – Increase of Bolted Joint Performance ESA TRP Study, Project in collaboration with

DLR, High Performance Space Structures and

Systems (HPS), Kyser‐Threde, MT‐Technology,

EADS‐CASA Espacio, Contraves, SABCA.

The goal of this project was to develop

advanced hybrid composite laminates to

increase the efficiency of highly loaded CFRP

bolted joints.

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NACO: Non Conventional matrix/Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Composite for Applications in Space ESA GSTP Study in collaboration with HPS (DE),

FutureCarbon (DE), ARC Seibersdorf (AT), PIEP

(P), INEGI (PT), Universiy of Patras (GR) and

Electrovac (AT).

The main objective of this project was to

develop and characterize carbon nanotube

(CNT) based nanocomposites, by infiltrating

nanotube skeletons with either an organic or

inorganic matrix. Nano modified composite

materials, especially CNT reinforced composite

materials offer a high potential for successful

applications in space. Some potential uses of

these materials could be in manufacturing light‐

weight structures, laser transmitters and their

components or even as part of laser diodes,

with the purpose of acting as heat sinks.

Ku-DGR: Dual-Gridded Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Reflector ESA – ARTES 5.1 Contract in collaboration with HPS (DE), INVENT (DE), NTP (DE), Nikon Metrology (DE), ASD (IT) and others. The main objective of this project is to develop

a new reflector concept for telecommunication

satellites with a CFRP rod based front and rear

grid for Ku‐band applications. Key development

is the manufacturing processes for the shaped

rods.


INOV INESC Inovação – Instituto de Novas

Tecnologias (INOV)

http://www.inov.pt/

Chaves, Paulo

[email protected]

+351 213 10 04 44

Description

INOV was founded in the course of a broad

strategic restructuring started by INESC in 1998,

which aimed to create new entities specializing

in different areas of activity in order to be

capable to respond in a more consistent way to

current challenges of the market.

During this process, INOV concentrated in its

structure a significant share of the Electronics

and Telecommunications Strategic Area of

activity of INESC in Lisbon, inheriting wide

recognition by the Business World of the

technological merits of its remarkably

professional environment – due to evidently

successful results in the technology transfer

servicing for existing or emerging companies.

In this context, INOV positions itself in the

market as the biggest national technological

infrastructure in the field of the Information

Technology, Electronics and Communications,

as a successor of great assets arisen from

extensive knowledge and experience implicitly

provided by the maternal environment – INESC.

INOV officially started its activities on January

1, 2001, as a private non‐profit association.

INOV provides an agile and flexible

organisation, oriented to creating technological

skills and establishing cooperation links with

various economic entities (universities,

industries, companies and Telecommunications

Operators). For this purpose INOV intends to

act as an intermediary between the University

and the Industry, basing on the dedicated

cooperation with the University in order to

provide sustained, consistent and innovative

solutions addressing the problems and

challenges faced by our Partners.

As a technology‐oriented partner, INOV has the

vocation of assisting companies in the search

for new business opportunities through the

development of high‐added‐value, innovative

technology solutions, crucial for

implementation of comparative advantages

that help to achieve high levels of

competitiveness and, in this context, to

participate actively in the socio‐economic

development of the Nation.

INOV can count presently with the

collaboration of more than 100 researchers and

engineers, from internationally renowned ones

to a significant number of specialized in several

technological areas.

INOV portfolio of customers and partners

includes, among many others: the Portuguese

State; the Angolan State; the European

Commission; several multinational companies;

telecommunications operators; large

Portuguese companies and several Portuguese

and International SMEs.

Mission The mission of INOV is to support the national

economy, aiming to increasing its

competitiveness through the examples of

success and technological development in the

areas of the Information Technology,

Electronics and Communications, as well as via

various activities in the field of technology

transfer, expert advising and preparation and

advanced training of the technical staff.

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Fields of Expertise

The concentration of efforts and specific

resources, in a structured, coherent and

professional way, allowed INOV (while

autonomous technological infrastructure) to

focus almost exclusively on its central

competences, organised in four strategic areas:

Monitoring, Command & Control;

Communications;

Electronics ‐ Monitoring, Navigation and

Control;

Information and System Technologies.

It is important to underline that INOV has

strategically concentrated significant efforts in

the area of Security and Defense technologies

and has qualified people and installations with

National, EU & NATO Security Certification.

INOV has also a long historic record of projects

and activities related with safety, security and

defense. Over the years INOV has been

involved in studies and projects with

Portuguese Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Portuguese Armed Forces, ESA, NATO, HARRIS,

etc. and participated in a very wide range of

R&D National and European funded projects.


Due to its innovation and technological capacity

and as a booster of the interactions and

synergies between Universities/Industry, INOV

mostly promotes and commercializes the

development abilities and know‐how in the

following technologically advanced areas and

the capacity for integration of different

technologies in an innovative way:

Network Management and Safety;

Telecom Equipment, Services and

Architecture;

Speech and Image Systems and

Technologies;

Positioning, Navigation and Fleet

Management Systems;

Remote Monitoring and Surveillance;

Electronics, Telemetry and Domotics;

Command and Control Systems;

Information Technologies and

Organizational Engineering.

Developments in the area of electronics and

the experience obtained enables INOV to be a

major player and develop a variety of electronic

systems, ranging from simple to complex,

which correspond to diverse offers of the

domestic and international markets. As an

example:

The is a multiplatform fiber channel

interface, which provides high reliability, high

bandwidth and low overhead data transfer

solutions while maintaining a simple design and

easy integration so contributing for the time‐to‐

market goals by relieving the host system

designer from concerning about the details of

data flushing. The link provides two board

formats, allowing a diversity of combinations

between them, maximizing the flexibility and

application spectrum. The uses some

well known standard protocols such as PCI

Express®, Aurora and S‐Link.


Instituto de Meteorologia

http://www.meteo.pt

Pedro Viterbo

[email protected]

+351 218 44 70 36

Description

Instituto de Meteorologia (IM), is the

Portuguese Meteorological Service and a State

Laboratory within the Ministry of Science,

Technology and Higher Education. The main

roles of IM include operational and R&D

activities related to weather surveillance and

forecast, climate monitoring, and seismic watch

IM has about 650 workers, including among

others technical staff, forecasters, and

researchers.

To fulfill its operational commitments and R&D

initiatives, IM makes extensive use of remotely

sensed data, mostly obtained from

meteorological satellites. The development of

satellite applications is carried out in

cooperation with national and international

entities, including Universities, private

companies and international organizations

(EUMETSAT, ECMWF, ESA).

Fields of Expertise

Applications of meteorological satellites at IM

include development of algorithms for land

surface variables and parameters, weather

surveillance and nowcasting, and monitoring of

climate variability and climate change.

Satellite Applications Facility on Land Surface

Analysis (LSA SAF) operational service, including

the generation, archiving and dissemination of

a set of land surface variables and parameters,

related to surface radiation budget, water

balance at the surface, vegetation, and wild

Fires.

This service includes user support and user

training (helpdesk, regular operational and

validation reports, workshops, training courses,

modules for e‐learning). Currently, there are

more than 800 registered users in Europe,

Africa, and North and South America.


Land Surface Analysis SAF Since September 1999, IM has been the lead

institution of the LSA SAF, an EUMETSAT

funded consortium of 6 European

organizations. Within this framework, IM leads

a consortium which develops and maintains

algorithms to retrieve land surface parameters

(e.g., land surface temperature, albedo,

downward fluxes, snow, wild fire and

vegetation parameters, evapotranspiration)

from remotely sensed data. The Land‐SAF

makes use of two main satellite systems: the

geostationary series, Meteosat Second

Generation (MSG); and EUMETSAT Polar

System (EPS). The operational generation,

archiving and dissemination of all Land‐SAF

parameters is also carried out at IM.

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Land Surface Temperature

Fraction of Vegetation Cover

GMES (Geoland-2) IM participated in the global part of the

geoland‐2 FP7 Integrated Project, a follow‐on

of activities in previous FP projects. This is the

basis for IM´s involvement in the future Global

Land Monitoring Core Service of GMES, due to

start in 2013‐2014. Within this framework, IM

is expanding the development of algorithms

and implementation of new services using

satellites from non‐European agencies.

Interfaces and applications to GMES

atmosphere are also being established. The

images below illustrate the first global service

describing the diurnal cycle of aspects of the

surface radiation budget.

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE

SURFACE GLOBAL RADIATION

SURFACE LONGWAVE RADIATION


Instituto de Telecomunicações

http://www.it.pt

Dr. Domingos Barbosa

[email protected]

+351 218 41 84 54 / 234 37 79 00

Description

Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) is a private,

not‐for‐profit organization, of public interest, a

partnership of universities and companies with

research and development expertise in the field

of Telecommunications, which was set up in

1991. Current associated members are Instituto

Superior Técnico, Universidade de Aveiro,

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da

Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade da

Beira Interior, Universidade do Porto, Instituto

Universitário de Lisboa – ISCTE/IUL, Portugal

Telecom Inovação and Nokia Siemens Networks

S. A. IT has also partnership agreements with

other Portuguese universities and polytechnics

and it is organised around three main sites:

Aveiro, Coimbra and Lisbon with delegations in

Leiria, Covilhã, Lisbon and Oporto.

IT’s mission is to create and disseminate

scientific knowledge and foster higher

education and training in the field of

telecommunications and associated

technologies. IT has more than 200 researchers

with a PhD degree and hosts about 400 MSc

and PhD students. In recognition of its

achievements, IT was awarded the status of

Associate Laboratory of the Portuguese

Ministry for Science and Technology in 2001.

Fields of Expertise

Expertise at IT spans four main areas: wireless

communications, optical communications,

networks and multimedia, and basic sciences

and enabling technologies, and all are backed

by advanced, up‐to‐date laboratory facilities.

Most of the research is performed in the

framework of national and international R&D

projects (about 150/year), involving companies

in Telecom business (operators, equipment

manufacturers, service providers, and final

users) and other associated enabling

technologies and science.

IT has been very active in R&D in key

telecommunication areas for space

applications, even before the official

partnership of Portugal with ESA. In wireless

communications IT researchers at Aveiro and

Lisbon have a strong record on antenna design

and testing, millimetre‐wave, microwave and

RF circuit design, as well as circuit and system

analysis for studies of nonlinear impairments.

Regarding optical communications, IT’s

expertise includes ultra high capacity systems,

optical devices (amplifiers, filters, routers),

energy efficient sub‐systems and access

networks. A number of projects in key space

technology domains have been developed,

including RF Payloads, Systems

Electromagnetics Technology, Ground Station

System & Networking, Optics & Opto‐

Electronics, Component Evaluation

Technologies, Application Specific and

Telecommunication Technologies.

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Antennas for Space and Aeronautical Applications Following the ILASH research project funded by

ESA‐ESTEC, the team at Lisbon continued the

work on shaped dielectric lenses for Earth

Observation applications at millimeter‐waves,

or for communication with high altitude

platforms. The focus is on low cost reliable

antenna solutions for high performance beam

scanning. The labs are equipped for antenna

measurements up to 110 GHz. Contact: Carlos

Fernandes ([email protected])

MPSat - Multi-Packet Detection Techniques for Satellite Networks MPSat considers future very high bit rate LEO

(Low Earth Orbit) satellite systems with satellite

MPR (multi‐packet reception), compatible with

low‐cost portable GTs. We rely on a cross‐

layered approach with i) a physical layer design,

including synchronization and MPR‐receiver

development; and ii) a data link layer design,

including Multiple Access Control protocols and

scheduling algorithms to support different

Quality of Service classes. Contact: Rui Dinis

([email protected])

R&D for Space Radiometry and Radioastronomy IT is developing high performance components

suitable for space prototyping. The GEM

project developed cryocooled receivers for high

sensitivity mapping of the Milky Ways’ radio

emissions to serve space and sub‐orbital

experiments of Cosmic Microwave Background

and inter‐planetary missions with on‐board radio instruments that need calibration and

foreground subtraction. The Moura SKA project

developed phased arrays for space weather

and planetary cintillation probing in radio from

P‐L bands. Contact: Domingos Barbosa,

([email protected])

GaNSpace- GaN Technology in Space This project involves the design and

construction of a GaN oscillator and a RF power

measuring device for GaN technology

monitoring. The project supported by ESA via

EFACEC was recently accepted in the Alphasat –

TDP 8 framework and will be launched for

space in 2012 making it the first test of

European Technology GaN semiconductors in

space environments. Contact: Nuno Borges

Carvalho ([email protected])

Fiber Optical Sensor Systems IT is developing sensors and interrogation

systems based on fiber optic sensor systems.

This technology may be critical for space

applications due to their intrinsic advantages:

insensitivity to electromagnetic interference,

freedom from sparking electrostatic discharge,

lightweight and flexible harness, flexibility for

remote monitoring and multiplexing, high

signal to noise ratio, and potential to embed in

composite structures. Contact: Rogério Nogueira

([email protected])

Network Coding for Integrated Satellite Networks Network Coding (NC) is used as a key building

block in integration of next generation satellite

networks with Future Internet terrestrial

networks. NC provides benefits when

implemented in either the network level, to

simplify management of heterogeneous

networks and of multiple, available routes (e.g.,

dual‐receiver terminals), or at the

encapsulation level, to provide additional

resiliency against packets losses. Contact: Daniel

Lucani ([email protected])


Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear

http://www.ipfn.ist.utl.pt

Mário Lino da Silva

[email protected]

+351 218 41 93 28

Description

Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN), is a

research unit of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)

started in January 2008, after the merging of

the former Centro de Fusão Nuclear (CFN), and

Centro de Física de Plasmas (CFP). The specific

missions of IPFN‐LA, described in its Contract of

Associated Laboratory can be summarized as

follows:

Technical support to the Portuguese

participation in the European Fusion

Programmes

Collaboration with the European Space Agency

(ESA) in the study of the space and entry

plasmas, and in the study of special relativity.

Participation in the European projects on new

plasma accelerators, and development of ultra‐

short, ultra‐intense lasers.

Participation in the European projects in the

scope of plasma discharges and gaseous

electronics technologies.

Fields of Expertise

IPFN space‐related research covers a broad

range of multi‐disciplinary topics related to

space, taking advantage of over 20 years of

experience in research on the physics of

plasmas.

Since 2001, ESA has been a regular customer

for the services provided by IPFN, which

include:

• Aerothermodynamics and re‐entry

technologies, including plasma kinetics and

radiation. Numerical modelling in large‐scale

computers and Experimental reproduction of

entry plasmas in the new European Shock‐Tube

for High Enthalpy Research (ESTHER) for

support to the sizing of thermal protections in

ESA missions. Development of reflectrometry

diagnostics for the determination of plasma

densities in atmospheric entry configurations.

• Spacecraft thermal analysis, force balances

and influence in interplanetary trajectories.

• Fundamental Physics in Space. Gravitational

map of the Solar System, scale dependent

gravity, description of dark matter and dark

energy.

• Laser Propulsion and Electric Propulsion

Technologies (Hall Thrusters). Electrostatic

Systems & New Concepts (Artificial

magnetospheres for propulsion and Space Crew

protection).

• Optics and Optoelectronics, Laser Ranging

and Imaging including Altimeters and Lidar

Systems.

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Entry Plasmas Simulation

IPFN routinely carries radiative heating

predictions for atmospheric entry spacecrafts,

departing from supplied hydrodynamic

flowfields. The radiative fields are calculated

using the SPARTAN code and an associated

radiative transfer code in a 8 processor,

multicore machine, with the application of

parallelized radiative routines, using a ray‐

tracing method.

The thermal heat fluxes withstood by the Mars

entry of the ESA EXOMARS spacecraft have

been recently predicted using this method.

Spacecraft thermal Modelling

Simplicity, fully analytical computation,

straightforward sensitivity analysis, geometrical

and material modelling, reflections using

analytical method.

Application: Pioneer anomaly

European Shock-Tube Facility for High Enthalpy Research IPFN is developing the first space research

facility in Portugal, a Kinetic shock‐tube which

will be able to reproduce the conditions of

spacecraft entries at velocities in excess of

10km/s. This facility funded under 1M€

contract from ESA, will support the agency

upcoming planetary exploration missions.


Institute for Systems and Robotics at IST

http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt

Prof. Victor Barroso, Director

[email protected]

+351 218 41 82 89

Description

The Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR) is

one of the units of the Associate Laboratory of

Robotics and Systems in Engineering and

Science (LaRSyS), since May 2011. It is located

at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical

University of Lisbon.

The institute has a large infrastructure of

computers and robots of different kinds

(indoor, outdoor, aerial, sea and land, all‐

terrain, humanoids), most of them networked

with other sensors and actuators.

ISR‐IST members include about 40 PhD IST

faculty (full‐time professors or researchers) and

a large number of Master and Doctoral

students.

Fields of Expertise

ISR‐IST research topics include

Robotics

Systems and Control Theory

Signal Processing

Computer Vision

Optimization and Operations Research

Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems

Biomedical Engineering.

Applications include

Autonomous Ocean robots

Search and Rescue robots

Mobile Communications

Multimedia Systems

Robot (including satellite) Formations

Robotic Assistants

Networked Robot Systems

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The research areas at ISR‐IST are supported by

fundamental and applied research.

Marine science applications have been a strong

research drive, and over the years ISR‐IST has

built several autonomous sea vehicles,

including two autonomous catamarans and one

small submarine, as well as a 12ton fully

autonomous, long range, oceanographic vessel.

Computer and Robot Vision is one of the key

enabling technologies to which ISR‐IST has

devoted a special effort, with applications

ranging from mapping and visual

reconstruction to navigation and visual

tracking, often associating vision with other

sensors, such as laser range‐finders.

Mobile land autonomous vehicles are another

major area of interest, concerning both

individual and multi‐robot systems, with

activities including the design of autonomous

robots for surveillance, search and rescue,

networked mobile and static sensors, and

soccer‐playing robots.

This research has been developed in the scope

of national and large international projects,

namely funded by the European Union. ISR‐IST

coordinated an ESA project on spacecraft

formations guidance, navigation and control

and in other space‐related projects, including

an EUCLID project on high‐resolution remote

observation by interferometry.

In another EU‐Project (ROBOTCUB), our team

was involved in the development of the most

sophisticated humanoid robotic platform

available worldwide, as well as in the

investigation of vision and learning algorithms

for motion coordination, control and human

robot interaction.

Several EU projects have been developed in the

area of ocean robotics including the design of

autonomous vehicles for the exploration of the

ocean, or the cooperative operation of

underwater vehicles and human divers. Other

projects include the development of aerial

autonomous vehicles (e.g. helicopters) to map

and observe the coastline or infrastructures.

Research in Signal processing ranges from

large‐scale sensor networks to underwater

communication systems, video analysis and

mobile communications.

ISR‐IST has spun‐off 6 technological SMEs since

2001, in areas such as Robotics, Surveillance,

and 3D Mapping and Navigation.


LIP- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas http://www.lip.pt Patrícia Gonçalves [email protected] +351 217 99 50 39

Description

LIP is a scientific and technical association of public utility that has for goal the research in the fields of Experimental High Energy Physics and Associated Instrumentation. LIP's research domains have grown to encompass Experimental High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics, radiation detection instrumentation, data acquisition and data processing, advanced computing and applications to other fields, in particular Medical Physics and Space Applications. LIP is an "associated laboratory" assessed as "Excellent" in three successive evaluations by international panels. In its two laboratories in Coimbra and Lisbon, LIP has about 170 people, out of which 70 hold a PhD degree, and many are professors at the local universities. LIP shares equipment and resources with a large number of research groups and institutions, both national and international. Being mainly involved with very large international collaborations and working in facilities in Europe and elsewhere (CERN, AUGER, ESA, NASA, SNOLAB, GSI), LIP contributes with its own resources, technical and scientific, to the purpose of the common programs. Technical LIP infrastructures, like the precision mechanics

workshops in Coimbra are open to the needs of the Portuguese and international scientific community. The laboratory of electronics for Cosmic Rays, e-CRLab, located in Lisbon, gives support to LIP groups developing activities in cosmic rays experiments, namely in the Pierre Auger Observatory and in the framework of Space applications. The LIP Computing Centre supports the Portuguese GRID infrastructure. In the area of Medical Physics, LIP works with research centres, hospitals and the private sector, through a shared research facility – the Tagus LIP Laboratory for medical physics.

Fields of Expertise

Space sector related activities at LIP were initiated in 2003. Since then, LIP celebrated several contracts with ESA in the field of Radiation Environment in Space.

Space Radiation Environment • Understand emission and propagation

mechanisms of Solar Energetic Particle Events towards forecasting models and tools.

• Radiation environment simulations using the Geant4 simulation toolkit: in space, in-orbit and on planetary atmospheres and surfaces, and underground.

• Radiation shielding studies and simulations.

Radiation Effects • Effects in EEE components: study and

modelling of EEE components degradation

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due to space radiation environment, EEE component testing (ground/space), Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA).

• Effects in human spaceflight: study and simulation of radiation environment in manned missions (eg. to Mars), prediction of radiation hazards for human spaceflight and study of mitigation strategies.

Radiation Monitors • Detector design and optimisation through

dedicated simulation of detector response to the radiation environment populations for mission specific cases.

• Analysis of real data.

Participation in DUAL • DUAL consortium submitted a gamma-ray

space telescope mission proposal to the M-Class ESA Cosmic Vision call (launch 2022). DUAL was named upon mission dual concept featuring an all-sky Compton camera and a focusing Laue Lens. LIP- Coimbra in collaboration with the IASF (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cósmica), Bologna, are developing a Laue lens focal plane based on CdZnTe.


Mars Energetic Radiation Model LIP developed dMEREM, a Geant4 detailed Mars Radiation Environment Model for the radiation environment on Mars, Phobos and Deimos, in the framework of the MarsREM: Martian Radiation Environment Models contract, between ESA and an international consortium. dMEREM was interfaced with SPENVIS, the Space Environment Information System, where it is available to the community (http://www.spenvis.oma.be).

CODES: Component Degradation Simulation tool CODES is an open source modular tool, freely available to the engineering community via an user friendly web based interface framework. CODES enables SEE (Single Event Effect) rate prediction based on the simulation of microdosimetry at device sensitive volume, reconstruction of device sensitivity and convolution of degradation mechanisms with the real in-flight environment conditions. CODES is suitable as an engineering tool in support of RHA.

RADFET testing for the CTTB

LIP is collaborating with EFACEC in the contract Alphasat Radiation Environment and Effects Facility ( AEEF) Component Technology Test-Bed (CTTB) , Preparation of In-Flight Data Analysis. LIP is responsible for testing and calibrating the RADFETs to be used for determining dose levels incurred by the CTTB experiment while in space. LIP is also responsible for analysing ground data of EEE components to be included in the CTTB configuration.


UNINOVA‐CA3

Institute for Development of New Technologies –

Computational Intelligence Research Group

http://www.ca3‐uninova.org

Rita Almeida Ribeiro (CA3 Coordinator)

[email protected]

+351 212 94 96 25

Description

The Computational Intelligence Research Group

(CA3) was formed in 1996 and in 2000 it was

integrated in the Centre of Technologies and

Systems (CTS) of Uninova.

The CA3 group joins together researchers with

interests in the areas of Computational

Intelligence, Data Mining & Machine Learning,

Visualization & Image Processing and

Ergonomics. Our main focus, besides

theoretical research, is on the application of

the research topics to projects in industry and

services, with special emphasis in the Space

domain (European Space Agency).

After Portugal joined ESA, our group has since

gone to develop over 15 projects for the

various establishments (ESAC, ESOC, ESRIN and

ESTEC), as well as being involved in several

projects for the European Union and multiple

projects for national entities, which have lead

to the submission of 2 patents.

Fields of Expertise

The CA3 activities have a strong main research

scientific focus within a Computational

Intelligence domain as well as the necessary

expertise in supporting software development

technologies.

Multi‐Criteria Decision Making

Fuzzy Inference Systems (FIS)

Monitoring & Diagnostic Systems

New Modelling Techniques in Ergonomics

Visualization and Image Processing

Intelligent Sensorial Information Systems


Gaia - Portuguese Participation on DPAC

The objective of the DPAC (Data Processing

Consortium) is to prepare the data analysis

mechanisms for future telemetry from Gaia.

Specifically UNINOVA‐CA3 is providing

expertise for knowledge discovery

(unsupervised algorithms) for variable objects

and implementation of bias estimation

algorithms.

SEISOP - Space Environment Information System for Operations

Operational Space Weather Data Centre to be

located at ESOC and ESAC. It is a Decision

Support System that provides monitoring and

reporting services to spacecraft operations.

Integrates Space Weather information, S/C

orbital positions and Telemetry data. This is a

follow‐up of two past projects (SEIS/SESS).

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LuLaB - Lunar Lander Phase-B1

LuLaB is aiming to consolidate the first

European Lunar Lander mission and spacecraft

design. This mission will demonstrate

exploration of key technologies required for the

autonomous, soft and precision landing with

hazard detection and avoidance.

CERTAIN - CryoSat Event Reporting Tool for Analysis and Investigation

Flexible reporting tool to provide the CryoSat

/GOCE Flight Control Teams with status

summary reports for the mission sent via email

or SMS, describing events and the S/C status

during non‐manned periods. Alarms based on

user‐defined rules and report templates.

EO-KES – Earth Observation domain-specific Knowledge Enabled Services

Information system with an ontology to provide

EO Knowledge Enabled Services through

powerful, customized, and adaptive search

capabilities.

MODI - Fuzzy Monitoring and Diagnosis for Mars Lander

Prototype for intelligent monitoring of the drill

device for the ExoMars Rover also capable of

recognizing Mars terrain hardness.

COSIS - Coimbra Observatory: Solar Information System

Development of a web‐based software tool for

image feature recognition of sunspots (K1).

IPSIS - Intelligent Planetary Site Selection

Intelligent dynamic and adaptable multi‐criteria

decision model for planetary landing of

spacecraft. Development of a hybrid

metaheuristic involving Particle Swarm

optimization and Tabu Search for non‐

exhaustive realtime site selection during

landing.

SIMORG - Swarm Intelligence Modeling of Root Growth

Developed for the Advanced Concepts Team at

ESTEC, it involved researching path planning

strategies for robotic planetary exploration

inspired by swarm behaviour of plant root

growth.

KD-LADS - Knowledge Discovery in Large Data Sets

Development of a general Knowledge Discovery

(KD) tool for handling Large Data Sets, to

support scientific exploratory data analysis,

during and after any mission.


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1st Edition, June 2011 Copyright © Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Cover design and artwork: Bruno Monteiro Editing: Teresa Brás Supervision and technical review: Mário Amaral

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