Industrial Team
ESA's prime contractor for Planck is Thales Alenia Space (Cannes, France), leading a consortium of industrial partners with the Thales Alenia Space industry branch of Turin (Italy) responsible for the service module. ESA and the Danish National Space Centre (Copenhagen, Denmark, funded by the Danish Natural Science Research Council) provided Planck's telescope mirrors, manufactured by Astrium (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
The HFI instrument was built by a consortium of more than 20 institutes, led by the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay (France). The LFI instrument was built by a consortium of more than 20 institutes, led by the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica in Bologna (Italy).
There is also a host of subcontractors spread throughout Europe, with a few more in the USA. Below is a list of the industrial team that has built the Planck spacecraft, arranged alphabetically by country and by company:
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Austria |
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Austrian Aerospace |
Attitude Control Computer - Input/output boards and test equipment |
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Service Module - Mechanical Ground Support Equipment |
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Thermal Control - Multi Layer Insulation |
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Siemens Austria |
Central Check-Out System - Software |
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Siemens Austria |
Power and Telemetry Special Check-out Equipment Tracking Control Special Check-out Equipment |
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Belgium |
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Alcatel ETCA |
Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit Travelling Wave Tube Assembly |
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AMOS |
Spacecraft Testing - Facility Development |
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CSL |
Telescope and Cryostructure - Studies and Tests |
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Spacecraft - Testing |
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Euro Heat Pipes |
Service Module - Heat Pipes |
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Nexans |
Service Module - Harness |
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OIP |
Video Monitoring Camera |
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RHEA |
Mission Operations Information System |
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Denmark |
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Promecon |
Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Container - Access frame and parts |
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Rovsing |
Thermal Equipment for Spacecraft Testing |
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Terma |
Attitude Control and Measurement System - Application Software |
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Software Validation Facility |
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Central Check-out System - Testing and Integration Support |
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Ticra |
Radio Frequency Expertise |
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Finland |
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Space Software Finland |
Central Data Management Unit - Application software |
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VTT |
Radio Frequency Suitcase |
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France |
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Alcatel Space |
Herschel / Planck Mission - Prime Contractor Planck Payload Module |
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Aubert Duval - Fortech |
Reaction Control System - Hydrazine Tanks Shell Forgings |
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CEA, Lemta, Air Liquide, LEEE |
Telescope and Cryostructure - Studies and Tests |
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European Test Services |
Service Module - Environmental Tests |
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Mecachrome |
Reaction Control System - Hydrazine Tanks - Shell machining |
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Thales Electron Devices |
Travelling Wave Tube Assembly - Travelling Wave Tube |
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Germany |
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BOC Edwards |
Cryogenic Vacuum Support Equipment - Refurbishment |
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Cryovac |
Cryogenic Components - Test Cryostat |
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EADS Astrium - Friedrichshafen |
Telescope Reflectors |
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EADS Space Transportation - Lampoldshausen |
Reaction Control System |
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EADS Space Transportation - Trauen |
Reaction Control System - Hydrazine tanks diaphragm material testing |
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European Test Services |
Service Module - Environmental Tests |
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IABG |
Solar Array - Photovoltaic Assembly Testing |
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Kayser-Threde |
Service Module Harness - Test and Avionics Model |
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RWE Space Solar Power |
Solar Array - Photovoltaic Assembly Cells |
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Teldix |
Attitude Control and Measurement System - Reaction Wheel Subsystem |
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Terma |
Central Check-out System - Technical Support |
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Vitrociset |
Central Check-out System - Software |
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Ireland |
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Captec |
Independent Software Validation and Verification |
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McGuinley |
Product Assurance Support |
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System International |
Service Module Engineering Support |
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Italy |
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Alenia Spazio |
Service Module - Prime Contractor |
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Galileo Avionica |
Solar Array - Photovoltaic Assembly |
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Laben |
Attitude Control and Measurement System - Coarse Rate Sensor |
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Officine Galileo |
Attitude Control and Measurement System - Star Tracker |
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Vitrociset |
Central Check-out System - Software |
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Netherlands |
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Dutch Space |
Attitude Control and Measurement System |
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Solar Array |
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Satellite Services BV |
Payload Module - Electrical Ground Support Equipment Central Data Management Unit Special Check-out Equipment |
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Power and Telemetry Special Check-out Equipment - Data front end Tracking Control Special Check-out Equipment - Data front end |
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Terma |
Central Check-out System |
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TNO / TPD |
Sun Acquisition Sensor, Attitude Anomaly Detector |
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Norway |
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Kongsberg |
Solar Array - Substrates |
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KSMV |
Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Container - Adapter |
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Prototech |
Mass and Thermal Dummies for Warm Components |
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Portugal |
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Almeida and Silva |
Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Container - Structural components |
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Altrantec |
Thermal Analysis Support |
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OGMA |
Telescope and Cryostructure - Reference template |
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Skysoft |
Project Office Support |
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Tegopi |
Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Container - Structural components and frame |
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Spain |
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Alcatel Espacio |
Radio Frequency Distribution Network, X-Band Transponder |
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Crisa |
Sorption Cooler Electronics LFI Radiometric Electronics Box Assembly HFI Cooler Drive Electronics Pre-Regulator |
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EADS / CASA |
Service Module Shield Payload Module to Service Module support structures |
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Service Module Structures |
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GMV |
System Database |
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INTA |
Satellite Radio Frequency Mock-up and Test - Technical support |
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RYMSA |
Low Gain Antenna, Medium Gain Antenna |
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Spacecraft Radio Frequency Mock-up and Test |
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Sener |
Attitude Control and Measurement System |
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Talleres Mercier |
Telescope and Cryostructure - Stands, jigs and containers |
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TAM |
Telescope and Cryostructure - Qualification Model (QM) components manufacture |
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Tecnologica |
Parts Procurement Agent |
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United Kingdom |
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AEA Technology |
Batteries |
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Analyticon |
Attitude Control Management System - Simulations |
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BOC Edwards |
Refurbishment of Cryogenic Vacuum Support Equipment - Manufacturing |
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Datasat |
Electrical Engineering Support |
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MT Satellite Products |
Reaction Control System - Hydrazine Tanks |
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System International |
Service Module Engineering Support |
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Sweden |
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Saab Ericson Space |
Attitude Control Computer - Central Data Management Unit and Basic Software |
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Switzerland |
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APCO |
Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Container |
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Contraves |
Telescope and Cryostructure |
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United States |
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Ametek |
Reaction Control System - Latch Valves |
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Moog |
Reaction Control System - Pressure Transducer |
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Northrop Grumman |
Attitude Control Management System - Gyroscope |
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PSI |
Reaction Control System - Hydrazine Tanks Diaphragms |
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Tayco |
Reaction Control System - Flow Control Valves |
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Vacco |
Reaction Control System - Filters |
Last Update: 24 Feb 2009
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