Managing the mass production for the LAD instrument onboard eXTP
- Author(s)
- G. Minervini, A. Argan, M. Feroci, A. Trois, E. Del Monte, D. Brienza, G. Ambrosi, M. Antonelli, M. Barbera, D. Baudin, J. Bayer, P. Bellutti, B. Bertucci, Bi Xingzi, W. Bonvicini, E. Bozzo, F. Bouyjou, F. Cadoux, R. Campana, Cao Jiewei, E. Cavazzuti, F. Ceraudo, Tianxiang Chen, Wen Chen, D. Cirrincione, A. Collura, F. D'Anca, N. De Angelis, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, G. Didillo, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, E. Fiandrini, F. Ficorella, Gao Na, O. Gevin, M. Guedel, Han Xingbo, He Huilin, P. Hedderman, R. Hynek, M. Kole, V. Karas, M. Komarek, D. La Marra, Liang Hong, O. Limousin, Liu Rui, U. Lo Cicero, J. Loehring, G. Lombardi, Lu Fang-Jun, Luo Tao, M. Merkl, A. Meuris, M. Michalska, G. Morgante, R. Munnini, L. Mussolin, P. Novák, W. Nowosielski, A. Nuti, P. Orleanski, R. Ottensamer, L. Pacciani, S. Paltani, G. Pepponi, R. Piazzolla, A. Picciotto, S. Pliego Caballero, A. Putz, A. Rachevski, I. Rashevskaya, A. Samusenko, A. Santangelo, S. Schanne, L. Sciortino, K. Skup, L. Sveda, J. Svoboda, C. Tenzer, M. Todaro, A. Vacchi, Xiong Hao, Wang Jian, Wang Xianqi, B. Winter, Wu Xin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, A. A. Zdziarski, Zhang Shu-Nan, Zhang Xiaoli, Zhang Zhen, Zhao Zijian, Zhou Yupeng, N. Zorzi
- Abstract
The Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission is a flagship astronomy mission led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and scheduled for launch in 2029. The Large Area Detector (LAD) is one of the instruments on board eXTP and is dedicated to studying the timing of X-ray sources with unprecedented sensitivity. The development of the eXTP LAD involves a significant mass production of elements to be deployed in a significant number of countries (Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, China, Czech Republic, France). This feature makes the Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Test (MAIT), Verification and Calibration the most challenging and critical tasks of the project. An optimized Flight Model (FM) implementation plan has been drawn up, aiming at a production rate of 2 Modules per week. This plan is based on the interleaving of a series of parallel elementary activities in order to make the most efficient use of time and resources and to ensure that the schedule is met.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF -Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Space Science Data Center (SSDC) - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Trieste, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Université Paris Saclay, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Mobile and Social Computing Lab (MobS), Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento, Italy., Università degli Studi di Perugia, Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of CAS, Université de Genève, Instituto Nazionale die Astrofisica (INAF), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Academy of Space Technology, University of Vienna, L.K. Engineering, Czech Academy of Sciences, Science and Operations Department - Science Division (SCI-SC), Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Frentech Aerospace s.r.o., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Università degli Studi di Udine, North Night Vision Technology Co. Ltd, University College London
- Volume
- 13099
- No. of pages
- 15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020230
- Publication date
- 09-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103038 Space exploration
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/40b1d1ed-39b3-499b-914f-792261983563