IR CAMERA EUSO BALLOON JEM-EUSO Balloon CDR, CNES, Toulouse. December 18, 2012 José Santiago Pérez Cano. Orbital Aerospace, Madrid, Spain. Héctor Prieto, L. Del Peral & M. D. Rodriguez Frias. UAH, Madrid, Spain.
Outline 1st Flight Mission objectives IR Camera Mechanical configuration Thermal configuration Power Battery Subsystem IR Camera Budgets IR Camera schedule
1st Flight Mission Objectives To validate the IR camera mission concept To obtain real data with ULIS UL micro bolometer IR camera To assess the wavelength bands and filters selection 8.55 m band IR camera funding achieved to be on the 1 st flight and test the 8.55 m filter band for the IR camera/JEM-EUSO baseline To validate and optimize Temperature Retrieval Algorithms To validate and optimize Stereo Vision Technique To validate and assess part of Calibration Strategy ( Shutter)
IR Camera Detector (UL 04171) Technology -Si Manufacturer: ULIS Proximity electronics and Signal digitalization Resolution: 640x m, 16bits NETD < 120mK Frame Rate: 0,5 FPS Power consumption: <300 mW (without TEC)
IR Camera Operational Bands Band 1: CWL: (+0, -0.2) m FWHM: 0.85 ± 0.1 m Transmittance > 80; Transmittance Rejection Band: 7 to 10.0 m < 0.01; 11.4 to 20 m < 0.01 Band 2: CWL: 8.55 (+ 0.2, -0) m FWHM: 0.85 ± 0.1 m Transmittance > 80 Transmittance Rejection Band: 7 to 11.3 m < 0.01; 12.7 to 20 m < 0.01 FOV≈12º
COTS IR Camera ICU (CPU/MEM) DC/DC converter IRX CAM640 FILTER 1 FILTER 2 OPTICS Battery Pack Sensors On/off Status leds External power supply connection Ethernet connection Alluminium panel 12V 5V 28V
IR Camera Data Management and Storage Subsystem CPU: TX-7800, with a TS-ETH10 expansion board by means of PC104 bus Redundant storage system: 2 mirrored flash memory hard disks ( Innodisk) Watchdogs timers OS: Debian Linux (Kernel 2.6) Sensors: Temperature, Humidity and Presure digitizer board (TS-ADC24 board)
Baseline COTS IR Camera IRX Camera
IR Camera
Mechanical Configuration EUSO IR Camera accomodation Located on the external side of the Gondola Totally isolated Autonomous batteries EUSO IR Camera mechanical booth Withstand environmental conditions Water proof Passive (alluminium panel radiator) and active thermal control (heater) EUSO Balloon Gondola
Mechanical Configuration
Complete system weight: 27.6 kg 15g (vertical) scenario 15g = 27.6x15 = 414 kg. 6x3 screw option: Weight supported per screw: 414/18 = 23 Kg per screw 5x3 screw option: Weight supported per screw: 414/15 = 27.6 Kg per screw
Thermal Configuration Radiator: emissivity 0,15 IR Earth load: 260W/m2 Albedo: 0,12 Internal dissipation: -Camera 7.8W -CPU 5W -DCDC 5W -Other 2W Housing-radiator: 300W/m2.K Housing: emissivity 0,7 15mm thick Alu Heat sinks: -80ºC ( W/mK) (View factors computed in ESARAD)
Thermal Configuration Cold Case: -Operational, steady state -Night observation Temperatures: -Camera 22ºC -CPU 14ºC -DCDC 14ºC
Thermal Configuration Hot Case: -Non operational, steady state -No observation This thermal case includes solar fluxes
IR Camera Battery Pack technical specifications IR Camera PWP 24h Altitude40km Pressure3mBar Power30W/25.71Ah, 28V Operation Duty24h (R ) Operating Temperature Range within -40˚C/+70˚C Size(230x145x160)mm Mass5kg
IR CAMERA Budgets Preliminary estimation has been done and reported: SIZE 235 x 240 x 270 mm3 MASS 27.6 Kg POWER 30W Functional Requirements The EUSO Balloon IR camera subsystem will be reusable for all the balloon campaign opportunities.
IR Camera Schedule IR CAM MILESTONESDATE PDR/CDRDecember CNES Filter fabricationJanuary 2013 Hardware assemblyJune 2013 TestingJuly 15th 2013 FM deliverySeptember 15th 2013 FIRST EUSO-BALLOON FLIGHTSPIRING ONTARIO (CANADA)
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