CHEOPS VHP BB consortium
The roles, competences and expertise of the project partners
Organisations who were behind the project
CHEOPS VHP BB project
The project consortium comprised 7 partners from 4 different European countries representing research centres, university, SMEs and one of the leading space industry organisations.
Roles of the partners in the project
Safran Spacecraft Propulsion (France)
Project coordinator, who is also responsible for developing technological building blocks as well as methodologies for future sustainable qualification.
Aerospazio Tecnologie SRL (Italy)
Aerospazio Tecnologie was responsible for diagnostic development, testing and test analysis.
University of Pisa (Italy)
University of Pisa was responsible for investigation of novel and outstanding solutions for the thruster’s discharge chambers and anodes.
The Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) (Germany)
The Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) (Germany) was responsible for adaptation and use of Advanced Electric Propulsion Diagnostic platform for thruster testing.
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (France)
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (France)was responsible for plasma-wall interaction studies by laser diagnostics and for erosion modelling.
Thales Alenia Space France SAS (France)
Thales Alenia Space France SAS (France) was responsible for mission analysis and requirement definition.
WIT Berry (Latvia)
WIT Berry was responsible for project’s communication and dissemination strategy and activities.