ACCEDE 2022 | Workshop on COTS Programme

TALKS DURING THE WORKSHOP

ACCEDE 2022 Opening

DAY 1

Panel discussion – >>“Institutional and Industrial position versus COTS, mission classification, equipment categorization.”<<
- Moderated by Ferdinando Tonicello – Electrical Lead Engineer (TEC-E), Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality ESA/ESTEC
- Panelist:
  - Britta Schade – ESA Quality Manager, Head of the Product Assurance and Safety Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality
    European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC)
  - Peter J Majewicz – Program Manager NASA, Electronics Parts & Packaging (NEPP) Program, NASA Goddard Space Center.
  - Pierre Timmerman – Director of Quality & Security of EUTELSAT
  - Christian Lopes Quintas – EEE Parts Policy & EEE Critical Dossiers Expert, Ingénieur d’application / Application engineer Airbus Defense & Space SAS
  - Elisabeth Marin – QA-EEE – 3E Parts Quality Manager Thales Alenia Space

DAY 2

Session 3 - Part A. Technological Challenges _ Radiation Effects

Christoph Tscherne – SEIBERSDORF / Univ. Padova / ESA – “Radiation Testing of COTS Components and Lessons from the ESA Study CORHA.”
Katrina Elsey – ALTER TECHNOLOGY – “A new and innovative approach to COTS radiation effects simulation”.
Louis Bouet – ADS – “Evaluation of radiation sensitivity of COTS Photonics Integrated Circuits (PICs)”.
Aintzane Lujambio – ALTER TECHNOLOGY / CNA (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores) – “PRECEDER: Prediction of the Electrical Behavior of Electronic Devices under Radiation”.
R. Mangeret / Sebastien Morand – ADS – “Heavy ion failure rate computation based on sensitive volume characterization in GaN”.
J. F. Largaespada – ALTER TECHNOLOGY – “MOSFET commercial plastic components survey and its SEE behavior”.

Session 3. Part B - Other Technological Challenges

Marcus Witzany & Federica Ferrarese– TESAT – “Reliability analysis of plastic encapsulated active components exhibiting interfacial delamination in CSAM – New ideas for the use of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) components.”
George Lentaris– NTUA Microlab – “Evaluation of the COTS Google Coral Edge TPU processor for high-performance AI computing in space.”

Holger Krumme – HTV – “Assurance of the long-term availability of COTS components through specific storage methods and related risk factors”.
Ana Gómez – SENER – “New Techniques for COTS assembly verification.”
Carole Villette / Gianni Corocher – ESA – “COTS and implication on assembly verification and reliability: ESA Approach ”.
L. BOUKHANA – TRAD – “R2COTS experience for the selection and the procurement of COTS”.

Session 4 - Part A. COTS testing

Semyra Vasquez-Borucki – Infineon Technologies AG – “Automotive Semiconductor Back End Test Methods and Product Reliability Monitoring”.
Nathalie Jaussein – Thales Alenia Space. “COTS Wear Out Test for 15 years in Space use”.
Guillaume Bourg Cazan – Microchip – “COTS selection and tests at Microchip France to support use in space applications.”

Panel discussion – >>“Industrial perspective and technical challenges for COTS usage in space.”<<
- Moderated by Gonzalo Fernández – Senior Technical Advisor at Alter Technology Tüv Nord SAU
- Panelist:
  - Sofia Ruiz – Electronic Systems Engineer – Electromechanical Systems Division Sener Aeroespacial
  - Karin Lundmark – Head of Components Section ESA/ESTEC, TEC-EDC
  - Gianandrea Quadri – Ph.D., EEE parts expert. Components and Qualification Department CNES
  - Nathalie Jaussein – EQ-EEE & COTS – Specialist Thales Alenia Space
  - Arnaud Vacelet – PA/QA Lead Gomspace

DAY 3

Session 4 Part B - COTS testing / Board Level Testing

Rubén García Alía (CERN) / Andrea Coronetti (CERN, University of Montpellier) – “The RADNEXT irradiation network and its related system level test activities.”
Mario Rueda – ALTER TECHNOLOGY – “HALT Test for new reliability approach in New Space.”
Frank Engelhardt – OHB – “ATCOS Study: Alternative Test Methods for COTS – Test Planning”
Arnaud Vacelet – Gomspace – “COTS Components – Board and module instead of component level testing.”

Session 5 - Lessons Learnt

Stéphane Vanderminnen – Thales Alenia Space – “TAS returns of experience from COTS evaluation phase”.
Silvia Massetti and Karin Lundmark – ESA – “COTS in ESA missions: lessons learnt.”
Robert Cong – NASA-JPL – “ Ingenuity Helicopter parts experience. “
Anastasia Pesce – ESA – “Lessons Learned on RHA on the selection of COTS components in ESA projects“.
P. Hernandez (ESA) / E. Bertel (ISIS) “NCLE-Chang E4 Mission, Safety Barrier Lessons Learnt And Use Cases”

Final Congress Wrap-up

The perspective on COTS from a System Operator

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August 1, 2023

The perspective on COTS from a System Operator

ACCEDE 2022

CONTENT • HISPASAT. Who are we? • COTS Initial Context • Evolution to COTS • Points of concerns • Possible mitigation

Italian Space Agency Approach to COTS

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August 1, 2023

ACCEDE 2022 EEE Components PASSIVES

The Italian Space Agency has recently launched ALCOR, a program dedicated to innovative Nano Satellite missions and technologies, working as an incubator at the national level. The COTS selection & testing approach prop...

NASA Efforts in Utilizing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Electronics in Mission Systems

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August 1, 2023

ACCEDE 2022 – NASA Efforts in Utilizing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Electronics in Mission Systems

ACCEDE 2022 EEE Components PASSIVES

This presentation presents recent efforts at NASA in utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics with varying levels of “up-screening” (testing performed on manufactured parts in addition to routine testing per...