The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is the European Space Agency main assessment center for future space missions and industrial review. Located at ESTEC, ESA's technical center in Noordwijk in The Netherlands, it has been operational since early 2000.
As suggested by its name, the CDF uses concurrent engineering methodology to perform effective, fast and cheap space mission studies. Equipped with a state-of-the-art network of computers, multimedia devices and software tools, the CDF allow team of experts to perform design studies during working sessions.
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The CDF is mainly in charge of performing the assessment studies of future missions for the European Space Agency. These assessment studies are phase 0 or pre-phase A studies where the needs are identified and Mission Analysis is performed. Phase 0 allows the following[1] :
In addition, the CDF often perform reviews of industrial contracts initiated by ESA.
Last but not least, the CDF has been used for several occasions for Tiger team activities as well as for the preparation of project documentation (such as Invitation To Tender, Statement of work and System Requirements Specification).
In addition of the "normal" studies, the CDF is currently being used as the assesement center for the ESA Cosmic Vision program.
A replacement of the CDF-IDM is currently being implemented, this is the Open Concurrent Design Server. For more information on OCDS visit the User Community Website.
| Year | Title | Customer |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nanosat | DTEC/GSP |
| IXO Telescope | DSRE/GSP | |
| MarsGEN | DSRE/GSP | |
| ECOSAT | ESA GSP | |
| MarsREX | DSRE/GSP | |
| MiniMEX | DTEC/GSP | |
| MarsLEV | DSRE/GSP | |
| De-Orbit | DTEC/GSP | |
| Automated Identification System (AIS) | ESA Telecomms | |
| MoonSAV | ESA Human Space Flight/GSP | |
| MoonNext DSR | ESA Human Space Flight/GSP | |
| Meteron | ESA OPS | |
| 2008 | Mars Electric Propulsion(MEP) | DTEC/GSP |
| Marco Polo - Near Earth Object | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Euclid - Dark Energy Study | ESA Science/GSP | |
| AirQualSat - Model (AQS) | DTEC/GSP | |
| SPICA/SAFARI Telescope | ESA Science/GSP | |
| XEUS - Xray Telescope | ESA Science/GSP | |
| LaPlace - Jupiter Moons Study | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Tandem - Two Probe Mission to Titan | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Space Exploration Architecture | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Sentinel 5 Precursor | EOP/GSP | |
| Slush - Densified Propellant | Launchers | |
| Xray Telescope (IXO) | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Accurate | EOP/GSP | |
| 2007 | Air Traffic Management Demonstration Payload (ATMDP) | Telecom/GSP |
| System-on-Chip (SoC) | DTEC/GSP | |
| Near Earth Object Monitoring(SANCHO) | ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP | |
| Jupiter Radiation Study (JURA) | ESA Science | |
| Cosmic Microwave Polarisation Mapper(CMPM) | ESA Science | |
| Comsat for Air Traffic Management (IRIS) | TEN-A | |
| Lunar Sample Return (LSR) | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Mars Technology Demonstrator (MARSNeXT) | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Near Earth Object Review (DQS) | ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP | |
| Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion (NUM) | LAU-PAD/GSP | |
| Vegetation Gap Filler (VGT) | DTEC/GSP | |
| Transiting Exoplanet Survey- PLATO (Cosmic Vision) | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Earth Plasma Study - Cross Scale (Cosmic Vision) | ESA Science/GSP | |
| Space Exploration Architecture (AES) | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| 2006 | RAM Electric Propulsion (RAM EP) | DTEC/GSP |
| In Orbit Demonstrator(IOD) | DTEC/GSP | |
| European Student Moon Orbiter(ESMO) | ESA/GSP | |
| Small Geostationary Telecommunication Satellite(SGEO) | ESA/TEC Telecommunications | |
| Configuration REvisit Targeting Europa (CRETE) | ESA Science | |
| Wireless Technology for Spacecraft(WiFLY) | DTEC/GSP | |
| Long Term Cryogenic Propulsion (LTCP) | DTEC/GSP | |
| Far Infrared Interferometer(FIRI) | ESA Science | |
| Wide Field Interferometer(WFI) | ESA Science | |
| Cross-Track Scanner Microwave Radiometer (XMWR) | ESA Earth Observation | |
| 2005 | Lunar Robotic Mission (LES 3) | ESA Exploration |
| Jupiter Entry Probe (JEP) | ESA Science | |
| Formation Flying (PROBA 3) | DTEC/GSP | |
| Space Alternative Energy Storage Systems (SPAESS) | Advanced Concepts Team | |
| VEGA 1 Payload | DLAU, DTEC & Education | |
| Near Earth Objects (NEO2 [1]) | Advanced Concepts Team/GSP | |
| Lunar Cargo Transport System (LES CTS) | ESA Exploration | |
| BeagleNet | ESA Exploration | |
| Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV) | ESA Launchers/GSP | |
| 2004 | Near-Earth Objects Precursor Mission (NEO1 [2]) | ESA Advanced Concepts Team/GSP |
| Lunar Exploration Study 1 (LES) | ESA Exploration | |
| Atmospheric Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Mars DemoLander 2 (MDL) | ESA GSP | |
| X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy 2 (XEUS) | ESA Science | |
| X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy 1 (XEUS) | ESA Science | |
| Sub mm Wave Instrument (SWI) | ESA GSP/Technical Directorate | |
| Europa Low Resource Radar (ELRR) | ESA Science | |
| Mars DemoLander 1 (MDL) | ESA GSP | |
| VEGA evolution with electric propulsion (E-VEGA) | ESA Technical Directorate/Launchers/GSP | |
| ExoMars Phase B preparation - Specifications | ESA Aurora | |
| Solar Orbiter 2 - Composite option pre-assessment | ESA Science | |
| Human Spaceflight Vision (HSV) - European man-tended Moon base | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Socrates - Reusable launcher demonstrator | ESA Launchers | |
| Human Missions to Mars | ESA Aurora | |
| 2003 | International Microgravity Plasma Facility (IMPACT) | ESA Human Spaceflight |
| AeroCapture Demonstrator Earth and Mars | ESA Aurora | |
| Mars Sample Return | ESA Aurora | |
| Mars Network Science - Probe network on Mars surface | ESA Science | |
| Crew Transportation Vehicle (CTV) - Soyuz design enhacement | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| Crew Transportation Vehicle (CTV) - Model and validation | ESA GSP | |
| P Band Sounder Instrument design for Antartica (P-Sounder) - First CDF IDA | ESA Earth Observation | |
| 2002 | ISS Droplet Combustion Insert (DCI) - Support to industrial Phase A | ESA Human Spaceflight |
| Rosita - Telescope accommodation outside Columbus module | ESA Human Spaceflight | |
| EXOMARS 09 DM - Mars Exobiology Descent Module | ESA Aurora | |
| EXOMARS 09 - A second Mars Exobiology mission design | ESA Aurora | |
| BepiColombo All-SEPM Delta Study - Reaching Mercury with electric propulsion | ESA Science | |
| Mars Exobiology - European mission to search for life on Mars | ESA Aurora | |
| 2001 | ISS Dusty Plasma Facility - Support to industrial Phase A | ESA Human Spaceflight |
| EUROPA - Preliminary assessment | ESA GSP | |
| Space Weather - Three elements service monitoring the solar-terrestrial environment | ESA GSP/Technical Directorate | |
| Ocean Earth Watch - Operational mission for ocean and coastal zone monitoring | ESA Earth Observation | |
| 2000 | Hyper Precision Atom Interferometry in Space | ESA Science |
| STORMS - 3x Constellation for Magnetosphere Storms | ESA Science | |
| MASTER - Mars and Asteroid Mission | ESA Science | |
| Eddington - Stellar Physics and Planet Finder Telescope | ESA Science | |
| World Space Observatory (WSO/UV) | ESA Science | |
| Mercury Surface Element (MeSE) | ESA Science | |
| Meteo Imager Sounder Satellite (MISS) | ESA Earth Observation/Eumetsat | |
| 1999 | Solar Orbiter - Study of the Sun and Inner Heliosphere | ESA Science |
| Central European Satellite for Advanced Research (CESAR'99) | Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) |
| Year | Title | Customer |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Don Quijote Mid-Term Review | DTEC/GSP |
| Review of Europa Industrial Studies (REIS) | ESA Science | |
| 2004 | PASTEUR - Industrial Phase A mid term review | ESA Aurora |
| Mars Sample Return (MSR) - Industrial Phase A mid term review | ESA Aurora | |
| Human Mission Russian review | ESA Aurora | |
| ExoMars - Industrial Phase A mid term review | ESA Aurora | |
| Entry Vehicle Demonstrator (EVD) review | ESA Aurora | |
| 2003 | KEO review | ESA GSP |
| 2002 | BepiColombo - Review of industrial studies | ESA Science |
| Mars Exobiology - Review of the Babakin Study | ESA Aurora | |
| 2001 | Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) - Review of industrial study | ESA Science |
| Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) - Review of industrial study | ESA Science | |
| Laser Interferometer Space Antenna - Review of the industrial study | ESA Science |
The CDF design room has been designed and equipped with all the relevant hardware and software tools, with the aim of creating an effective communication and data interchange environment among team members.
The CDF facility contains: