Launcher control bench

A launcher control bench is the largest supply in the portfolio: a row of cabinets concentrating the vehicle's power, command, telemetry and safety chains, together with the operator positions that drive them.

IN SY TO carried out hardware design at system and subsystem level — answering both for the electrical architecture of the whole and for the content of individual cabinets — and hardware integration at both levels.

Support to AIT was provided both in factory and on site: the bench was followed from build through to acceptance where it works, that is, across the transport, which is when an integrated system discovers its own weaknesses.

Role

R1 — System responsible for system and subsystem hardware; R5 — Specialist support to AIT, in factory and on site. Scale: plant, new build. Customer: the prime contractor of a European launch vehicle.

Work performed

• System and subsystem hardware design
• System and subsystem hardware integration
• Support to AIT activities in factory
• Support to AIT activities on site