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Turnkey Systems

Complete turnkey spacecraft avionics solutions using cPCI and/or VME open architectures are available at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Custom form factors are also available to provide space-optimized solutions for volume constrained applications.

Space Missions Using SwRI Spacecraft Avionics

SwRI’s VME based SC-9 spacecraft computers have flown on missions such as:

• IMAGE

• SWIFT

• Deep Impact

The SC-9 turnkey system is currently in production for the NASA Kepler program.

SwRI’s cPCI-based SC-10 spacecraft computers have flown on the NASA Deep Impact mission, and SwRI’s combined cPCI/VME-based SC-11 spacecraft computer is scheduled to launch in October 2006 with the DARPA Orbital Express mission.

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Spacecraft Avionics Modules

SwRI spacecraft avionics modules allow clients to augment existing systems with SwRI modules. SwRI avionics modules have flown on the BMDO MSTI-I, MSTI-II, MSTI-III programs, USAF Coriolis program, as well as the NASA Deep Space I, QuickSCAT, ICESat, and Calipso programs.

Upcoming launches featuring SwRI modules include the NASA NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), and Kepler mission, and the commercial WorldView program.

Space-Qualified Modules

CCSDS Command and Telemetry Processing	Space Qualified Single-Board Computers	Power Distribution and Control	Attitude and Propulsion
Spacecraft Thermal Management	Payload Interface Modules	Low-Voltage Power Supplies	Custom Designs

For more information about spacecraft avionics capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Buddy Walls at bwalls@swri.org or (210)

522-3823.

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

October 01, 2008