"The First ESA-NASA Working Meeting on Optoelectronics:
- Fiber Optic System Technologies in Space
5th and 6th of October 2005
Einstein Hall
ESTEC/ESA
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Program of presentations
WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER 2005
09:00 START OF THE DAY
Opening
ESA
Overview of Usage and Testing of Optical Fiber Components in Space Environments, Survey 2005
Suzzanne Falvey - NORTHRUP GRUMMAN and Lee Thienel JACKSON AND TULL
Fiber Optic Links in the ESA SMOS mission
Martin Mosberger and Peter Mueller - CONTRAVES SPACE (Switzerland)
JPL Lessons Learned with Space Based Optical Fiber Packaging
Cheryl Asbury - JPL NASA (USA)
Applications of Fiber Amplifiers for Space
D. Barry Coyle - GSFC NASA (USA)
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
ISS Programmatic Journey for Optical Fiber Links
David Gill - BOEING (ISS JSC) (USA)
The European experience in using fiber optics in the Columbus Module for the ISS
C. Canovai, K. Mellab ESA (The Netherlands)
a. Radiation Effects on Optical Fibers
Jochen Kuhnhenn FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE (Germany)
b. Radiation Effects in Tunable Lasers
Tom Farell INTUNE TECHNOLOGIES (Ireland)
c. Fiber Optic in the ESA SMART-1 mission to the Moon
Imke Kuester LEONI FIBER OPTIK (Germany)
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
Fiber Optic Gyroscope for the Plancke and Pleiades missions
Thomas Buret IXSPACE (France)
Space Qualification of a fiber Optic Sensors system for the X-38 vehicle
Arnd Rautlinger - KAYSER-THREDE (Germany)
Randezvous Sensor on ATV: Fiber Optic Line of E-box and Optical Head
Bettina Moebius - JENA-OPTRONIK (Germany)
Fiber optic components in the Laser Communications Terminal on TerraSAR-X
Ulrich Hildebrand TeSAT (Germany)
16:00 VISIT TO THE S/C TEST CENTRE AND THE ISS INFORMATION CENTRE
THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2005
09:00 START OF THE DAY
Tutorial: Qualification of Commercial Optical Fiber Components for Space Environments
Melanie Ott - GSFC NASA (USA)
Heritage and Lessons Learned for Optical Fiber Devices in Space
Martin Seifert NUFERN (USA)
Space Flight Heritage Optical Fiber Cable
Doug Hardy - W.L. GORE (USA)
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
Fiber optics connectorisation in the spacecraft environment
Marco Luisoni & Carlo Holdener DIAMOND (Switzerland)
Study Results of the International Space Station Optical Fiber Failure Analysis
Henning Leidecker -GSFC NASA (USA)--Note presentation did not take place,
(Martin Seifert from Nufern gave verbal brief explanation based on report)
a. CNES: Laser and fibre components qualification results
Linda Mondin CNES (France)
b. Fiber Optics in CNES missions- Opto-pyrotechnics experiment in DEMETER
Denis Dilhan CNES (France)
c. Opto-pyrotechnical technology for Space Applications: Problem Statement for Launch Vehicles
Patrick Farfal. EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION (France)
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
Fiber Optics in Space Missions: The experience from Japan
Yoshinori Arimoto - NICT (Japan)
Fiber Optic Sensor System Demonstrator in PROBA II satellite
Roman Kruzelecky-MPB Communications (Canada)
15:00 DISCUSSION
Opening with input on CSA interest in Fiber Optic technologies
Darius Nikanpour-CSA (Canada)
18:00 END OF THE DAY