PLATO focal plane assembly (FPA) preliminary design review hold in Madrid, June 2019
Between 17th June till 19th June, the preliminary design review co-location meeting of the FPA took place at INTA (Instituto…
Payload
Payload Module
The PLATO Payload comprises the cameras including focal planes and related electronics as well as the on-board data processing system….
Cameras
Each of the 24 normal and 2 fast cameras includes: the Telescope comprised of the Telescope Optical Unit (N-TOU and…
Telescope Optical Unit (TOU)
There is no general difference in the TOU design for normal and fast telescopes, but the latter will include filters…
Focal Plane Assembly (FPA)
The PLATO detectors are CCDs provided by e2v, model CCD270, specifically developed for this mission. They are built with two…
Front End Electronics (FEE)
The N-FEE operates the 4 CCDs of a normal camera, digitizes the image data and transfers them to the DPU….
Main Electronics Unit (MEU) and Data Processing Units (N-DPU)
Main Electronics Unit (MEU) and Data Processing Units (N-DPU) Each Main Electronics Unit (MEU) gathers in the same box: 6…
Fast Electronics Unit (FEU) and Data Processing Units (F-DPU)
Data of the two fast telescopes are processed by two Fast DPUs (F-DPU). The data acquisition and handling of each…
Ancillary Electrical Units (AEU)
The Ancillary Electronic Units (AEUs) have the following main functions: To supply secondary power to the Front End Electronics (FEE)…
Instrument Control Unit (ICU)
Both ICUs (main and redundant) are located in a single box and work in cold redundancy. Each ICU shall implement…
Payload accommodation and spacecraft interfaces
The accommodation of 24 normal + 2 fast cameras and associated electronic units has a mass allocation of 533 kg, with…
Optical Segmentation for a huge Field of View
Credit: INAF Achieving a very large FoV in common with a relatively arge aperture lead to fast focal ratio optics….
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