What is it about?
It explains the trade-offs and choices made to upgrade a number of obsolete HW that were deployed at the kernel of the Cluster II ground segment without impacting service and opetations
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Why is it important?
With this 'refreshment' the risk of failures and dependency on old spare parts has been greatly reduced and we are able to support operations for a long time
Perspectives
This activity is in line with a number of measures put in place to streamline operations for a 16 year old mission, that is doing is best to stay alive, effective and relevant for at least another half a decade
Bruno Teixeira de Sousa
European Space Agency
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This page is a summary of: Cluster Ground Segment Upgrade: Dealing with obsolescence to extend the mission even further, May 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-2455.
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