PRARE Flight Unit

Space experience has been gained during ESA PRARE/ERS-2 and the PRARE/Meteor-3 project. PRARE is a high performance microwave experiment for geodetic science.

Within these contracts TimeTech was subcontractor and responsible for the following activities:

• Preparation of manufacturing and test documentation
• Manufacturing of on-board flight hardware by staff, certified to ESA or MIL standards
• Manufacturing of antennas
• Sub assembly tests
• System integration and all AIT/AIV activities
• Launch support
• On-site system calibration

MCS Monitoring and Command Station
and Antenna for the PRARE experiment

TimeTech‘s further tasks within the PRARE Project:

• Automated test and data analysis system for the PRARE experiment
• PRARE reference time unit installed at DLR / D-PAF
• Also the proton radiation tests with the PRARE engineering model in Villigen, CH attained important knowledge to the company.