Turnkey spaceflight equipment development
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Our team works with principal investigators early in the experiment development cycle
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Requirements review and agreement
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Engineering analysis and simulations
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Prototype hardware for ground-based testing in the investigator's laboratory
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Space-qualified hardware design and fabrication
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Flight hardware verification testing
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Systems safety engineering - key to flight certification
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Mission/experiment planning, integration and management
Flight integration services
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Ground-trainer mockup development
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Crew scientific familiarization and hardware training
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Payload integration and mission operations
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Launch site assistance in payload processing.
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Experiment loading and handover for integration into the shuttle
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Payload monitoring while on orbit using our data downlink and command uplink capabilities
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Payload collection and return during post-landing recovery operations
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Bonded storage of flight hardware, parts and materials
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Traceability of parts and materials (esp. safety critical)