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Germany Aerospace Center
Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Status
- Chair, LEO Satellite and Systems Working Group, Technical Coordination & Future Directions Committee, Standing Committees**
- Member, LEO Satellite and Systems Working Group, Technical Coordination & Future Directions Committee, Standing Committees**
- Member, TC-29 MICROWAVE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, Technical Committees**
- Speakers Bureau, TC-29 MICROWAVE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, Technical Committees**
Biography
Jan Budroweit is communication system engineer and team leader on radiation effects in space systems at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
He holds a PhD in electrical engineering (Dr.-Ing) from the Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH) in the field of radiation-tolerant communication system design and development.
His main research interest includes the development of integrated multiband communication platform solutions for spacecraft missions. His research focuses on the prediction, characterization and mitigation of radiation effects in electronic components and systems in particular radio systems and RF devices.
Jan Budroweit is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is actively working in the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (IEEE NPSS). He is a member of the Technical Committee on Aerospace Systems (MTT-29) and serves the Speakers Bureau with his presentation on “Off-the-shelf (COTS) Components for Space“. He is member of the chair-board in the IEEE Future Direction Initiative “Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite and Systems“.
Presentations
Off-the-shelf (COTS) Components for Space
Due to the exponential growth of the market for space, high frequency and millimeter-wave applications become more and more of interest for space applications. The development of systems qualified for the use in space is often associated with low risk acceptance, high reliability requirements and thus, resulting into long durations of development and extraordinary costs.
However, the view onto commercial space is currently changing and satellites need to be developed and manufactured fast and cost-efficiently (NewSpace) which becomes only feasible with the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. COTS may enable the use of new technologies, that are better in performance and less expensive, but risk acceptance must be high on the other hand, since those COTS devices are usually not designed for the harsh environment in space.
This talk addresses the concerns of using COTS for space missions and what needs to be considered to decrease the accepted risk and to improve the chances of success.