Bartolomeo User Guide Issue 1 November 2018 Bartolomeo User Guide, Issue 1 2 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 9 2 Bartolomeo All-in-One Space Mission Service ............................................................... 14 2.1 Service Scope ............................................................................................................ 15 2.2 Standard Mission Integration Schedule ...................................................................... 15 2.3 Resource Management with ISS Partners ................................................................. 16 3 Bartolomeo Flight Segment .............................................................................................. 17 3.1 General Capabilities ................................................................................................... 17 3.2 ArgUS Multi-Payload Platform .................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 ArgUS Payload Power ............................................................................................................... 21 3.2.2 ArgUS Commanding and Data Handling ................................................................................... 21 3.3 Bartolomeo Field of View Conditions.......................................................................... 22 3.4 International Space Station Orbit and Attitude Characteristics ................................... 23 3.4.1 Payload Attitude Stability ........................................................................................................... 24 3.5 Standard Mechanical and Electrical Interface ............................................................ 25 3.6 Payload Airlock and Robotics Interfaces .................................................................... 26 3.6.1 Japanese Experiment Module Airlock Interfaces ....................................................................... 26 3.6.2 NanoRacks Airlock Interfaces .................................................................................................... 27 3.7 Commanding, Monitoring, Data Handling and Power Function .................................. 27 3.7.1 Communication Function ........................................................................................................... 29 3.7.2 Power Function .......................................................................................................................... 29 4 Ground Segment ................................................................................................................ 30 4.1 AirCloud ...................................................................................................................... 30 5 Payload Life Cycle ............................................................................................................. 33 5.1 Payload Operational Concept Overview..................................................................... 35 5.2 Payload Launch Options ............................................................................................ 36 5.3 Payload On-Orbit Installation ..................................................................................... 37 5.4 Payload Initialization and Operation ........................................................................... 38 5.4.1 Customer Payload Ground Operation ....................................................................................... 38 5.4.2 Payload On-orbit Installation, Uninstallation and Slot Shifting ................................................... 38 5.4.3 Customer Payload Activation ..................................................................................................... 38 5.4.4 Payload Operations ................................................................................................................... 39 5.4.5 Off-Nominal Payload Operations ............................................................................................... 39 5.4.6 Payload Deactivation ................................................................................................................. 39 5.5 Payload Disposal or Return ........................................................................................ 40 5.5.1 Standard Payload Disposal ....................................................................................................... 40 5.5.2 Payload Return Option .............................................................................................................. 40 Bartolomeo User Guide, Issue 1 3 6 Payload Design Guidelines and Requirements .............................................................. 41 6.1 Electrical Design ......................................................................................................... 41 6.2 Software Design ......................................................................................................... 41 6.3 Various Design Requirements .................................................................................... 41 6.3.1 Secondary Locking Feature ....................................................................................................... 41 6.3.2 Batteries .................................................................................................................................... 41 6.3.3 Pressure Vessels ....................................................................................................................... 41 6.3.4 Hazardous Materials .................................................................................................................. 41 6.3.5 Microgravity Environment .......................................................................................................... 41 6.3.6 Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris .......................................................................................... 41 6.3.7 Atomic Oxygen .......................................................................................................................... 41 6.3.8 Solar Ultraviolet Radiation ......................................................................................................... 42 6.3.9 Robotic Transfer Environment ................................................................................................... 42 6.4 Mechanical Environments .......................................................................................... 42 6.4.1 Launch Load Environment ......................................................................................................... 42 6.4.2 Robotics Load Environment ....................................................................................................... 42 6.5 Thermal Environment ................................................................................................. 43 6.5.1 Payload Thermal Analysis ......................................................................................................... 43 6.5.2 Unpowered Survival .................................................................................................................. 43 6.5.3 Thermal Conduction .................................................................................................................. 43 6.5.4 Thermal Radiation ..................................................................................................................... 43 6.6 Electromagnetic Compatibility .................................................................................... 43 7 Safety .................................................................................................................................. 44 7.1 Hazard Definition ........................................................................................................ 44 7.2 Control of Hazards ..................................................................................................... 44 8 Risk Sharing with Customers ........................................................................................... 46 8.1 Customer Responsibilities .......................................................................................... 46 8.2 Service Conditions ..................................................................................................... 46 8.3 Priority of Use ............................................................................................................. 46 9 Items to be delivered by the Customer ............................................................................ 47 9.1 Mission Information for ISS Partners .......................................................................... 47 9.2 Initial Payload Specification ........................................................................................ 47 9.3 Customer Deliverable Items in Support of Project Implementation ............................ 47 10 Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................ 48 Bartolomeo User Guide, Issue 1 4 List of Figures Figure 1 Bartolomeo location on the International Space Station (ISS) .............................................. 9 Figure 2 Bartolomeo located on the ram-side of the Columbus module at the front of the International Space Station .................................................................................................