The TEAMSAT Experience

TEAMSAT's Low-Cost EGSE and Mission Control Systems

M. Jones, B. Melton & M. Bandecchi

The decision to launch, on Ariane-502, a number of experiments on a satellite developed by young engineers and students required new approaches to the development of Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) and the Mission Control System (MCS). This article describes how the systems were implemented through the combined activities of students, young engineers, experienced ESA staff and industry, in a short time and at low cost.