IXPE instrument integration, testing and verification
Date Issued
2021
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Rankina, John
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Cavalli, Luca
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Sciortino, Andrea
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Vimercali, Marco
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Zanetti, Francesco
Abstract
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a scientific observatory with the purpose of expand observation space adding polarization property to the X-ray source's currently measured characteristics. The mission selected in the context of NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) is a collaboration between NASA and ASI that will provide to observatory the instrumentation of focal plane. IXPE instrument is composed by three photoelectric polarimeters based on the Gas Pixel Detector (GPD) design, integrated by INFN inside the detector unit (DU) that comprises of the electrical interfaces required to control and communicate with the GPD. The three DUs are interfaced with spacecraft through a detector service unit (DSU) that collect scientific and ancillary data and provides a basically data handling and interfaces to manage the three DUs. AIV has been planned to combine calibration of DUs and Instrument integration and verification activities. Due the tight schedule and the scientific and functional requirements to be verified, in IAPS/INAF have been assembled two equipment's that work in parallel. The flight model of each DU after the environmental tests campaign was calibrated on-ground using the Instrument Calibration Equipment (ICE) and subsequently integrated in the instrument in the AIV-T process on a AIV and Calibration Equipment (ACE), both the facilities managed by Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) that emulate the spacecraft interfaces of power supply, functional and thermal control and scientific data collection. AIV activities test functionalities and nominal/off-nominal orbits activities of IXPE instrument each time a calibrated DU is connected to DSU flight model completing step by step the full instrument. Here we describe the details of instrumentation and procedures adopted to make possible the full integration and test activities compatibly with calibration of IXPE Instrument.
Coverage
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
All editors
den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nikzad, Shouleh; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Series
Volume
11444
Start page
244
Conferenece
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Conferenece place
California, United States
Conferenece date
14-18 December, 2020
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Rights
open.access
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