“GE Rugged” Proves Itself in Space
August 13 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
GE single board computer deployed on International Space
Station
GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE)
today announced that its CR11 single board computer (SBC) has been
successfully deployed and is fully operational onboard the
International Space Station (ISS) as part of the continuing
experiments by the European Space Agency (ESA) taking place way
above the earth.
The CR11 is at the heart of the supporting infrastructure of
ESA’s Plasma Kristall-4 (PK-4) research missions. Two CR11s are
integrated in the Control & Video Unit which was installed
within a host rack known as the European Physiology Module (EPM).
At the beginning of June 2015, the one week commissioning
experiment session was successfully performed.
PK-4 is a permanent installation by ESA within the European
Columbus research module onboard the ISS, designed to conduct
experiments on the complex plasmas in space. Plasma is the fourth
state of matter after solid, liquid and gaseous. In space, more
than 99 per cent of visible material (e.g. stars, clouds of gas and
so on) is made up of this fourth state of matter.
For PK-4, the CR11s are utilized to execute the scientific
script, record high volumes of video (130 Mbytes/sec) and
housekeeping data, and display experiment video.
“This is a great example of what GE Rugged is all about,” said
Chris Lever, General Manager, Embedded at GE’s Intelligent
Platforms business. “Whether it’s in the harsh environment of a
heavy manufacturing facility, a railroad locomotive, onboard an
armored vehicle – or, as it is here, out in space – GE’s solutions
are designed to operate with absolute reliability wherever they are
deployed, in whatever conditions. It’s excellent to have the
opportunity, through the great work that OHB is doing with the
International Space Station, to demonstrate again what GE Rugged
really means.”
The CR11 joins another GE solution on board the International
Space Station. In 2010, Goodrich Corporation created a custom
version of the NETernity™ RM924RC Ethernet switch, and a number of
these now play a key role as part of the network control system of
the onboard iPEHG (improved Payload Ethernet Gateway).
The CR11 is a 6U, CompactPCI single board computer featuring an
Intel® Core™ Duo Processor. It is specifically designed to
withstand the rigors of deployment in the harshest environments –
like the International Space Station. It is optionally available
with conduction cooling and extended temperature range of -40° to
+80° C, while increased shock and vibration immunity is designed in
by using optional stiffener bars and wedge locks. Other typical
applications include factory automation, simulation/training, test
and measurement, and military/defense.
The International Space Station is a joint project among five
participating space agencies - NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA
– and was launched in 1998. It has been continuously occupied since
2000. The largest artificial body in orbit – at 400 kilometres/250
miles - it serves as a microgravity and space environment research
laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology,
human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and other
fields.
About GE Energy Management
GE Energy Management provides customers with electrical
solutions that enable local utilities and energy-intensive
industries to more efficiently manage electricity from the point of
generation to consumption. For more information, visit
http://www.geenergymanagement.com/.
About GE’s Intelligent Platforms business
GE’s Intelligent Platforms business, part of GE Energy
Management, is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA. The company’s
embedded computing segment, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, and
Towcester, England, provides one of the industry’s broadest ranges
of high performance, rugged, SWaP-optimized embedded computing
platforms for a broad range of industries – both commercial and
military/aerospace – where harsh environments need GE’s expertise
in robust, reliable, rugged solutions. Backed by programs that
provide responsive customer support and minimize long term cost of
ownership for multi-year programs, GE’s solutions are designed to
help customers minimize program risk and cost, and speed
time-to-market. For more information, visit geembedded.com.
NETernity is a trademark of GE Intelligent Platforms. Intel is a
registered trademark, and Core is a trademark, of Intel
Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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