VEGA PROGRAM
The VEGA project is a launch system (launch vehicle & launch base) for payloads up to 1500 kg at 700 km in SSO polar orbit. The small Vega launcher, developed by AVIO SpA, 30 meters high with a maximum diameter of 3 meters and weighing 137 tons, consists of three solid propellant stages (P80, Zefiro 23, Zefiro 9), a liquid propulsion high stage with multiple re-ignition capability (Attitude and Vernier Upper Module – AVUM) and an Upper Composite which contains one or more satellites.
The activities carried out by Siem s.r.l in the VEGA LV program context are:
VEGA LAUNCHER ELECTRIC SYSTEM
The activities involved the design, on behalf of ELV, of VEGA launcher electrical system
- in the preliminary phase: requirement specification, layout and interconnections between the stages definition, electrical interfaces (including those with the launch base and ground instrumentation) definition and development of a software dedicated for their control, data management and reporting;
- in the construction project phase: electrical characteristics of the various components definition , design and technical documentation production.
