Electrical Systems Branch, Code 565

Points of Contact

Capabilities

• Designs and develops orbital, suborbital and carrier electrical systems and selected flight components such as harnesses, flight fiber optic networks, and special purpose interface hardware.
• Provides electrical systems leads to Instruments and for Project teams who develop electrical interfaces, performance requirements, functional test procedures, and electrical specifications for in-house space programs or provide oversight and electrical systems expertise to out-of-house space programs.
• Develops mission critical range instrumentation systems by employing new technology insertion to improve the functions necessary to meet the requirements of the suborbital, low earth-orbit, and balloon flight projects.
• Provides new payload development, timing, command, radar and telemetry tracking, and Science Data Products
• Develops project unique electromagnetic compatibility requirements and generates the criteria and test approach needed to insure the electromagnetic compatibility of instrument and spacecraft hardware.
• Provides Electrical Leads to Science Principal Investigators to support unusual, quick reaction missions or proposal development. Provides Electrical Systems Managers and/or Electrical Systems support to out-of-house programs.

Facilities and Labs

• View the Facilities and Labs
• EMI/EMC Experimental Laboratory
• Harness Fabrication Laboratory
• Suborbital/LEO/Balloon Electronic Lab/WFF
• Mobile Range Safety Systems Lab/WFF

Science Instrument Products and Service

• Instrument Electrical Block Diagrams
• Grounding Schemes/Diagrams
• EMI/EMC Test Plans
• System Specifications and Test Procedures
• System Architecture Analyses and Reports
• Failure Analyses and Reports

Mission Products and Services, Spacecraft/Observatory/LEO/Suborbital/Balloons

• Electrical Block Diagrams
• Grounding Schemes/Diagrams
• EMI/EMC Test Plans
• System Specifications and Test Procedures
• System Architecture Analyses and Reports
• Failure Analyses and Reports

Technology Development and Partnering

• X-37 Fiber Optic Interface-Boeing/MSFC
• UAV Development-DOD
• GAS/SEM-Academia
• ULDBP-Academia
• Student Sounding Rocket Program-Academia
• Launch Range Ground Instrumentation
• Systems-Academia/DOD/Private Industry

Services

• System Hardware Development - Provides hardness design, fabrication, and test for engineering model and flight instrument and spacecraft
• Spacecraft Electrical System - Provides concept/ system formation, model development, test assessment, problem resolution, test analysis, functional flow diagram, system architecture analysis and evaluation for spacecraft
• Instrument Electrical System - Provides concept/ system formation, model development, test assessment, problem resolution, test analysis, functional flow diagram, system architecture analysis and evaluation for instrument
• Advanced Architecture and Concepts - Provides concepts/systems formulation model development, test assessment, problem resolution, test analysis, functional flow diagrams, and system architecture analysis and evaluation for future new technology state-of-the-art missions.