Applications: Space
The Space Rider is supposed to be Europe’s first reusable space transportation system with ADVACAM cameras on board.
The Space Rider is an uncrewed robotic laboratory about the size of two minivans. It will stay in low orbit for about two months. Experiments inside its cargo bay are supposed to allow technology demonstration and benefit research in pharmaceutics, biomedicine, biology, and physical science. At the end of its mission, Space Rider will return to Earth with its payloads and land on a runway to be unloaded and refurbished for another flight.
ADVACAM detectors in a unique stacked configuration with CdTe sensors are dedicated to space weather monitoring, material radiation aging, and the influence of space radiation on commercial aircraft safety.
Space Rider is an outstanding example of European international cooperation under the umbrella of ESA with the participation of scientific workplaces and the commercial sector.
