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ASTRONASTRON

EMBRACE Project statusEMBRACE Project statusG.W. Kant

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EMBRACE conceptEMBRACE concept

‘analogue’ tiles

RF transport to central processing facility

50.000 antenna elements

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Tile Baseline architectureTile Baseline architecture

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Embrace is a development/production project, given the size and the time frame

Use currently available technology If possible enhance EMBRACE with DSX outputs

EMBRACEEMBRACE

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Work Breakdown StructureWork Breakdown Structure

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EMBRACE DS5 TasksEMBRACE DS5 Tasks

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EMBRACE DS5 TasksEMBRACE DS5 Tasks

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EMBRACE DS5 TasksEMBRACE DS5 Tasks

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Original estimates

DS5 – Coordination (48mm/4fte) DS5 – T1 Design and development of (382mm/32fte) DS5 – T2 Production of EMBRACE (244mm/20fte) DS5 – T3 Test the EMBRACE systems (190mm/16fte)

EMBRACE DS5 TasksEMBRACE DS5 Tasks

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EMBRACE DS5 TasksEMBRACE DS5 Tasks

Astron UK OPAR CSIRO U-CAM OMMIC / IRA

NRF(S.A)

Jive /MPIfR

Totals

DS5 48 48

DS5-T1 240 32 10 12 0 18/0 16 308(382)

DS5-T2 84 0 48 0 12/0 16 160(244)

DS5-T3 44 32 44 12 0/12 16 32/12 184 (190)

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Discuss/define DS5 – T3 deliverables first at SKADS level T3 deliverables are now detailed to a sufficient level to

proceed T3 deliverables have to be enhanced further (parallel to

T1/T2 activities)

EMBRACE DS5 DeliverablesEMBRACE DS5 Deliverables

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