The consortium



INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA (IAA-CSIC)

The consortium is led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, which is in charge of the overall management of the project, the scientific leadership, the systems engineering, and the electronic unit of the instrument. Within it, the SPG is responsible of the data processing unit (DPU), of the analog, mechanisms, and heaters driver board (AMHD), and of the high-voltage power supply (HVPS). The harness is designed by the SPG but fabricated by the MPS. SPG is also responsible of the control and pipeline software and of the ground segment control (graphical user interface “GUIMAX”). The custom-made cameras are developed by the SPG.


INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL (INTA)

The Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial is responsible of the optical unit of the instrument, of its overall optical, opto-mechanical, mechanical, and thermal design. Among the critical technologies under its contribution we can mention the polarization modulation package and the lithium niobate etalon, direct heritage from IMaX and SO/PHI (for Solar Orbiter), and the filter wheel mechanism, an heritage from its developments for the SPICA mission.


UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA (UV)

The Universtitat de València is responsible of the power converter module, within the electronic unit, of the electronic box. They are in charge of the software simulator of the instrument and participate in the science working group.


INSTITUTO IGNACIO DA RIVA OF THE UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (IDR-UPM)

The Instituto Ignacio da Riva of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is responsible of the thermal engineering of the scientific cameras and of the overall thermal design of the mission.


INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS (IAC)

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias contributes to the scientific working group of the instrument, to the software of GUIMAX, and to the firmware of the scientific cameras.

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