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ERA Mission Preparation and Training Equipment (MPTE)

Mission Preparation and Training Equipment (MPTE) for the European Robotic Arm (ERA)

Objective

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) will be used to support assembly operations and servicing support on the Russian segment of the ISS. These operations will be prepared, planned and supported from the MPTE, and operators will be trained with it. The MPTE includes for this purpose real-time simulations and highly realistic 3D visualisation.

Context

The MPTE has been developed by NLR to support ERA system operations and training. The system is still operational in three locations:

Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Starcity
Rocket Space Company/Energia (RSC/E), Moscow
ESTEC, Noordwijk

Role of EuroSim

EuroSim Mk2.4 is used to build the real-time simulations. It's Image Generation System visualisation capability, running on SGI Onyx computers is the basis for the 3D visualisation. Extensions and enhancements were made to support realistic shadow generation. An overview of the MPTE configuration can be found on the left.