PACS Schedule

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PACS Schedule

• N. Gradmann
• MPE

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Schedule Status

• Current schedule (14-2-01) is based on
  commitments by all consortium members of PACS.
• There is no negativ margin
• The schedule is very tight approx 80 of all
  activities are on the critical path

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PACS instrument key dates

• 1/01 Start of AVM integration and test
• 9/02 Start of CQM Instrument tests
• 7/03 CQM delivery to ESA (delay 3 months)
• 12/03 Start of PFM Instrument tests
• 8/04 PFM delivery to ESA (delay 2 months)
• 4/05 Start of FS Instrument tests
• 10/05 FS delivery to ESA (delay 4 months)

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Candidates for further delay

• Design schedule for all Warm Electronics AVM
  models is very tight AVM test may not start on
  time
• risk delay of some weeks, no inputs for FM from
  tests
• still critical development under way CRE,
  Bolometer, Grating, Calibration sources
• risk delay of some weeks up to months
• long cryo(!) calibration and test periodes
  without margin
• risk delay in the order of several months