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's high-rate data link and can temporarily store 72 GB of video. The experiments are largely autonomous to minimize data transfer requirements, though the EDR can be operated remotely via telescience or in real time by the crew via a dedicated laptop. The EDR has two different types of EMs: the standard

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and the standard eight panel unit International Subrack Interface Standard (ISIS) drawer.

Overview

EDR is a multi-user facility on board the

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that accommodates a variety of science experiments. It is located in the Columbus Laboratory module and was developed for the

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, a subsidiary of

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. Like other payload racks in the station, the physical characteristics of EDR conform to the

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specification. EDR provides accommodation for up to 3

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, and 4

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. These standardized ECMs (Experiment Container Modules) can contain scientific experiments. EDR provides the following services to the ECMs: * Stowage space * Power supply (28 V DC, 120 V DC) * Low Rate telecommand/telemetry (19.2 kbit/s

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) * Medium Rate telecommand/telemetry (10 Mbit/s

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) * High Rate telemetry (32 Mbit/s

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) * Analogue video acquisition (

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) * Discrete commanding, monitoring and temperature monitoring services * Air cooling * Water cooling * Gaseous Nitrogen supply * Vacuum service * Waste gas service * Timeline service * Ancillary data and time services * Laptop crew interface The following ESA payloads are designed for use in EDR: *

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(Protein Crystallisation and Diagnostics Facility); * FASTER (Facility for Adsorption and Surface Tension). EDR is operated according to ESA's decentralised payload operation concept. The FRC (

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) for EDR is

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, located at

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Gallery

File:233875main EDR2.jpg , The European Drawer Rack (EDR) installed in the Columbus laboratory. Image taken during Expedition 16. File:European Drawer Rack.jpg, European Drawer Rack (NASA)

References

External links

ESA - The European Drawer Rack
Retrieved 05-Aug-2011.

Retrieved 05-Aug-2011. {{Use British English, date=January 2014 Science facilities on the International Space Station European Space Agency Columbus (ISS module)

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