Flight Hardware & Instrumentation

Cleanroom & Bio-Barrier Solutions

Every Inocua system is engineered, fabricated, and qualified under strict European Space Product Assurance standards (ECSS-Q-ST-70) to safeguard flight instruments and preserve planetary targets.

TRL 8 FLIGHT QUALIFIED

DBE-4 Deployable Bio-Barrier Enclosure

Multi-layer hermetic barrier engineered to protect rovers, drills, and optical sensors from pre-launch contamination. Employs non-explosive Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators to jettison the barrier post-trans-Mars injection.

Membrane Material Ultra-low outgassing fluoropolymer / Al vapor
Microbial Barrier Log-6 bioburden reduction (Bacillus atrophaeus)
Release Reliability > 0.99995 (Dual redundant SMA actuators)
Operating Temp -160°C to +130°C
ECSS-Q-ST-70-53C Rev. 2 Request Interface Control Doc
OPERATIONAL IN MADRID

VHP-900 High-Vacuum Autoclave System

Combined Dry Heat Microbial Reduction (DHMR) and pulsed Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide chamber. Specifically tuned for sensitive optical surfaces, focal plane arrays, and carbon-fiber composite structures.

Chamber Working Volume 1.8m × 3.2m cylindrical cavity
Vacuum Capability 1.0 × 10-7 mbar (Cryogenic turbo)
Sterilant Cycle Pulsed H2O2 vapor + pure N2 flush
Thermal Uniformity ±0.8°C across 12-zone thermal shroud
NASA-STD-8719.27 Approved Book Chamber Slot
FLIGHT SENSOR

QCM-100 Molecular Outgassing Monitor

High-precision AT-cut quartz crystal microbalance sensor package providing continuous nanogram-level deposition rate measurements during payload integration and in-orbit spacecraft bakeout.

Mass Sensitivity 1.2 × 10-9 g • cm-2 • Hz-1
Crystal Resonant Freq 10.000 MHz ± 500 Hz
Data Interface SpaceWire / CAN-Bus 2.0B / RS-422
Power Consumption < 1.8 W nominal (3.3V / 5.0V bus)
Radiation Tolerant > 100 krad Request Telemetry SDK
COSPAR CAT V RESTRICTED

SC-40 Planetary Sample Return Isolator

Hermetic double-brazed induction welding canister designed to safely capture extraterrestrial soil samples and break the chain of contact before entering Earth's biosphere.

Sealing Mechanism Induction brazing with redundant metal seals
Leak Rate Integrity < 1.0 × 10-10 mbar • L / s (Helium)
Impact Resistance > 3,000 g terminal re-entry shock survival
Canister Payload Mass Up to 4.2 kg sample payload
Backward Contamination Standard Inquire Architecture
Technical Comparison

Hardware Qualification Matrix

All systems undergo vibration, thermal-vacuum, EMC, and outgassing qualification in certified cleanrooms.

Subsystem Model Function Standard TRL Level Lead Time Action
DBE-4 Deployable Bio-Barrier ECSS-Q-ST-70-53C TRL 8 16 Weeks Request →
VHP-900 High-Vacuum Autoclave NASA-STD-8719.27 TRL 9 Immediate Slot Book Slot →
QCM-100 Molecular Telemetry Sensor ESA-PSS-01-701 TRL 8 8 Weeks Request →
SC-40 Sample Return Isolator COSPAR Category V TRL 7 24 Weeks Inquire →