ArgUS

Facility Description

• The ArgUS Multi Payload Carrier will be uploaded and stowed on the ISSInternational Space Station
• Payloads for each mission will be uploaded separately, and are being installed on the ArgUS plate during an IVA.
• The whole ArgUS Assembly in mission configuration (ArgUS with Payloads installed on it) will be deployed via the JOTI or the Nanoracks Airlock, and will be installed on Bartolomeo via EVR.
• The payloads will be operated while the ArgUS is installed on one of the Bartolomeo payload slots by utilizing the ArgUS Bartolomeo infrastructure.
• At the End of mission, the ArgUS Assembly will be retrieved from Bartolomeo and being brought back into the ISS via EVR and Airlock Cycle.
• The payloads will be removed from the ArgUS plate in frame of an IVA and being either trashed or stowed for download.
• The ArgUS plate itself will finally be stowed on station for further usage.