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Command Data Module
- CDM provided reliable support to CREAM
- Provided power and communications to the instrument
- Redundant Data System
- Redundant flight computers and on-board hard drives for data storage.
- Ethernet connection between flight and science computer.
- Redundant Global Communications
- Backup Command Decode Deck (BUCD)
- Used for emergency commanding if flight computers are lost
- Communications through TDRSS (100 kb/sec), Primary Iridium, Over the Horizon Iridium, TDRSS Line of Sight (LOS), L-Band LOS, and Argos uGPSi.
- Ample Power for Instruments
- Produces 900 W of power
- 10 solar panels - 6 prime, 4 backup
- Rotator used to align solar panels to the Sun
- 4 lithium-ion batteries
