Title :
Automated multi-mission scheduling and control center operations at UC Berkeley
Author_Institution :
Space Sci. Lab., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
UC Berkeley has been operating eight spacecraft from its multi-mission control center at Space Sciences Laboratory, using the local Berkeley Ground Station as well as multiple government and commercial ground networks for space-to-ground communications. This paper describes challenges associated with developing multi-mission contact schedules in a constraint-based environment involving several ground networks with competing users, and presents a solution that provides short turn-around times and applies a high degree of systems automation.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; ground support systems; scheduling; space communication links; space vehicles; automated multimission scheduling; commercial ground network; constraint-based environment; government ground network; multimission contact schedules; multimission control center; space-to-ground communications; spacecraft; systems automation; Automatic control; Automation; Communication system control; Ground support; Laboratories; NASA; Satellite ground stations; Scheduling; Space stations; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2621-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2622-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2009.4839694
