Title :
Evolving ground system architecture requirements for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
Author :
Duda, James L. ; Mulligan, Joseph ; Henegar, Joy M.
Author_Institution :
Flight Programs & Projects Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The Integrated Program Office (IPO) is developing a ground system architecture for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) because requirements cannot be accommodated by current technology. Increased data rates, increased processing complexity, and more stringent latency requires another approach. We discuss the rationale behind the challenging requirements, in which direction the requirements are evolving, and how the NPOESS ground system architecture might be related to the NASA Vision of a Web of Sensors.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; ground support systems; remote sensing; Earth Science Vision; IPO; Integrated Program Office; NASA Vision of a Web of Sensors; NPOESS; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; SensorWeb; data rates; ground system architecture; processing complexity; technology; Aerospace engineering; Data processing; Delay; NASA; Satellites; Sensor systems; Silver; Space technology; Telemetry; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025045
