Automated multi-mission scheduling and control center operations at UC Berkeley

Author

Bester, Manfred

Author_Institution

Space Sci. Lab., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-14 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

12

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2009.4839694

Filename

4839694