TerraSAR-X Mission Planning System: Automated Command Generation for Spacecraft Operations

Author

Maurer, Edith ; Mrowka, F. ; Braun, A. ; Geyer, M.P. ; Lenzen, C. ; Wasser, Y. ; Wickler, M.

Author_Institution

German Space Oper. Center, German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany

Volume

48

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

642

Lastpage

648

Abstract

On June 15, 2007, TerraSAR-X was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. On board TerraSAR-X, a high-resolution X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument is being operated as the primary payload. The user community requesting SAR products is composed of commercial and scientific partners as documented in a public-private-partnership agreement. The operations of the TerraSAR-X bus as well as payload operations are performed by the Mission Operations Segment (MOS). The Mission Planning System (MPS), which is a part of the MOS, has been designed to handle complex payload and standard bus operations in an automated manner. The purpose of this paper is to describe the concepts and the TerraSAR-X realization of the MPS.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; space vehicles; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2007 06 15; Baikonur; Kazakhstan; Mission Operations Segment; Mission Planning System; SAR products; TerraSAR-X mission planning system; automated command generation; high-resolution X-band synthetic aperture radar; radar payload; spacecraft operations; standard bus operations; Mission Operations Segment (MOS); TerraSAR-X; mission planning; scheduling; timeline;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2009.2033469

Filename

5332322