Doing More with Less Panel Discussion GSAW 2013
Juan Miro Head of the Ground System Engineering Department Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations European Space Agency
Published by The Aerospace Corporation with permission. ESA Science Missions in the Solar System
Soho LisaPF XMM Integral Euclid Solar Orbiter Smart-1 Gaia Cluster
BepiColombo Huygens Ulysses Venus Juice Express Mars Express Rosetta ExoMars Giotto Herschel, Planck
21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 2 ESA Earth Science Missions
Explorers
GOCE CRYOSAT
SMOS Earthcare
Sentinels SWARM GOCE
AEOLUS
21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 3 Mission Operations at ESA/ESOC
16 spacecraft
13 missions / different types
1 Ground Network (ground antennae, communication network)
1 Mission Operations Centre
1 multi-mission Ground Data System
21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 4 Example of cost benefits in SW development through re-use Requirement Reuse Development price MCS SIM
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21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 5 Reducing Mission Operations Costs
Mission Operations • Mission Operations Concepts • Spacecraft standardization • Ground automation
Outsourcing • Increase work subcontracted to industry • Does it contribute to savings ?
21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 6 Other Contributors
Cloud Computing Technology • Software installation • Software maintenance • Software migration
Open Source • Share the burden of software product maintenance and evolution • ESA Community Software License (based on OSS principles) • Business oriented partnerships with industry
21.03.2013 | Juan Miro | GSAW 2013 | Page 7 Thank you
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