European Space Operations Centre Introduction to ESOC

European Space Operations Centre Introduction to ESOC

European Space Operations Centre Table of Contents Organisation of ESA ESOC’s role and responsibilities Mission Operation Facilities Engineering Tools 2

European Space Operations Centre The Purpose of ESA • ESA is an intergovernmental organisation with a mission to provide and promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes: – Space science, research and technology – Space applications • ESA achieves this through: – – space activities and programmes long-term space policy a specific industrial policy coordinating European national space programmes 3

European Space Operations Centre • ESA has 17 Member States • Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland the United Kingdom • Canada takes part in some projects under a cooperation agreement 4

European Space Operations Centre The ESA Programmes • • All Member States participate in activities and a common set of programmes related to space science (mandatory programmes) In addition, members choose their level of participation in the following optional programmes: – – – Manned spaceflight Microgravity research Earth observation Telecommunications Navigation Launcher Development 5

European Space Operations Centre ESA Governing Bodies COUNCIL SCIENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (SPC) ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCE COMMITTEE (AFC) PROGRAMME BOARDS • COMMUNICATIONS • EARTH OBSERVATION • LAUNCHERS • MANNED SPACEFLIGHT • MICROGRAVITY • NAVIGATION INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) DIRECTOR GENERAL 6 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE (IRC)

European Space Operations Centre ESA Directorates DIRECTOR GENERAL J-J. Dordain Programme Directorates SCIENCE D. SOUTHWOOD EU & INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMES EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAMMES G. VIRIGLIO V. LIEBIG HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT MICROGRAVITY & EXPLORATION D. SACOTTE LAUNCHERS A. FABRIZI Support Directorates TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT M. COURTOIS OPERATIONS & INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT H. KAPPLER G. WINTERS 7 EXTERNAL RELATIONS R. OOSTERLINCK

European Space Operations Centre Headquarters, Paris (France) Houses the Director General’s office, general administration and the main programme directorates 417 Staff (incl. Liaison offices in Brussels, Kourou, Moscow, Toulouse, Washington and Houston) ESTEC - Noordwijk (the Netherlands) European Space Research & Technology Centre 1106 Staff EAC - Cologne (Germany) European Astronauts Cenre 21 Staff ESOC - Darmstadt (Germany) European Space Operations Centre 247 Staff ESRIN - Frascati (Italy) European Space Research Institute 151 Staff Personnel ESA (as of 31. 01. 2003): 1942 Staff 8

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European Space Operations Centre Director General Programme Directors Technical Matrix Interaction Project Management Teams Applications: ESOC Science Mission Operations OPS-O Director of Operations and Infrastructure Ground Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering OPS-G Information Systems Product Assurance and Safety OPS-I Site Management Mission Operations OPS-S 10 Earth Observation EU and Industrial MS and Microgravity

European Space Operations Centre DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE P. G. Winters (D/OPS) ESOC Support Office Network of Technical Centres Support Office H. Nye OPS-NC H. Laue OPS-PM ESOC Quality Office A. Mantineo OPS-CQ MISSION OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT W. Frank OPS-O Ground Segment Management INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT J-F. Kaufeler OPS-G U. Mortensen OPS-I Ground Station Systems Division Flight Operations Division A. Smith OPS-OF Astronomical Observatory & Survey Missions Division J. Dodsworth OPS-OA GROUND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Ground Facilities Operations Division Navigation Support Office B. Jensen OPS-GS J. Dow OPS-GN Mission Data Systems Division M. Jones OPS-GD N. Bobrinsky OPS-ON Earth Observation Missions Division P. Emanuelli OPS-OE Villafranca Ground Station V. Claros OPS-OV Planetary Exploration Missions Division Mission Analysis Section Flight Dynamics Division Redu Ground Station M. Warhaut OPS-OP Frequency Coordination Office E. Vassallo OPS-OW W. Flury OPS-GA R. Muench OPS-GF Data Systems Infrastructure Division D. Galardini OPS-OR N. Peccia OPS-GI Studies & Special Projects Division D. Andrews OPS-OS 11 SITE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT B. Mercier OPS-S

European Space Operations Centre ESOC’s Role and Responsibilities ESOC Ground Segment ~15 % of mission budget ½ development, ½ operation Ground-based communication 12

European Space Operations Centre ® Prime responsibility: Support ESA missions within areas of responsibility ® Carry-out R&D to maintain flight operations expertise ® Provide services to External Customers utilising spare capacity ® Roughly 70 -80%, 10 -15% work volume 13

European Space Operations Centre • ESOC: Mission Operations Centre responsible for operation of ESA missions • Mission Operations Department - Preparation and execution of operations • Engineering Department - Provision of tools • All facilities certified according to latest ISO Standard (ISO 9001: 2000) • Procurement of Services and systems with European Industry - Maintain core competencies within ESA - Strengthen competition - Distribute risks using frame Contracts 14

European Space Operations Centre • Ca. 240 ESA staff and 400 Industrial staff on-site at Darmstadt • Ground facilities investment value ca. 1 Beuro • Two Control Centres and 7 ground stations • Annual „turnover“ ca. 100 Meuro -70 -80% of budget spent in European Industry • 60 LEOP‘s, including Services for other Operators • 44 missions operated over 35 years • 4 -satellite Cluster mission, tandem ERS/Envisat operations • In-orbit rescue • Deep Space: Navigation and satellite hibernation and reactivation 15

European Space Operations Centre ESA‘s Mission Model (1) Operational missions * operated by NASA 16

European Space Operations Centre ESA‘s Mission Model (2) Missions in preparation: MSG-2, 2005 METOP-1, GOCE, SMART-2 2006 Herschel-Planck, ADM-Aeolus 2007 Longer Term Earth Explorer-3+4, Earth Watch MSG-3, METOP-2+3 (LEOP Services) Bepi-Colombo, Eddington, SOLO, LISA, GAIA, SMART-3 17

European Space Operations Centre Operations Facilities • Control rooms at Darmstadt, JPL (Ulysses) • Communication Networks • ESA Stations: Redu (Belgium) Kourou (French Guiana) Villafranca (Spain) Cebreros (Spain) Kiruna (Sweden) Perth (W. Australia) New Norcia (W. Australia) Maspalomas (Spain) Malindi (Kenya) • Interoperability: NASA, CNES, NASDA, Norway (Svalbard), SSC/USN, Univ. of Chile • Centralised control of ESA stations/communications remotely from ESOC • Interface compatibility for Ariane/Kourou and Soyuz-Fregat/Baikonour 18

200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 20 0 SVALBARD (N) 80 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 . 80 POKER-FLAT (USA) 70 . • VILLAFRANCA 1 VILLAFRANCA 2 TS-1 (E) 50 • 40 GOLDSTONE (USA) 20 70 REDU (B) 60 30 KIRUNA (S) MASPALOMAS (E) . . ESOC (D) 50 • • 30 20 KOUROU (F-GUY) . SOUTH POINT (HAWAII) 10 . -10 -20 SANTIAGO (CHILI) -30 -40 xxx -60 40 MASUDA(JAPAN) 10 -50 60 Core ESA Network xxx PERTH (AUS) Cooperative ESA Network 200 220 e 240 260 -20 NEW NORCIA (AUS) Augmented ESA Network xxx . • -10 MALINDI (K) HBK(SOUTH-AFRICA) . -30 § • -40 -50 CANBERRA -60 KERGUELEN(F) 280 300 320 340 0 20 40 60 80 100 ESA Cooperative Network (subset) 19 120 140 ESOC 160 180 15/07/2002

European Space Operations Centre • 15 m S-band Network Kourou, Kiruna, Redu, Vilspa, Perth, Maspalomas, Malindi (10 m) X X X-band to be implemented in Perth(2005) and Vilspa (2005) • 35 m antennas (Deep Space Terminal) New Norcia (Perth): Operational (Rosetta/Mars Express) S/X , Ka capability Cebreros (Madrid): Planned (2005 - Venus Express) X , Ka • X. 25 protocol replaced by TCP/IP: Inside stations and control centres (LAN) between stations and control centre (WAN) Timescale mid 2004 20

European Space Operations Centre Engineering Tools - Operations Preparation • Mission Operations Information System (MOIS) • Tool for operations procedures development and maintenace • Editing, configuration control, traceability, document production • I/F to satellite database (SCOS) • Based on WINFOPS (Windows Flight Operations Procedures System) – COTS (Microsoft Office) procedure generation tool • Easy to use, familiarity, configurable (1 -2 mm per mission) • All current ESA (except Integral) and future missions based on MOIS • Automation of sytem using PLUTO scripts • Typical sizing: ENVISAT 1700 procedures ROSETTA 700 procedures 21

European Space Operations Centre Engineering Tools - SCOS-2000 – Spacecraft Control Operations System supports all functions needed to acquire, process, display and archive TM and to send archive TCs: • Runs on UNIX Platforms (SUN/Solaris or PC/LINUX) • Modern layered architecture • Supports packet TM and TC CCSDS standards and ESA PUS standard • Highly scalable (from single WS or PC – ‚SCOS-2000 in a box‘, to complex configuration with over tens of WS) • Multi-mission support (constellations) – architecture design - Studies eg. Related to Galileosat) • Satellite check-out eg. Herschel-Planck - Satellite level - Instrument (P. I. ) level 22

European Space Operations Centre Simulator Infrastructure Software Infrastructure for Modelling SATellites (SIMSAT) • Dec/alpha VMS version currently used – phased out • PC/Windows-NT version (current baseline) • Move towards LINUX/PC version (2005 -2006) Generic models • Customisable and re-usable • Currently available models include: position and environment, 1750 processor emulation, ERC 32 emulation (all missions from Cryosat), power distribution, OBDH protocol, packet TM encoding and TC decoding, ground station equipment • Will be upgraded to support new simulator model portability standards in the near future • Future: 64 -bit Intel processor emulation 23

European Space Operations Centre Simulations TM/TC – Mission Control System I/F Stations – Comms – MCS (TM/TC) MCS TTSIM ESA Ground Station PSS Telemetry/Telecommand Simulator Station modelling MCS Portable Software Simulator Station modelling NB. Rf compatibility uses satellite model Satellite/MCS compatibility Satellite E G S E NDIU Validation/Training Satellite Simulator MCS Dynamic Simulation Network Data Interface Unit 24