ERS-1, the first European Remote Sensing satellite, has a payload which consists primarily of microwave instruments and is in a polar sun-synchronous orbit. All ground and on-board activities from user requests to delivery of data products are combined into one integrated system. In view of the high number of products which can be generated by ERS-1, the Mission Planning System (MPS), which plans the on-board activities of ERS-1, is an essential tool for operations since manual planning of the large number of daily operations is out of the question. In addition the MPS, in line with the integrated nature of the ERS-1 system, also plans activities at the prime ground station, including among others, the operation of the payload data processing systems there. This paper outlines the operations concepts for ERS-1 mission planning, and describes the Mission Planning System used at the ERS-1 Control Center. Novel functionalities, such as automatic resource clash resolution, are described. A critical discussion gives lessons learned for future mission planning systems.
Mission Planning for an Earth Observation Low Earth Orbiter: ERS-1
1993
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Astronautics , Ers-1 (Esa satellite) , Mission planning , Scheduling , Earth observations (From space) , Microwave sensors , Polar orbits , Remote sensing , Satellite instruments , Data processing equipment , European space agency , Ground based control , Ground stations , Payloads , Satellite observation , Foreign technology