The past two decades have seen the rapid development of space astronomy, both manned and unmanned, and the concurrent proliferation of the operational concepts and software that have been produced to support each individual project. Having been involved in four of these missions since the '70's and three yet to fly in the present decade, the authors believe it is time to step back and evaluate this body of experience from a macro-systems point of view to determine the potential for generic mission planning concepts that could be applied to future missions. This paper presents an organized evaluation of astronomy mission planning functions, functional flows, iteration cycles, replanning activities, and the requirements that drive individual concepts to specific solutions. The conclusions drawn from this exercise are then used to propose a generic concept that could support multiple missions.


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    Title :

    Generic mission planning concepts for space astronomy missions


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    Publication date :

    1993-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English







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    Wickler, M. / Goddard Space Flight Center | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


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