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Smashing the Stovepipe: Leveraging the GMSEC Open Architecture and Advanced IT Automation to Rapidly Prototype, Develop and Deploy Next-Generation Multi-Mission Ground SystemsSatellite/Payload Ground Systems - Typically highly-customized to a specific mission's use cases - Utilize hundreds (or thousands!) of specialized point-to-point interfaces for data flows / file transfers Documentation and tracking of these complex interfaces requires extensive time to develop and extremely high staffing costs Implementation and testing of these interfaces are even more cost-prohibitive, and documentation often lags behind implementation resulting in inconsistencies down the road With expanding threat vectors, IT Security, Information Assurance and Operational Security have become key Ground System architecture drivers New Federal security-related directives are generated on a daily basis, imposing new requirements on current / existing ground systems - These mandated activities and data calls typically carry little or no additional funding for implementation As a result, Ground System Sustaining Engineering groups and Information Technology staff continually struggle to keep up with the rolling tide of security Advancing security concerns and shrinking budgets are pushing these large stove-piped ground systems to begin sharing resources - I.e. Operational / SysAdmin staff, IT security baselines, architecture decisions or even networks / hosting infrastructure Refactoring these existing ground systems into multi-mission assets proves extremely challenging due to what is typically very tight coupling between legacy components As a result, many "Multi-Mission" ops. environments end up simply sharing compute resources and networks due to the difficulty of refactoring into true multi-mission systems Utilizing continuous integration / rapid system deployment technologies in conjunction with an open architecture messaging approach allows System Engineers and Architects to worry less about the low-level details of interfaces between components and configuration of systems GMSEC messaging is inherently designed to support multi-mission requirements, and allows components to aggregate data across multiple homogeneous or heterogeneous satellites or payloads - The highly-successful Goddard Science and Planetary Operations Control Center (SPOCC) utilizes GMSEC as the hub for it's automation and situational awareness capability Shifts focus towards getting GS to a final configuration-managed baseline, as well as multi-mission / big-picture capabilities that help increase situational awareness, promote cross-mission sharing and establish enhanced fleet management capabilities across all levels of the enterprise.
Document ID
20170002302
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Swenson, Paul
(ASRC Aerospace Corp. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
March 17, 2017
Publication Date
March 15, 2017
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN39763
Meeting Information
Meeting: GSAW 2017, Session 11E: Adopting Agile Ground Software Development
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 15, 2017
Sponsors: Aerospace Corp.
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15CR67C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
GMSEC
Mission Operations
Continuous Monitoring
Common Open Architecture
Rapid deployment
Ground System Architecture
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