Developing Responsive and Agile Space Systems - Space-Library
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Operationally responsive<br />
space imagery satellite<br />
Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
Ku b<strong>and</strong><br />
274 Mbps<br />
Telemetry<br />
Raw<br />
data<br />
Processing <strong>and</strong><br />
exploitation<br />
Virtual Mission<br />
Operations Center<br />
513 th<br />
GSEG<br />
Processed<br />
data<br />
Products<br />
Virtual Mission<br />
Operations Center<br />
Central comm<strong>and</strong> JIOC/CM<br />
Deconfliction<br />
PRISM<br />
Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
AFSCN<br />
Telemetry<br />
Multi-mission<br />
Satellite Operations<br />
Center GSA<br />
Promoted<br />
schedule<br />
State of<br />
health<br />
Ephemeris<br />
<strong>Space</strong> operations<br />
Virtual Mission<br />
Operations Center<br />
<strong>Space</strong> weather<br />
Maintenance<br />
schedule<br />
ISR imagery ORS-1 target list via PRISM<br />
<strong>and</strong> feedback<br />
Terrestrial weather<br />
Apportionment<br />
Virtual Mission<br />
Operations Center<br />
SAN/WARP<br />
AFWA<br />
Joint functional component comm<strong>and</strong>/<br />
space <strong>and</strong> intelligence, surveillance, <strong>and</strong><br />
reconnaissance (ISR)<br />
The ORS-1 mission architecture. Scheduled to launch in 2010, ORS-1 will respond to an operational need for an ISR request from U.S. Central Comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />
at Schriever Air Force Base <strong>and</strong> use the<br />
VMOC for payload mission planning. It<br />
will fly the first version of the space Common<br />
Data Link <strong>and</strong> also use the Distributed<br />
Common Ground System enterprise<br />
as part of its tasking <strong>and</strong> data management<br />
processes. Aerospace is actively involved in<br />
all phases of ORS-1.<br />
JumpStart-2 is focused on equipping<br />
the Rapid Response <strong>Space</strong> Works (a.k.a.<br />
Chile Works) at Kirtl<strong>and</strong> Air Force Base to<br />
build new spacecraft in response to urgent<br />
tactical or strategic needs. The ORS Office<br />
envisions a modular approach that would<br />
allow plug-<strong>and</strong>-play integration of “mission<br />
kits” consisting of proven bus <strong>and</strong> payload<br />
technologies. Ultimately, these mission kits<br />
will allow rapid assembly <strong>and</strong> integration of<br />
space-based solutions stemming from joint<br />
force comm<strong>and</strong>er needs. These kits will also<br />
have to take into consideration the ground<br />
aspects of fielding capabilities rapidly. The<br />
JumpStart-2 program will work toward the<br />
Tier 2 timeline for providing capability on<br />
orbit within days to weeks. To achieve this<br />
goal, key ground segment enabling capabilities<br />
will need to be determined. The ORS<br />
Office will take advantage of the GMSEC<br />
testbed created in the Aerospace Ground<br />
<strong>Systems</strong> Lab by including key functional<br />
elements of the ORS ground system enterprise,<br />
the MMSOC ground system architecture,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the VMOC. This ORS proofof-concept<br />
demonstration will also involve<br />
building adapters between the GMSEC<br />
framework <strong>and</strong> the Air Force Research<br />
Laboratory’s PnPSat (Plug-<strong>and</strong>-Play Satellite)<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Remote Intelligent Monitor<br />
System (RIMS) ground system. Additional<br />
tasks are underway to build an XML telemetric<br />
<strong>and</strong> comm<strong>and</strong> exchange (XTCE)<br />
interpreter for the PnPSat RIMS to further<br />
enable a compatible space enterprise. The<br />
ORS Office is also investigating the possibility<br />
of adapting an on-orbit spacecraft<br />
within the GMSEC construct. Future tasks<br />
will involve other member organizations<br />
from the compatibility committee formed<br />
after GSAW.<br />
The Walk <strong>and</strong> Run Phases<br />
During the walk <strong>and</strong> run phases, the ORS<br />
Office will exp<strong>and</strong> the responsive ground<br />
system enterprise to include other responsive<br />
space mission areas such as communications<br />
<strong>and</strong> space situational awareness<br />
<strong>and</strong> continue to drive to a common<br />
ground architecture across the services <strong>and</strong><br />
space organizations. The ORS Office will<br />
continue to apply existing initiatives <strong>and</strong><br />
infrastructures from the broader DOD <strong>and</strong><br />
space community <strong>and</strong> work with its investment<br />
partners to achieve the envisioned<br />
responsive ground system enterprise by<br />
2015. This can be achieved by underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
warfighter needs, controlling the biggest<br />
drivers for innovation lead time, <strong>and</strong> using<br />
open innovation techniques.<br />
Conclusion<br />
The ORS Office recognizes that a responsive<br />
space system approach cannot be<br />
achieved without a responsive ground segment.<br />
Through its expertise in space system<br />
architecture <strong>and</strong> cross-program oversight,<br />
Aerospace is helping the ORS Office plan<br />
<strong>and</strong> implement an agile <strong>and</strong> innovative enterprise<br />
that can keep pace with changing<br />
technology <strong>and</strong> evolving user needs.<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
The authors thank James Barlow <strong>and</strong> Kris<br />
Woolley of The MITRE Corporation, Eric<br />
Miller of General Dynamics, Charles<br />
Warrender from the <strong>Space</strong> Development <strong>and</strong><br />
Test Wing, <strong>and</strong> Omar Medina of the Naval<br />
Research Laboratory for their assistance in composing<br />
this article.<br />
36 • Crosslink Summer 2009
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