SOSTC Workshop

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SOSTC Workshop Pt Mugu CA Automation
Track April 24-25, 2002
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Agenda

• Introductions Paul Zetocha
• Objectives
• Automation/Autonomy Presentations
• AFRL TechSat 21 Paul Zetocha
• Automating Flight Dynamics Operations Derek
  Surka
• GSFC / Lights Out Operations Jeff Fox
• Automation/Autonomy Issues All
• What is State of Practice
• What is State of Art
• Impediments to automation/autonomy
• What areas will provide highest payback
• Future direction
• Decide on issues to address All
• Break up into working groups All
• Work Group Summaries All

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Automation/Autonomy WorkGroup Participants

• Paul Zetocha Air Force Research Laboratory
• Jeff Fox MobilFoundations Inc
• Carmon Parkinson NASA/GSFC
• Gwynne Gurevich Microcosm
• Cary Sawyer NAVSOC
• Yuchou Hu NAVSOC
• Derek Surka a.i. Solutions
• Bob Turner Harris
• Bill Callicott QSS Group
• Fred Martin NAVSOC
• Shirley Tseng Infinite Global Infrastructures
• Thaer Zori NAVSOC
• Luis de Silva PaAmSat

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Impediments to Autonomy

• More consideration needs to be given to OM costs
  upfront
• Too much emphasis is placed on the higher short
  term cost of implementing autonomy rather than
  the longer term cost savings
• Operations personnel must be brought into the
  process from the onset
• Lack of understanding of what autonomy means and
  will do (i.e., spacecraft takeover)
• Not all autonomy/automation is high risk
• Autonomy/Automation is not an all or nothing
  proposition
• Lack of standardization hinders low cost
  development of autonomous software
• Higher cost of validation and verification of
  autonomous software
• There exists the potential that reliance on
  autonomy will cause operators to lose expertise.
  
• It may take longer to resolve problems when the
  autonomous software cant resolve a problem
• Autonomous software is generally more complex
  and harder to maintain
• Many new programs are PI driven.
• This often results in lack of mgmt experience or
  foresight.
• Operations is not a major focus
• This often leads to insufficient Operations
  budgets
• The DoD community is often risk adverse
• There is a general reluctance by Program Mgrs to
  make changes on their watch.
• Military Program Managers are often too short on
  station.

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Areas having potential for payback

• Mission planning and scheduling
• Contact setup. (prepass, pass, postpass)
• Optimize antenna time
• Routine Operations
• SOH Checking
• Limit Checking
• Limited diagnosis
• Options to recommend or invoke response
• Repetitive Commanding
• Trending analysis
• Reporting
• Automated antenna operations
• Control pointing remotely
• Automated ranging
• On-board orbit control
• Orbit maintenance
• Orbit determination
• Orbit propagation
• Maneuver planning and execution