European Space Operations Centre

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European Space Operations Centre
Space Agency Overviews- ESA/ESOC -
SpaceOps Committee at Large MeetingMiraikan,
Tokyo 17 April 2007
Manfred Warhaut ESA/ESOC (OPS-O)
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ESA Organization
DIRECTOR GENERAL J.-J. DORDAIN
Directorates
Program-
SCIENCE PROGRAMME
EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAMME
TELECOMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION
LAUNCHERS
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, MICROGRAVITY AND EXPLORATION
G. VIRIGLIO
A. FABRIZI
D. SACOTTE
D. SOUTHWOOD
V. LIEBIG
Support-
Directorates
TECHNICAL AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
M. COURTOIS
G. WINTERS
R. OOSTERLINCK
H. KAPPLER
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D/OPS Organization
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ESA Science Missions
Integral
XMM
LisaPF
Gaia
Smart-1
Soho
Cluster
ExoMars
Huygens
BepiColombo
Venus Express
Ulysses
Mars Express
Rosetta
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ESA Earth Observation Missions

• ERS
• ENVISAT
• GOCE
• SMOS
• ADM-AEOLUS
• CRYOSAT-2
• SWARM
• GMES/Sentinels
• EarthCare

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ESA ISS Mission Operations

• ISS mission operations are managed by D/OPS but
  conducted from control centres hosted by National
  Agencies

• DLR Oberpfaffenhofen for
• Columbus operations

• CNES Toulouse for
• ATV operations

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ESA Tracking Station Network (ESTRACK)
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Evolution of ESTRACK

• ESTRACK facilities follow requirements of ESA
  programmes, subject to constant evolution, which
  now requires adjustment in both capabilities and
  capacity. There is a decreasing load on existing
  facilities, and at the same time the need for
  adapted and/or new assets.
• Evolution of ESTRACK takes into account
  technological aspects, conscious risk taking,
  cost efficient setting-up and operation of
  assets, whilst ensuring independent access to
  space.
• ESA concentrates on high-end technology of
  complex nature not readily available on the
  commercial and institutional markets, but
  acknowledges advances in commercial sector for
  provision of standard tracking services available
  on a contractual basis.
• Necessary ESTRACK adjustments to be taken in the
  near and medium term relate to TTC aspects,
  which for scientific missions includes the
  acquisition of science data.
• Earth observation payload data acquisition
  mostly achieved through dedicated terminals are
  not within the scope of this document. Due to
  special nature of the Galileo project the
  pertinent TTC facilities are also not considered
  in this context, except for the In-Orbit Test
  (IOT) activities at Redu.

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ESTRACK Core Network Load (2007-2016)
Without possible mission extensions being
discussed by relevant Program Boards
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ESTRACK Evolution Summary

• ESTRACK and its operation by ESA is impacted by
  the following factors over next 10 years
• Utilisation will drop significantly The overall
  load on the network (which at present is around
  47000 hours of tracking support per year) will be
  reduced to about 30 by 2011, respectively 50
  in 2013.
• The technical requirements of ESA programmes (in
  particular Science) have evolved and will require
  more complex and sophisticated space
  communications technology in the X and Ka bands
  as well as 35 m antennas for deep space
  communication.
• The standard routine TTC support services are
  becoming more and more available on the
  commercial markets. For certain market segments,
  commercial operators can offer attractive
  conditions for ESA. Consequently, ESA will
  concentrate on the critical, strategic and
  complex operations activities for which a
  commercial market has not (yet) developed, such
  as deep space and LEOP spacecraft operations.
• As a consequence, ESA will have to re-structure
  its station network by
• Reducing capacity where it is no longer utilised
  by the ESA missions
• Increasing capacity in the Deep Space network to
  support its future scientific and exploration
  missions
• Outsourcing activities that can be taken care of
  by industry at better commercial conditions.
• This re-structuring process will have
  implications for existing ESA infrastructure in
  member states and in non-member states. Such a
  policy needs to be implemented on the basis of a
  careful implementation plan in order to avoid
  adverse effects, risks to the ESA operations, and
  taking into account the interest of the member
  states concerned.

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ESA/ESOC (OPS-O)Key Objectives 2007

• Mission Extension MEX and VEX (23 February 2007)
  done
• ROSETTA Mars fly-by (25 February 2007) done
• ESTRACK Evolution to Council, and DS3 endorsed
  (14/15 March 2007) done
• Signature ESA / NASA Network and Operations Cross
  Support Agreement (21 March 2007) done
• TerraSAR-X support (24 May 2007)
• Lisa Pathfinder confirmation (25 May 2007)
• Chang E-1 support (October 2007)
• ROSETTA 2nd Earth fly-by (November 2007)
• XMM and Integral Mission Extensions (November
  2007)
• SoLo approval (November 2007)
• GOCE launch (16 December 2007) possibly in
  Jan/Feb 2008
• Note ATV (November 2007) and Columbus (December
  2007)

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Information / Discussion on General Topics

• Space Communications Architecture
• Space Debris alert and reporting
• Network and Operations Cross-support
• Non Disclosure Agreements
• Future of RCSGSO