Mission Operations Preparation Management: An Effective EndToEnd Approach

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Mission Operations Preparation ManagementAn
Effective End-To-End Approach

• Andrew Monham
• David Quigley
• Rhea System SA, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
• www.rheagroup.com
• a.monham_at_rheagroup.com

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Presentation Objective

• To present how
• Reductions in cost
• Improvements in Quality
• can be achieved through
• Effective management of procedure and database
• production and validation
• Across the manufacturing to operations hierarchy
• using a toolset called MOIS" to
  facilitate the process

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Operations Knowledge Flow During Mission
Preparation
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Cost Hot Spots in the Flow of OperationsKnowledge
Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
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7
7
7
Flight
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
3
Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
Database
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
EGSE
Control System
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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MOIS Overview
MOIS provides a set of integrated tools to

• procedures

• databases

• timelines

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Removing the Costly LoopBetween System and AIV
Teams
Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
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7
7
7
Flight
System
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
3
Test Specs/
Test Specs/
1
1
Test Results
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
AIV
Database
Engineering
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
EGSE
Control System
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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Focus on Spacecraft Validation and
Operations,Not the OL Code
Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
6
7
7
7
Flight
Flight Ops
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
3
Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
Procedures
2
AIV
AIV
Database
Engineering
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
Tests (OL)/
2
2
Test Results
Test Results
Control System
EGSE
Control System
EGSE
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
6
7
7
7
Flight
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
Minimizing Revalidation Activities
3
Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
Database
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
EGSE
Control System
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
6
7
7
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Achieving the BenefitsWithout Significant
Infrastructure Investment
Flight
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
3
Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
Database
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
Control System
EGSE
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
10
Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
6
7
7
7
Flight
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
Minimizing the Need to Develop Interface Control
Documents
3
Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
Database
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
Spacecraft/
EGSE
Control System
Simulator
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Interface
Manufacturing
Operations
Control
Management
Management
Documents
6
7
7
7
Flight
System
Flight Ops
Operations
Engineering
Engineering
Manual
Regaining Control of the AIV and Operations
Preparation Phases
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Test Specs/
1
Test Results
Procedures
2
AIV
Database
Engineering
4
Tests (OL)/
2
Test Results
EGSE
Control System
5
5
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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The solution

• MOIS replaces the Cost Hot Spots by allowing
• management
• system engineers
• AIV engineers
• operations engineers
• to share procedures, data, and information whilst
  at the same utilizing existing infrastructure
  investments such as EGSE or control systems.

Spacecraft
Manufacturing
Management
Spacecraft
Operations
Management
System
MOIS
Engineering
Flight Ops
Engineering
AIV
Engineering
EGSE
Control System
Spacecraft Operations
Delivery
Spacecraft Manufacturing
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Examples of Missions Benefiting

• MOIS currently used on 12 missions
• Cost Hot Spots are being eliminated
• Rosetta, Cryosat
• Astrium GmbH (Manufacturer) to ESOC (Operator)
• Automated Transfer Vehicle Program
• EADS-ST (Manufacturer) to CNES (Operator)
• Herschel and Planck
• Alcatel-Space (Manufacturer) to ESOC (Operator)

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Examples of MOIS Control Systems Interfaces

• SCOS-1B, SCOS-2000
• Command sequence generation (ESOC)
• TOPE TCL Generation (Alcatel-Space)
• MOIS Executor (Astrium GmbH)
• CGS
• UCL Generation (Astrium GmbH, EADS-ST)
• OpenCentre
• Elisa Generation (Astrium GmbH)
• Epoch2000
• STOL Generation (EUMETSAT)
• ATV-CC MC
• Command sequence generation (CNES)

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Conclusions

• The end-to-end integration of MOIS
• Allows a seamless transition of operations
  knowledge up the manufacturing to operations
  hierarchy
• Focuses on the knowledge, not the syntax
• Provides a common language within and between
  organisations
• Eliminates revalidation due to conversions
• Allows teams and organisations to concentrate on
  their value-added tasks and responsibilities
• Provides Managers with metrics to control the
  process
• Achievable regardless of heritage infrastructure
• Saves Costs and Increases the Quality of the
  Mission Operations Preparation