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European network of operations centres takes shape | |
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2019-10-25 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 地球科学 |
正文(英文) | ESA and the French space agency CNES have signed an important agreement that will see the two agencies improve interoperability between their mission control facilities on ground, enhancing the abilities of each organisation in space. ![]() The European ‘Network of Operations Centres’ will enable opportunities for joint action, knowledge sharing and technical interchange, and allow engineers and other professionals to benefit from crossed exchanges and mobility. It will generate savings for European taxpayers through avoidance of duplication, and through optimisation of existing capabilities and capacity on a wider European scale. The role of any mission control centre is to operate spacecraft in orbit, sending commands and downloading status information on the health and functioning of the satellite as well as the vital science data gathered by the craft’s instruments. Training teams and building, operating and improving the mission control systems and ground stations needed to fly any mission is a complex process. Under the Network of Operations Centres initiative, Europe's institutional control centres are joining forces, with each benefitting from the expertise and capabilities available at the other while reducing risk and increasing synergies for all missions. " ESA’s main mission control centre is located in Darmstadt, Germany, while CNES’s is in Toulouse, France. " ![]() The two agencies have set a priority on cooperation across the full spectrum of ground systems engineering, from mission control and flight dynamics to laser-based optical communication and enhanced cooperation in the field of international technical standards. ![]() By sharing some of the on-the-ground infrastructure, such as spacecraft tracking stations and antennas, agencies in the network of operations centres will enjoy increased robustness and redundancy in their ability to communicate with their spacecraft, reducing risk for costly missions. The two agencies will also benefit from using engineering knowledge and data systems that can work together, improving interoperability. The ESA-CNES agreement follows a similar agreement made between ESA and DLR, whose control centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich, in December last year. As much of the mission control hardware and software used by the three agencies is made in Europe, the network of operations centres effort will also boost opportunities and competitiveness on the world market for European high-tech industry. ![]() The agreement was signed on 24 October at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC, US. Find out more about ESA's ESOC operations centre here, and for more information on mission operations at CNES visit their website here. |
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来源平台 | European Space Agency |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/216084 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
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