The Multimission Operations Concept at the German Space Operations Center

Abstract

Different kinds of satellite missions require different approaches to manpower teaming, software configuration and the use of operations infrastructure. The German Space Operations Center GSOC tries to harmonize the setup of manpower and tools wherever possible, taking into account that all projects require some specific solutions. The GSOC multimission approach uses a common team of operators for more than one mission. This makes maximum use of the available manpower and it allows preserving the operational experience while essentially reducing the costs. To ease the work in different missions it is very important that a common user environment is offered to the different users that follows a generic approach. An additional aspect and benefit from harmonizing the user environment is a more consistent installation and a very compatible computer inventory. This paper gives detailed insight into this approach and the operations tools that are used within GSOC.