The IUE Science Operations Ground System

Author:: Arquilla, Richard
Published:: Nov 1, 1994.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: Pitts, Ronald E.

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The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Science Operations System provides full realtime operations capabilities and support to the operations staff and astronomer users. The components of this very diverse and extremely flexible hardware and software system have played a major role in maintaining the scientific efficiency and productivity of the IUE. The software provides the staff and user with all the tools necessary for pre-visit and real-time planning and operations analysis for any day of the year. Examples of such tools include the effects of spacecraft constraints on target availability, maneuver times between targets, availability of guide stars, target identification, coordinate transforms, e-mail transfer of Observatory forms and messages, and quick-look analysis of image data. Most of this extensive software package can also be accessed remotely by individual users for information, scheduling of shifts, pre-visit planning, and actual observing program execution. Astronomers, with a modest investment in hardware and software, may establish remote observing sites. We currently have over 20 such sites in our remote observers' network.

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GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES (SPACE)

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.

Note:

Document ID: 19950010840.
Accession ID: 95N17255.
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Third International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, Part 1; p 655-662.

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