Planning Spacecraft Activities: An Automated Approach

Authors

  • Nicola Policella European Space Agency
  • Henrique Oliveira European Space Agency
  • Edoardo Benzi European Space Agency

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/icaps.v23i1.13584

Keywords:

Spacecraft Operations, Planning and Scheduling

Abstract

In 2013 the Alphasat spacecraft will be launched: in addition to its main commercial payload, four Technology Demonstration Payloads (TDPs) will fly on-board. The different payloads are provided by different research institutes, which will be able to define in-orbit demonstration tests of these new technologies. To optimize this opportunity, coordination of the different, possibly conflicting, payload operations is required. A software system to support the management of the TDP operations has been developed. While this system is intended to be completely automated (i.e., without any human intervention in the nominal case), it has been designed to keep all the different users (system and TDP operators) in the loop. This paper presents this system and in particular focuses on its core: the planning engine.

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Published

2013-06-02

How to Cite

Policella, N., Oliveira, H., & Benzi, E. (2013). Planning Spacecraft Activities: An Automated Approach. Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, 23(1), 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1609/icaps.v23i1.13584

Issue

Vol. 23 (2013): Twenty-Third International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling

Section

Novel Applications Special Track