THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS GENERATOR - A POWERFUL TOOL FOR MISSION OPERATIONS

Hubertus Wobbe, Armin Braun

DLR / GSOC, Mission Operations, 82230 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Abstract

The functions and features of the Sequence of Events (SOE) and Flight Operations Procedures (FOP) generator developed and used at DLR/GSOC for the positioning of EUTELSAT II satellites are presented. The SOE and FOP are the main operational documents that are prepared for nominal as well as for non-nominal mission execution. Their structure and application is described. Both of these documents are generated, validated and maintained by a common software tool. Its main features and advantages are demonstrated. The tool has been improved continuously over the last 5 years. Due to its flexibility it can easily be applied to other projects, new features may be added.

OUTLINE

1 INTRODUCTION

2 HISTORY

3 OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTATION

3.1 PROCEDURES

3.2 THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

3.3 APPLICATION

4 THE SOE GENERATOR

4.1 DATABASES

4.2 PLANNING SOFTWARE

4.3 SEQUENCE GENERATOR OUTPUTS

5 SUMMARY

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