EO Ground Segment Evolution Reflections by Advanced Computer Systems ACS S.p.A. Workshop 2015, 24 th September 2015 ESA/ESRIN Frascati
Com ompa pany ny Profi ofile le Turnover: • ~10M € revenues Advanced Computer Systems ACS S.p.A. is a (80% projects, 20% services) Software & System Integration company Italian SME founded in 1979. Number of Employees: • ~80 Employees Focused on EO - Ground Segment technologies Highly specialized technical and managerial profiles (systems engineering, algorithms & software development, project mgmt) Also active in data processing and application development • Geospatial data processing / GIS multi-source for Ownership: monitoring, planning, management of • ACS Management (54%), environmental risks and infrastructures • Invitalia SpA (30%), • Exprivia SpA (16%). Strong credentials in real-time handling of large data streams (e.g. traffic monitoring) • EMSA client for design&integration of core Sites: operational systems • ACS Rome, Italy (Headquarters) • Oracle partner, certified on the most innovative security and big data products • ACS Matera, Italy, • SONY partner for Long Term Data Preservation • ACS-D Darmstadt, Germany.
Com ompa pany ny Profi ofile le Our services Average breakdown of projects portfolio
Com ompa pany ny Profi ofile le ACS Role Client Programme Mission / Project PDGS & Data Data Operation & Architectures Processing Maintenance Sentinel 1 Sentinel 2 Copernicus Sentinel 3 DFEP ESA / ADM Aeolus EUMETSAT GOCE Earth Explorers Cryosat Cross ngEO User Services 1st Generation Cosmo SkyMed 2nd Generation ASI Cross Multi-mission centre Venus, ERS 1-2, JERS 1, Third Other Meris, Landsat 5-8, Spot 1-4 parties missions
Ex Expe pertise rtise an and d ac activi tivitie ties s rel elev evan ant t fo for fu futu ture re EO Grou ound nd Seg egme ments nts an and S d Ser ervices vices Big Data Initiatives: • New high-performance No-SQL EO Product Catalogue (see paper presented by ACS on 2014 Conference on Big Data from Space BiDS '14) • Real-Time handling of large data streams (e.g. traffic monitoring) Copernicus Space Component GS Evolution: • Maintenance of S-1,2 and 3 PDGS developed SW components (Corrective, Perfective, Evolutive) • Engineering Support to Operations driving the evolutions • Some evolutions have started already in some components (e.g. Performance Monitoring, Monitoring & Control, DAG-C/TDAC/Download Manager) They will be proposed to the Operations and Maintenance Contract Primes. Sentinels Collaborative GS Evolution • Re-use/customization of technologies and components developed in the frame of Sentinels Core PDGS developments • Developing new technologies (real-time acquisition pipeline, GPU processing ) enabling Real-time Service (e.g. maritime surveillance)
Ex Expe pertise rtise an and d ac activi tivitie ties s rel elev evan ant t fo for fu futu ture re EO Grou ound nd Seg egme ments nts an and S d Ser ervices vices • ACS Assets for Archiving and Inventory Solutions LTDP • ACS SW Operationally proven solution : multi-site, multi- archive HW configuration based on a mix of different technologies (disk array, tapes libraries, optical disk libraries). • ACS is promoting a product named ARK based on Optical Disk Archive (ODA) Technology . It provides a response to all ESA LTDP recommendations (> 50 yrs longevity)
Ref eflecti lection on on on Grou ound nd Seg egme ment nt Ev Evol olution ution Ref efere erence nce Pa Pape per The path is clear… very few reflections from our side: “ESA should further pursue the evolution of its ground segment contracts towards “ services ” : • Impact of this decision on industrial strategies has to be carefully evaluated, major impacts are expected on SME’s for what concerns their abilities to provide services and availability of funding for setting-up competitive services. • Contract based on “services” may penalize technological advanced infrastructures in favor of consolidated solutions aiming to minimize investments and risks. EO Platforms • Mainly based on a collaborative attitude of the users and sharing of data, tools and results, may be attractive also for users not fully aligned to this approach by implementing adequate user access policies solutions. • Do not miss Dynamic User Profiling opportunities: • Better intercept user needs (e.g. by addressing the most requested functionalities) • Identify new user groups nobody even thought about yet • Do not forget the other way round: user-owned data EO platforms • Accommodate external EO data generated by specialized user communities (e.g. microsatellites data) • User-Enable 2.0: provide a platform to greet user-defined missions and data
Expe pecta ctations tions an and R d Rec ecommen ommenda dations tions ESA should further pursue the evolution of its ground segment contracts towards “ services ” : • It is recommended to include within ITT evaluation criteria also the innovation aspects of the proposed services, and ESA should promote transfer and exploitation of advanced technologies within such services. • It is expect the definition of procedures and clear rules in order to avoid conflicts of interest for companies providing on-site engineering and management support services.
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