Team: Operation Real Time Systems
The Real-Time Systems Operations working group at the DFD site in Neustrelitz is characterized by
- the realization of currently around 18,000 satellite contacts per year in reception and transmission operations in cooperation with national and international partners, space companies, institutes, agencies and authorities
- acquisition planning (Scheduling Office), satellite data acquisition and commanding of LEO (Low Earth Orbit: 500-1200 km) and GEO satellites (Geostationary Earth Orbit: 36000 km)
- operations of the ground station in a multi-mission scenario 365 days/year 24 hours/day
- Neustrelitz Ground Station (NSG) is a permanent receiving and transmitting station for numerous optical, multi- and hyperspectral, thermal infrared and radar remote sensing satellites as well as communication satellites and small scientific satellites
- Certified according to ISO 9001 (quality management), regular auditing
- High reliability and availability values in the range > 99.x % - both for downlink (acquisition/reception) and uplink (transmission/command) parameters
- Part of the ESA Copernicus Core Ground Segment
- LGN Station (Landsat Ground Network)
- Acquisition of data from space weather satellites (deep space - from a distance of 1.5 million km) and thus ensuring the German contribution to a continuous data stream on the potentially dangerous impact of solar storms on the Earth and its infrastructure
- Operational management of more than 30 processing systems for remote sensing data incl. NRT (near real-time) - processing, archiving and data delivery
- Support of the PECASUS initiative - Pan-European Consortium for Aviation Space Weather User Services for the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO - (background is the influence of space weather events on the accuracy of satellite navigation systems)
- IMPC-UHD - User Help Desk for Ionosphere Monitoring and Prediction Center
- Monitoring of all relevant systems and troubleshooting if required