Missions performed with the GSOC Planning Software

Current Missions

  • TerraSAR-X (radar satellite TSX-1)
  • TerraSAR-X & TanDEM-X (satellite formation TSX-1 & TDX-1)
  • Alphasat - TDP1 (technology demonstration platform 'Laser Communication Terminal')
  • FireBird / BIROS (FireBird mission on the satellite BIROS)
  • EDRS (Link Management System for EDRS-A&-C)
  • Grace-FO (satellite formation GRACE-FO 1&2)
  • Eu:CROPIS
  • PP4G (Pinta/Plato support for the Galileo Service Operator)
  • ColKa (Link Management support for ISS-Columbus Ka-band antenna communication with EDRS-A)
  • CubeL (CubeSat PIXL-1 for Laser Communication validation)
  • V3C / BIROS (demonstrating the operations of the BIROS satellite with "the whole ground segment software on one laptop")
  • EnMAP (hyperspectral Earth obervation satellite EnMAP)

Upcoming Missions in Preparation

  • MMX Rover (provision of interactive tooling for operations of the Idefix rover of the MMX mission to the Mars moon Phobos)
  • Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat, geostationary communication mission and technology demonstration, mission planning system incl. provision of interactive tooling for externals for payload operations)
  • SeRANIS (platform for in-orbit demonstration and exploration of novel technologies, mission planning system incl. provision of interactive tooling for externals for payload operations)
  • CAPTn-1 (CubeSat for technology demonstration in space)
  • Grace-C (satellite formation for continued gravity measurements with novel technologies)
  • OPTIMUS (Optical Communication Multi-User System)
  • COMPASSO (validation of optical communication payload within the Bartolomeo platform applied to the ISS Columbus module)
  • QYRO (CubeSat for quartz clock validation in space)
  • CO2Image (Earth observation mission enabling CO2 measurements)

Previously Supported Missions

  • TET-1 (R&D mission extension of the satellite TET-1)
  • FireBird / TET-1 (FireBird mission on the satellite TET-1)
  • PAZ (LEOP)
  • GRACE (satellite formation GRACE 1&2)
  • SmallGEO HAG-1 (LEOP and commissioning phase)
  • TET-OOV (OnOrbitVerification mission on the satellite TET-1)
  • BIRD (satellite mission)
  • D-2 (German Spacelab mission)
  • MIR97 (Russian space station MIR)
  • MOMS-2P (Russian space station MIR)
  • X-SAR/SRTM (Space Shuttle radar mission)
  • CHAMP (satellite mission)
  • KonfPlan - Bayern Innovativ (conference planning with PLATO)
  • SCISAT (planning tool modifications for the Canadian Space Agency)
  • Col-ELP (planning on execution level for the Columbus module on ISS)