Customer: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Programme: Pléiades

Supply Chain: CNES > AIRBUS DS > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for TMA PLEIADES Programming Chain are as follows:

• Responsibility in co-contracting, project manager

The features are as follows:

• Programming Unit: image requests, program requests, receiving stations
• Access Unit: user access interface
• DUPC Unit: satellite commands, CU data
• PCME Unit: international defense programming
• Processing Unit: TMI inventory and archiving
• ImageReceivingStation Unit: receiving and ingesting TMI
• AccurateAttitudeDataRestoration Unit: fine attitude data
• CommandControl Unit: system and satellite settings
• Integration of PHRLIB/GOTLIB mission libraries

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

• Development: engineering phases, software specifications, preliminary and detailed design, coding and unit testing, unit and AIV validation, acceptance, warranty,
• MCO: correction of anomalies and development of numerous functional evolutions.

The processes for carrying out the project are:

• V Cycle

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

• Highly deployed architecture, more than 200 XML file interfaces, Web Services
• Complexity of mission algorithms, performance requirements
• Civil/defense duality
• Ground operating life of 25 years

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain	Technology(ies)
Operating System(s)	Linux, XP
Programming language(s)	C++, Java
Production software (IDE, DEVOPS etc.)	Oracle spatial, SIG OpenMap, Web Services, Apache Tomcat, Apache Axis, Kerbéros/LDAP ,Java web start, Xerces
Main COTS library(ies)	45 cots