Customer: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Programme: MMX

Supply Chain: CNES > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for Support in Technical and Operational Qualification and Operations of FOCSE MMX rover are as follows:

• Piloting by CNES of TQ/OQ tests and support for MMX rover Operations

The features are as follows:

• QT/OQ System Testing :
• Configuration, missionization and deployment of LP-ISIS, PULP, MIG versions
• development of operational procedures and operational aids
• definition of detailed test plans, configuration: context management, requirements management, preparation and support for execution, analysis of results, investigation of technical facts and anomalies
• Maintenance of operational documentation Operations Support :
• integrated resource in the CNES teams for the early phases of the rover’s life (shifts, ground constraints)

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

• Support for carrying out the system qualification and Operations of the Ground Control Segments of the MMX rover implementing LP-ISIS
• Preparation and execution of qualification test campaigns
• Production of operational data
• Carrying out operational procedures

The processes for carrying out the project are:

• Requirements management (STB, IF): JIRA
• Specific MMX Control Ground Segment Qualification Process
• Ground control segment qualification system tests: Compatibility, Technical and Operational Qualification

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

• Components and subsystems of the ISIS LP missionized for the FOCSE MMX
• PULP layer (the Unified Layer Package): base for missionization of the commons (procedures, infrastructure, etc.) of the LP-ISIS
• MIG mission: fictitious generic validation mission. Implementation of part of the ISIS operational concepts: procedures, automation

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain	Technology(ies)
Hardware environment(s)	Esx Dell, SAN, Appliance Netbackup, HP Thin Pro, switch, firewall
Operating System(s)	Red Hat 8, VMWare, NoMachine, PXE
Programming language(s)	Python, Bash
Interoperability (protocols, format, APIs)	XML, XTCE, Json, CCSDS, standard CNES XIF
Production software (IDE, DEVOPS etc.)	JIRA, CONFLUENCE, Git, Ansible
Main COTS library(ies)	Ldap, IDM, ZeroMQ, SGDB