Customer: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Programme: Multi-missions
Supply Chain: CNES > CS Group SPACE
Context
CS Group responsabilities for Assistance to ISIS Project Management for CERES, SWOT, MERLIN, N3SS and KINEIS missions are as follows:

The features are as follows:
- Maintenance of ISIS technical specifications
BDS and interfaces management (XML and XIF schemas)
Technical management of subsystems: follow-up of production (anomalies, patches, versions)
- Participation in ISIS reviews, technical and coordination meetings
- Contribution to industrial revenue
- Participation in AIV and systems tests: qualification of the TM/TC chain: BD Satellite generation, LdP configuration
Support to Operations: participation in the launch, in-flight acceptance and start of life
Project implementation
The project objectives are as follows:
- Engineering and AMOA support for Satellite Control Ground Segments implementing the ISIS Command Control Center Product Line
The processes for carrying out the project are:
- Requirements management (STB, IF): Doors
- Qualification system tests of control ground segments: Compatibility, Technical and Operational Qualification
Technical characteristics
The solution key points are as follows:
- Control Center Architecture Engineering
- Operational qualification of TM/TC ISIS chains: BDS configurations, sessions, SLE, COP, catalogs, TM visualization, TC histo
- AMOA team made up of experienced resources
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 7.5, VMWare, NoMachine, PXE |
| Programming language(s) |
Python, Bash |
| Interoperability (protocols, format, APIs) |
XML, XTCE, Jason, CCSDS, standard CNES XIF |
| Production software (IDE, DEVOPS etc.) |
JIRA, Git, Ansible, Doors |
| Main COTS library(ies) |
Ldap, IDM, ZeroMQ, SGBD |