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SciSys to Develop Software for ESA "Swarm" Mission |
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CHIPPENHAM,
UK, Feb. 20, 2007/Satnews Daily/ ― SciSys,
a provider of software services, has announced a major contract from
EADS Astrium Gmbh to develop on-board satellite software for the
three-satellite “Swarm” mission, a key part in the European Space
Agency's (ESA) Living Planet program. The
objective of Swarm is to survey the geomagnetic field and its evolution
over time, thereby gaining new insights into improving knowledge of the
Earth’s interior and climate. The resulting geomagnetic field models
will improve understanding of atmospheric processes related to climate
and weather, and will also have practical applications in many different
areas, such ocean circulation, space weather and radiation hazards. The Swarm
concept consists of a constellation of three satellites in three
different polar orbits between 400 and 550 km altitude. High-precision
and high-resolution measurements of the strength and direction of the
magnetic field will be provided by each satellite. The satellites will
be launched in 2009. The SciSys
on-board software will be responsible for controlling the precise orbit
and attitude of each Swarm satellite as well as handling all of their
communications with the ground segment. SciSys will be involved throughout all the stages of the
Swarm development, from the initial software architecture and definition
of the requirements, through integration of the software on-site with
the processor hardware supplier in Italy, to supporting system level
testing. The
SciSys team also confirmed that they have been contracted by Laben to
develop the test application software as part of the on-board computer
development for the Swarm mission.
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