KONGSBERG. WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication

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1 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication

2 Kongsberg Satellite Services Ground segment and licensed mission operations by Jan Petter Pedersen, Deputy director Content - Introducing KSAT and the ground segment - Ground segment overview - Important missions - Concluding remarks Presentation given at the GSCB workshop, ESRIN June 2007 Svalbard Satellite Station Aurora, January 2005 Photo: B.Hillestad, KSAT

3 KSAT operational activities TT&C and EO services, near real-time, 24/7 operations Operations contracts for satellite owners and operators Polar Ground Station Services (TT&C services) Mutimission SAR and optical operations (Data handling) Company data utilisation agreements Provision of (N)RT services tailored to user requirements Operational provision of GSE & GMES services (MARCOAST, EMSA) Pole-to-Pole ground segment Tromsø ` N, 18 56` E Svalbard ` N, 15 80` E Grimstad 58 20` N, 8 30` E TrollSat (Antarctica) 2007 GMES & GS experience and relevance Joint operations TT&C + Data handling/utilisation Multimission data and services for operational applications Sentinel-1 group: Radarsat 1 and 2, Envisat, ALOS. Plans for Radarsat-C, Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2 group: KOMPSAT-2, Rapideye, Formosat-2, Geoeye Sentinel-3 group: NOAA/AVHRR, Aqua/Terra MODIS,

4 KSAT Pole to Pole ground segment SvalSat, 78 N 14 of 14 orbits Tromsø Station, 69 N, 10 of 14 orbits Grimstad, 58 N TrollSat/Antarctica, 72 S 12 of 14 orbits

5 The KSAT Tromsø Station (Tromsø Satellite Station) KSAT main office in Tromsø at 69 39`N, 18 56`E Ground segment single access points Tromsø Network Operations (TNOC) Tromsø Earth Observation Center (TEOS) Reception of data from the other sites for processing, analysis, archival and distribution Order desk for interfacing customers and satellite operators Regular acquisition planning Rush orderings/rapid response Web based user interface for data and information dissemination using open standards Independent ground segment, but Mission data archives and catalogues ESA GS compatibility by MMFI

6 The KSAT Svalbard Station (SvalSat) Established in 1997 Currently 6 main (11-13m), 2 smaller (~ 3m) antennas Main meteorological high latitude ground station (EUMETSAT, IPO) Controlled from TNOC in Tromsø Advantages: Full global coverage: 14 of 14 orbits Telecommunication solution (20 GBits fibre) Cost efficient infrastructure Flexible customer adaptive operations

7 Troll Station, Antartica Complete 7,5 meter X-band data system Operational since Q Commanding & control from Tromsø TT&C and LEOP support Data reception Customers OrbView 5 Others Satellite based communication (scalable)

8 KSAT Network Svalbard (SvalSat) Tromsø SG2 M&C SG3 M&C SG4 M&C SG5 M&C Grimstad (South Norway) TG1 M&C GR1 M&C TG2 M&C TG3 M&C JAVA GUI Tromsø Network Operation center (TNOC) TR1 M&C Troll (Antarctica) IPO/Raytheon NASA/HTSI Eumetsat ESA DLR KARI DigitalGlobe Orbimage

9 Data and information dissemination Svalbard 20 Gbit Trom so 20 Gbit Fiber Svalbard and Norway mainland MBits fiber connections from Tromsø to US, Europe, etc Satellite telecommunication to Troll NASA/NOAA/Or bimage Oslo Asia Europe Web-based user information interface Based on open standards

10 KSAT Missions Supported Current Missions NASA: Aqua, Terra, Icesat, Aura, Landsat-7, EO-1, QSCAT, etc ESA Missions: ERS-2, Envisat, ALOS MDA: Radarsat-1 Other: SAC-C, Grace-1, Grace-2, Gravity Probe B, NOAA/IPO: Coriolis, NOAA missions (POES) ISRO: IRS missions Digital Globe: QuickBird-2, WorldView EUMETSAT: METOP-1 Upcoming Missions NOAA/IPO: NPP, NPOESS, Orbimage: Orbview-5 ESA: Cryosat, GOCE, Aeolus Eumetsat : Metop-2, Metop-3 DLR: SAR Lupe KARI: KOMPSAT-2 MDA: Radarsat-2 JAXA: INDEX, Solar-B, GoSat Others: Rapideye

11 Radarsat mission Norwegian investment, incuding a KSAT contribution in the Radarsat program Public and commercial access to data from Radarsat-1 and Radarsat-2 data Direct downlink Radarsat-1 data, extension by Svalbard global dump for Radarsat-2 Primary data source (together with Envisat) for the NRT services, including EMSA CleanSeaNet service Local data archive and catalogue since 1996 Advantage: Provision of data and derived information to the user in less than 30 minutes Plans for extending into the Radarsat-C mission

12 ESA missions: Envisat National facility, focus on the ASAR data Complete ground segment compatible for data reception, Tromsø the main hub ASAR data important for the NRT services Wide swath products in 3-4 minutes, fully compatible with the ESA format Sentinel-1 important for data and service continuity Maintain our SAR capability for the future European missions

13 Ship and oil spill detection service Integration satellite and AIS information

14 ALOS PALSAR ALOS operations under ESA contract since May 2007 Tromsø main hub of the ESA ALOS ground segment Direct downlink, Tromsø coverage Off-line processing and archiving (MMFI) JAXA data transcription ALOS PASAR data received and processed by KSAT, May 2006

15 Terra/Aqua MODIS Data acquisition at Svalbard and in Tromsø NRT processing chain Standard products Derived information Local data archive and catalogue Frequent data access increase application potential Advantage: Data (type) continuity secured

16 MODIS derived information products MODIS Polar winds (above) MODIS+ASAR snow cover map (right)

17 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication

18 KOMPSAT Recent contract with ESA involving KSAT, Spot Image, KARI Kompsat-2 acquisition at Svalbard Satellite Station. Ingest system provided by KARI. Level 0 data to KSAT processing centre in Tromsø and in parallel to SISA in Toulouse as part of the back-up scenario. Pre-Processing up to Level 1A and archiving in Tromso by KSAT for all Kompsat-2 data acquired Processing of data up to Level 1+ for ESA cat-1 users, limited to 1500 archived images and new acquisitions, currently estimated to 2000 images SISA will have the responsibility for back-up processing operations and archiving at SISA premises in Toulouse

19 Conclusions Pole-to-Pole ground segment offers a unique satellite access twice per orbit, from a single access point in Tromsø Ground segment tailored to user requirements Implementation of customer furnished equipment 24/7 operations, NRT, fast response capabilities Independent ground segment, but open standards secure access and interoperabiity Serves the fully operational GMES service; EMSA CSN SAR missions important for the operational GMES services The current Envisat/Radarsat generation Interests for recent Cosmo-Skymed and TerraSAR Sentinel-1 group: Towards next generation Radarsat-C, Sentinel-1 Optical missions, increasing importance Provision of data and services to/via satellite owners and operators Data for global multi-mission rapid response services