Services
Data
Network connectivity during all phases of launch
- Provide network connectivity, distribution, and monitoring for telemetry, data, voice, and video assets
- Provide a single point of contact for all spacecraft customer communications requirements
- Interface with local communications organizations at KSC and CCSFS and offsite transport organizations to meet spacecraft customer support needs
- Network connectivity and monitoring is provided during all phases of launch vehicle and spacecraft vehicle testing and launch operations
- Networks are configured between launch pads, processing facilities, other NASA centers, and commercial launch monitoring facilities (both foreign and domestic)
- Utilize the diverse routing platforms, capacities, and apply multiple data formats to ensure redundancy for critical operational support
- Provides the infrastructure for data archival and retrieval for both real-time and post-operation tests and analysis and for local and remote data access
- To ensure there is no critical data loss, data is replicated between both East (Hangar AE) and West (Building 836) Coast LSP Facilities
- Networking services are supported by a capable communications team that verify and validate transport systems
Video
Transmit and Receive video
- Receive and transmit video of spacecraft, vehicles, and operations
- Each onsite user can have access to video channels of the pads, control rooms, and public affairs associated with their mission through IP video
- Supply up to 8 video channels to your external locations via Ustream
- Transmit video throughout KSC through the KSC broadband cable distribution system
- Deployable camera available to supported east coast launch sites
- Each customer supported area within our facility has monitors and/or projectors for video display
- LSP provides PAO with a video booth with live HD feed as well as uplink and downlink of simultaneous (up to 16) video sources for broadcasting and streaming
Display Customization
- Convert displays into transmittable video
- Receive limited editing, clipping, and effects
- Create multi-view displays
- Each supported area within our facilities has monitors and/or projectors for video display
- Add time-lapse and/or burn in timecode with video
Record Video
- Record up to 16 of any of your video channels simultaneously
- Record and playback critical mission operations such as: Launch Vehicle roll-out to a Launch Pad, Static Test Fire, and Fuel Tanking for Launch
- Preset a recorder to document up to 31 hours of your important events
- Recorded media can be made available to your mission team upon request via the Mission Comm Engineer (MCE)
- Playback video through our recorders
Voice
Network connectivity during all phases of launch
- Personnel actively monitor system performance during mission operations and can make configuration changes as required
- Voice over IP (VoIP) and T1s communications connectivity to all NASA Centers, Spacecraft Mission Operation Centers, Eastern Range, Western Range, ULA, AFSCN, SpaceX, and Orbital-ATK
- Utilize a fully redundant voice switch capable of supporting T1s, Voice Over IP, Dial-Ins, Dial-outs, and many additional features
- The voice switch is fully redundant and supports up to 32 active missions
- Support remote site voice communications from sites such as: Kwajalein Island in the Pacific; Boulder, CO
- Record 96 active voice nets simultaneously with the Voice GL recorder
- Use the Graphical User Interface tab functionality for multi-user/operations
- Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) available at customer supported areas
- Conference types include: NETS, Voice Direct Lines (VDLs), Radio Nets, Dial-outs, etc.
- Provide up to 160 conferences per device with the Mission Operations Communications System (MOCS) software-based voice end instrument
- Redundancy capability is built within the software application for voice sustainability
- Conferences can be configured to support Talk/listen and/or Monitor modes
- Playback audio capability for mission simulations and mission rehearsals
- 24/7 voice support from voice hardware supplier
Telemetry
State-of-the-art telemetry Recording, Processing, and Display
Recording Telemetry:
- Multi-channel recording of PCM data streams
- Record IRIG timestamped individual frame synced data
- Recording of telemetry data in IRIG 106 Chapter 10 format
Processing Telemetry:
- De-commutate real-time telemetry into individual engineering unit measurements
- Reformat serial or IP telemetry data streams based on customer requirements
- Ability to process multiple PCM, CCSDS, or custom telemetry streams in parallel
- De-interleave spacecraft data or embedded data from a launch vehicle telemetry stream
- Local RF antennas and receivers are readily available to capture test data without range coordination
- Let LSP select the best source from multiple assets during launch
Displaying Data:
- Display data at Launch Operations facilities using graphical software tools
- Overlay real-time and archived data during operations
- Build customized data display pages using familiar tools like PowerPoint
Flight Ops
- Provide services to procure and assess launch vehicle and spacecraft down-range data acquisition
- Routinely use land, air, and water deployable tracking services
- Work with other NASA centers, government agencies, and foreign space agencies (ESA, CNES, SANSA) for down range tracking services
Clock
- Connect to the event clock and pages anywhere in the world
- Create custom event lists
- Capture log messages and display them to personnel
- Deploy connected thin clients to remote locations
- Synchronize clocks with the Launch Vehicle providers and Range provided IRIG-B time
- Support joint integration simulations