IRAS end-to-end datasystem

IRAS end-to-end datasystem

van Holtz, R.C.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1983-08-19

The development of a complex data system involving many disciplines requires a strict control from the early phases of a project onwards, to ensure that all requirements are met within the technical and financial constraints. To exercise such control becomes more difficult when different institutes/organizations contribute to the system, the more so when they are of different nationalities. The data system for the Infra Red Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) is typically such a large, complex system involving a software effort of American, English and Dutch institutes, totalling over 150 manyears. This paper describes the End-to-End Data System approach used during the design and development phases of the project. It assesses its effectiveness in the light of 6 months operational experience and indicates where a further application of the principle probably would have been beneficial.

data system
configuration management
data collection platforms
infrared astronomy satellite
computer systems programs
data acquisition
data processing
ground stations
uplinking
downlinking

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Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium

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