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??.02.2008 MORE Relativity Meeting, Rome February 2009 ORBIT DETERMINATIONSOFTWARE DESIGN AT ESOC Ruaraidh Mackenzie, Frank Budnik Summary Current OD Software NAPEOS AMFIN/MODS Next Generation Software Design Approach NAPEOS Navigation Package for Earth Orbiting Spacecraft (1990s-Present) Complete package for Navigation of Earth orbiting spacecraft Integrated software tool for all OD and control related activities Includes automation / external interfaces I/O / orbital products Widely used throughout Europe NAPEOS Complex “modular” architecture Libraries of F95 modules with main applications Strongly interdependent modules and libraries Wide functionality but hard to adapt New features added “without major redesign” AMFIN/MODS Design Advanced Modular Facility for Interplanetary Navigation / Modular Orbit Determination System (2000-Present) Libraries (AMFIN) used to build set of programs (MODS) Designed to be adaptable to foreseeable future requirements Adding new dynamic/measurement models Adding uncertain parameters Allowing new measurement types Allowing new spacecraft types Adaptability has worked well for MEX,Rosetta,Smart-1,VEX,Hershel,Planck AMFIN/MODS Structure MODS Next Generation Software Design Approach Modular toolkit to build on AMFIN/MODS success Build various OD applications from a set of tools Define tools, framework (toolkit interfaces) based on foreseen applications Layered architecture concept Low level – basic functions, interdependent libraries, used by tools Modular toolkit – building blocks of OD applications Generalized framework for toolkit – strict interface definitions and interface software Applications layer – programs, scripts, GUIs using the toolkit Detailed high level design comes first Then implement low level libraries Then framework and basic tools - to be augmented Design Approach Priority is navigation Not intended to be ‘complete’ Include requirements to perform all kind of analyses in high level design Most late