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EO Ground Segment Evolution Reflections by

Advanced Computer Systems ACS S.p.A. Workshop 2015, 24th September 2015 ESA/ESRIN Frascati

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Advanced Computer Systems ACS S.p.A. is a Software & System Integration company Italian SME founded in 1979. Focused on EO - Ground Segment technologies Also active in data processing and application development

• Geospatial data processing / GIS multi-source for

monitoring, planning, management of environmental risks and infrastructures Strong credentials in real-time handling of large data streams (e.g. traffic monitoring)

• EMSA client for design&integration of core
• perational systems
• Oracle partner, certified on the most innovative

security and big data products

• SONY partner for Long Term Data Preservation

Turnover:

• ~10M€ revenues

(80% projects, 20% services)

Number of Employees:

• ~80 Employees

Highly specialized technical and managerial profiles (systems engineering, algorithms & software development, project mgmt)

Ownership:

• ACS Management (54%),
• Invitalia SpA (30%),
• Exprivia SpA (16%).

Sites:

• ACS Rome, Italy (Headquarters)
• ACS Matera, Italy,
• ACS-D Darmstadt, Germany.

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Our services Average breakdown of projects portfolio

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Copernicus Earth Explorers Cosmo SkyMed Other missions Sentinel 1 Sentinel 2 Sentinel 3 DFEP ADM Aeolus GOCE Cryosat 1st Generation 2nd Generation Cross ngEO User Services Cross Multi-mission centre Venus, ERS 1-2, JERS 1, Meris, Landsat 5-8, Spot 1-4 ESA / EUMETSAT ASI Third parties PDGS & Data Architectures Data Processing Operation & Maintenance Client Programme Mission / Project ACS Role

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Big Data Initiatives:

• New high-performance No-SQL EO Product Catalogue

(see paper presented by ACS on 2014 Conference on Big Data from Space BiDS '14)

• Real-Time handling of large data streams (e.g. traffic

monitoring) Copernicus Space Component GS Evolution:

• Maintenance of S-1,2 and 3 PDGS developed SW components

(Corrective, Perfective, Evolutive)

• Engineering Support to Operations driving the evolutions
• Some evolutions have started already in some components

(e.g. Performance Monitoring, Monitoring & Control, DAG-C/TDAC/Download Manager)

They will be proposed to the Operations and Maintenance Contract Primes. Sentinels Collaborative GS Evolution

• Re-use/customization of technologies and components

developed in the frame of Sentinels Core PDGS developments

• Developing new technologies (real-time acquisition pipeline,

GPU processing ) enabling Real-time Service (e.g. maritime surveillance)

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• ACS Assets for Archiving and Inventory Solutions LTDP
• ACS SW Operationally proven solution: multi-site, multi-

archive HW configuration based on a mix of different technologies (disk array, tapes libraries, optical disk libraries).

• ACS is promoting a product named ARK based on Optical

Disk Archive (ODA) Technology. It provides a response to all ESA LTDP recommendations (> 50 yrs longevity)

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The path is clear… very few reflections from our side: “ESA should further pursue the evolution of its ground segment contracts towards “services”:

• Impact of this decision on industrial strategies has to be carefully evaluated,

major impacts are expected on SME’s for what concerns their abilities to provide services and availability of funding for setting-up competitive services.

• Contract based on “services” may penalize technological advanced

infrastructures in favor of consolidated solutions aiming to minimize investments and risks. EO Platforms

• Mainly based on a collaborative attitude of the users and sharing of data, tools

and results, may be attractive also for users not fully aligned to this approach by implementing adequate user access policies solutions.

• Do not miss Dynamic User Profiling opportunities:
• Better intercept user needs (e.g. by addressing the most requested functionalities)
• Identify new user groups nobody even thought about yet
• Do not forget the other way round: user-owned data  EO platforms
• Accommodate external EO data generated by specialized user communities (e.g. microsatellites data)
• User-Enable 2.0: provide a platform to greet user-defined missions and data

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ESA should further pursue the evolution of its ground segment contracts towards “services”:

• It is recommended to include within ITT evaluation criteria also the innovation

aspects of the proposed services, and ESA should promote transfer and exploitation of advanced technologies within such services.

• It is expect the definition of procedures and clear rules in order to avoid

conflicts of interest for companies providing on-site engineering and management support services.