A Flexible Architecture of Satellite Mission Operation System Based on Cloud Computing

Satellites are often used to make scientific observations of space or earth which are different from traditional application satellites. The mission operation and control requirements revolve around different scientific goals, with many types, strong constraints, small granularity, and large changes, in addition, it is equipped with many types of payloads. In order to deal with the complex control and changeable business process of satellites, a flexible and advanced system architecture is proposed, which based on cloud computing technology and used a layered architecture. Through the actual operation results at the satellite operation and control center, it demonstrates that the proposed scheme is not only effective and state-of-the-art but also enhances scientific output.