SMILE Ground Support System and Science Application System
The SMILE ground segment comprises the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ground segment and the European Space Agency (ESA) ground segment, which collaborate closely on this mission. The Ground Support System (GSS) and the Science and Application System (SAS) are two important components of the CAS ground segment. Development of these systems began in 2016, focusing on requirements for addressing the significant challenges associated with the SMILE mission. The GSS is primarily responsible for data reception, mission operations, data processing, data management, and data services. It has established an operational platform based on a “common platform + mission-specific plug-ins” model, enabling support for the SMILE mission through the development of tailored plugins. The SAS functions as a dedicated scientific research center for the SMILE mission within CAS, managing science operations, processing scientific data, and conducting scientific data analysis. Its establishment was driven by the unique requirements of the SMILE mission. Additionally, the SAS is tasked with fostering collaboration between CAS and ESA, designing effective frameworks to coordinate scientists in planning SMILE science operations. This paper provides a brief overview of the design of the GSS and SAS, as well as SMILE mission operations. We anticipate that these two systems will effectively support the SMILE mission in the future.
Authors
- Zhaohui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9599-923X)
- Zejun Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-2094)
- Fuli Ma
- Yuncun Zhang
- Tao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-7863)
- Ya Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-6315)
- Lei Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5122-3066)
- Yiteng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-4664)
- Yong Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-634X)
- Qinqin Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0838-3670)
- Songwu Peng
- Fei He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-6990)
- Xizhen Yu
- Tai Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-7414)
- Jing Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5373-5914)
- Ziqian Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-7159)
- Xiaoxin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7759-7402)
- Tianran Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-247X)
- Zhigang Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9534-5981)
- Chi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6991-9398)
- Zhong‐Yuan Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5103-0790)
- Jiankui Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-0527)
- Yalin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5472-1223)
- Tian Cai-xia
- Jiawei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-8192)
- Junlong Tong
- Ziming Zou
- Zhongxin Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4006-922X)
Institutions
- Polar Research Institute of China (CN)
- China Meteorological Administration (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- Institute of Geology and Geophysics (CN)
- Aerospace Information Research Institute (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Space Science Reviews
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01141-1
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.98
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nuclear Safety and Security Commission