Unified Description of HTV’s Mission Operations with Spacecraft Operations Markup Language

Paper number

IAC-05-B4.2.05

Author

Dr. Noriyasu Inaba, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISTA/JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Koji Yamanaka, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Satoshi Harauchi, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

Coauthor

Dr. Hiroshi Koyama, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

Year

2005

Abstract

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is an automated vehicle developed by JAXA as a cargo transportation system for the International Space Station (ISS). HTV’s mission operations consist of assent, rendezvous and de-orbit operations and are among the most complicated spacecraft operations JAXA has ever undertaken. HTV’s dynamic operations require careful monitoring and timely judgments of ground and ISS crew members in conjunction with HTV’s autonomous functions.  The operations should be designed and conducted flawlessly in coordination with international partners. 
In order to design and execute these complex operations, we introduced Spacecraft Operations Markup Language (SOML), which describes unified mission operations in a layered script. Operations procedures written in SOML include orders of commanding, telemetry monitoring and voice communications in nominal operations as well as back-up procedures.
A SOML procedures file is used to produce paper procedures and on-line or off-line operations products for operations facilities by connecting and linking to related operations data bases such as telecommand and telemetry databases, and orbit-planning tools. 
This paper introduces the SOML concept and presents the current status of the operational procedures development.

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