The Columbus APM centre flexible and efficient engineering support
Abstract
Columbus Attached Pressurized Module (APM) operations, beginning with final testing before loading into the Shuttle, are integrated into the overall Space Station Freedom and Columbus scenarios. These operations, both ground and flight, are supported by an engineering support center, the APMC (APM Center), connected to both Columbus and NASA in orbit infrastructures (IOI). The APMC must fulfill several different roles. The requirements for some roles are reasonably well defined, at least in outline. The requirements for others are still to be defined. Creation of a system for the center which allows all of these roles to be played efficiently and effectively, and when required concurrently is discussed.
- Publication:
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Ground Data Systems for Spacecraft Control
- Pub Date:
- October 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990gdss.rept..263B
- Keywords:
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- Columbus Space Station;
- Ground Support Systems;
- Logistics;
- Payload Integration;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Spacecraft Modules;
- Emergency Life Sustaining Systems;
- Mission Planning;
- Pressure Chambers;
- Pressurized Cabins;
- Research And Development;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking