Mobile Servicing System Operations Program

The various activities being planned and carried out to implement the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Mobile Servicing System Operations (MSS) program are defined. These activities are grouped into distinct areas: MSS hardware and software features and components required to carry out MSS on-orbit operations; the assembly of MSS, through the various build stages, in terms of the evolution of its capabilities and operations; planning and procedure development steps, from 'acceptance review' to 'on-orbit readiness' tests; and MSS operations planning, covering strategic, tactical, increment, and execution level planning; and the role of CSA's MSS Project Office in this process. The major functional groups involved in MSS operations are: logistics, training, ground processing, and command and control. Each area and functional group is reviewed, in terms of its role, organization, and work methods, and how they enable the MSS to function within the Space Station Freedom program.