Monday 2 June 2003

ROOM A

SESSION 1A  -  ON-BOARD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS WITH AUTOMATED CODE GENERATION

Applying CASE Tools for On-Board Software Development (U. Brammer, A. Hönle - Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany)

Generative Programming for Space Applications (V. Cechticky - ETH-Zentrum, Switzerland A. Pasetti - P&P Software GmbH, Germany)

SESSION 2A  -  ON-BOARD SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING, MODELLING AND SIMULATED EXECUTION

SDL model and simulation applied to EUROSTAR 3000 On Board SW (D. Breton - Astrium SAS, France)

Iterative Development and Prototyping - Experience from Development of GPS Signal Processing Applications (U. Ivraeus - Saab Ericsson Space AB, Sweden)

Modelling of Complex System Behaviour: Application to ATV Mission and Vehicle Management Design and Functional Validation (P. Ranoarivony, R. Garnier - EADS Launch Vehicles, France)

ROOM B

SESSION 1B  -  SATELLITE SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS

EuroSim Simulation Framework (R.H. de Vries - Dutch Space BV, Netherlands)

Reusable Infrastructure Elements for Spacecraft Simulators (T. Bru - ESA/ESOC, Germany)

The Herschel-Planck ACMS Simulation Approach (M.J. Neefs, M.J. Haye - Dutch Space BV, Netherlands)

Tuesday 3 June 2003

ROOM A

SESSION 3A  -   ON-BOARD SOFTWARE VALIDATION FACILITIES & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

SIMSTB: A Full Software Facility for On-Board Software Development on ERC32 Target (F. Pasquier, J.-M. Fournie - Astrium SAS, France)

High Performances Space Processors Simulators Based on Virtualisation Technologies (G. Garcia - Alcatel Space, France)

Real-Time Test Environment for Architecture based on LEON (Y. Dufrenne - Astrium SAS, France)

Overclocking of the TSC695: Where no one has gone before - A small issue for users, a major item for engineers (J. van der Wateren, C.P. van Teylingen - Chess-eT, Netherlands)

SESSION 4A  -  HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT

Improving the ASIC and FPGA development process, by applying a procedure to exchange HDL code information between prime contractors and industrial companies (P. Cormery, F. Dubuc - EADS Launch Vehicles, France)

SESSION 5A  -  ON-BOARD DATA HANDLING HARDWARE & SYSTEMS

MCM SPARC ERC32SC Development and Validation Results (N. Béhot, C. Boléat, C. Champetier, J.-F. Coldefy, M. Souyri - Astrium SAS, France)

Tests and Development results of a System-on-a-Chip for Satellite Data Handling (M. Souyri, M. Lefebvre - Astrium SAS, France R. Weigand - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Customisable-Off-The-Shelf Digital Signal Processing Board for Space Applications (H. Reichinger, M. Sust - Austrian Aerospace GmbH, Austria)

Architecture of next Generation Highly Integrated Data Handling Systems (T. Hult - Saab Ericsson Space AB, Sweden)

SESSION 6A  -  ON-BOARD HARDWARE: COTS BASED DATA HANDLING SYSTEMS

MOSREM - Multi-processor On-Board System for Robotic Exploration Missions (D. Jameux - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Cost-efficient COTS approach for Robotic Components Verification on ISS (ROKVISS) (K.-P. Förster, W. Naumann - Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany E. Lvov - RSC Energia, Russia)

ROOM B

SESSION 2B  -  EARTH OBSERVATION

Earth Observation and GIS Services Integration Approach in MASS (Y. Coene - Spacebel, Belgium S. Gianfranceschi - Intecs HRT, Italy P.G. Marchetti - ESA/ESRIN, Italy)

Grid Technology and Neural Networks for the Analysis of Atmospheric Ozone from Satellite Data (S. Casadio - Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria F. Del Frate - University Tor Vergata, Italy S. Godin-Beekmann, M. Petitdidier - Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, France)

Management of "Future Products" in the Distributed Payload Ground Segment for TerraSAR-X (E. Mikusch, M. Wolfmüller, E. Diedrich, D. Dietrich - German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany M. Böttcher - Werum Software & Systems AG, Germany)

SESSION 3B  -  GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION

Entry, Descent and Landing Systems: "The Next Generation" (H. Winkelman, J. Gebbie - LogicaCMG, UK Dr. G. Ortega - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

On the Design of an Optimal GNC Sensor Architecture for Autonomous Planetary Landers (S. Parkes, V. Silva - University of Dundee, UK) - LIDAR-Based GN&C for Safe Landing using PANGU (S. Parkes, V. Silva, M. Duntan, I. Martin, D. Matthews - University of Dundee, UK)

SESSION 4B  -  SOFTWARE TEST & VALIDATION MANAGEMENT

CVT (Customisation Verification Tool) (L. Gourdon - EADS Launch Vehicles, France)

Standard Test Equipment Approach for Space Electronics Verification (S. Pachschwoell - Austrian Aerospace GmbH, Austria)

ELOG Operational Logs and Knowledge Base Engine Effectiveness and Added Value of Systematic Operational Logging During Development and Integration of Complex Data Ground System (G. Di Girolamo - ESA/ESOC, Germany)

SESSION 5B  -  REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING & VALIDATION PROCESSES

Engineering Reliable Systems, Components, and Objects (P.B. Carpenter - Independant Consultant, USA)

Please give me a Pound of System Test and two Miles of Performance! (O. Denoo - PS-Testware, Belgium) - Risky Business: Get a Grip on it (P. Cober - PS-Testware, Belgium)

MaTeLo: Automated Testing Suite for Software Validation (A. Guiotto, B. Acquaroli, A. Martelli - Alenia Spazio SpA, Italy)

Wednesday 4 June 2003

ROOM A

SESSION 7A  -  FUTURE ARCHITECTURES AND APPROACHES TO ON-BOARD DATA HANDLING (1)

XPP - A high Performance Parallel Signal Processing Platform for Space Applications (M. Syed, T. Helfers - Astrium GmbH, Germany E. Schueler - PACT XPP Technologies AG, Germany)

Plug & Play Architecture for On-Board Software Components (C. Moreno, G. Garcia - Alcatel Space, France)

Next Generation Avionics System for Satellite Application (M. Wiegand - Astrium GmbH, Germany)

SESSION 8A  -  FUTURE ARCHITECTURES AND APPROACHES TO ON-BOARD DATA HANDLING (2)

Software Agents 1: Agent-Based Applications (S.D. Fowell, R. Ward - SciSys Space and Defence Ltd., UK M. Nielsen - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands Software) - Agents 2: A Minimal Real-Time CORBA ORB for Space (S.D. Fowell, R. Ward - SciSys Space and Defence Ltd., UK M. Nielsen - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands Software)

Agents 3: Event-Driven On-Board Software using Priority-Based Communications Protocols (S.D. Fowell, R. Ward - SciSys Space and Defence Ltd., UK C. Plummer - Cotectic Ltd., Belgium)

A Standard Java Virtual Machine for Real-Time Embedded Systems (F. de Bruin - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands F. Deladerrière - Astrium SAS, France F. Siebert - Aicas GmbH, Germany)

SESSION 9A  -  ADAPTATION AND REUSE OF ON-BOARD SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND APPROACHES

An Adaptable On-Board Application in C++ (G. Montalto, N. Salerno - Alenia Spazio SpA, Italy A. Pasetti - P&P Software GmbH, Germany)

ASTROBUS On-Board Software (D. Biscarros, C. Cantenot, J. Séronie-Vivien, G. Schmidt - Astrium SAS, France)

SESSION 10A  -  ON-BOARD COTS SOFTWARE

A Selection Methodology for embedded RTOS (P. Melanson, M. Tafazoli - Canadian Space Agency, Canada)

ROOM B

SESSION 6B  -  ON-BOARD COMPONENT

Solid State Mass Memory with integrated File Handling System for Mars Express and Venus Express (J. Mueller - Astrium GmbH, Germany)

A Flexible Integrated Solution for On-Board Radar Transmit Pulse Generation (U. Hahn - Astrium GmbH, Germany C. Mavrocordatos - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

High Speed CCSDS Data Formatter (U. Lonsdorfer, F.J. Rombeck - Astrium GmbH, Germany)

The Digital Electronic Subsystem of Marsis (L. Maltecca, M. Pecora, L. Scandelli - Laben, Italy)

SESSION 7B  -  ORBIT DETERMINATION AND SATELLITE ACQUISITION

Interferometer for High Precision Orbit Determination (F.H. Pedersen - Astrium CRISA, Spain)

Autonomous Satellite Acquisition by Ground Station (J. Foliard, H. Madieu, A. Comps, S. Burgaud, M. Vincent - CNES, France)

SESSION 8B  -  SIGNAL PROCESSING, IMAGE HANDLING

Space Application of Wavelet-based Image Analysis (A. Henrichs - Astrium GmbH, Germany)

Digital Video System for Space Applications (G. Capuano, D. Titomanlio, M. Severi, R. Quadarella - Techno System Developments, Italy)

SESSION 9B  -  HARNESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES

The Spacecraft Sensor Bus as a means of Harness Reduction (C. Plummer - Cotectic Ltd., Belgium P. Plancke - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Power Line Carrier Techniques applied to Spacecraft Data Handling (J.-Y. Bedu, J. Morisse, X. Auvergne - Alcatel Space, France P. Plancke - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Wireless Infra-Red Links for Intra-Satellite Communications (A. Santamaría, F.J. López-Hernández - ETSI Telecomunicación, Spain H. Guerrero, I. Arruego, S. Rodriguez - INTA, Spain)

Flight Demonstration of a Fault-Tolerant Onboard Network (L. Lamorie, E. Edwards, M. Hubert, F. Ricci - Xiphos Technologies Inc., Canada D. Lorenzini - SpaceQuest Canada Ltd., Canada L. Hartman - Canadian Space Agency, Canada)

PANEL SESSION: "Fault Tolerance versus Fault Avoidance" Position of ESTEC (Ph. David)

Thursday 5 June 2003

ROOM A

SESSION 11A  -  DATA HANDLING TECHNOLOGY HARMONISATION AND POLICIES

European Space Technology Harmonisation On Board Computer & Data Systems (P. Plancke, P. David - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Status of Space Software's Compiler and Kernel Activities and the ESA Policy (M. Nielsen - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Benefits and Misunderstandings of Free Software in the European Space Industry (C. Comar, F. Gasperoni - ACT Europe, France R. Dewar - Ada Core Technologies, USA)

SESSION 12A  -  SOFTWARE SAFETY AND DEPENDABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

Hardware Software Interaction Analysis: Practical case and lessons learnt (J.P. Blanquart - Astrium SAS, France)

ECSS-Q-80-03: Guidelines for software dependability and safety methods and techniques (P. Rodríguez-Dapena - SoftWcare S.L., Spain)

Static and Dynamic Verification of Critical Software for Space Applications (F. Moreira, R. Maia, D. Costa, N. Duro - Critical Software SA, Portugal P. Rodríguez-Dapena - SoftWcare S.L., Spain K. Hjortnaes - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Software Dependability and Safety Evaluations ESA's initiative (M. Hernek - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

SESSION 13A  -  DEPENDABILITY, SAFETY & FAULT TOLERANCE DESIGN

Software Product Assurance for Autonomy On-Board Spacecraft (J.-P. Blanquart, C. Honvault - Astrium SAS, France M. Hernek - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands J.-C. Poncet, N. Strady-Lécubin - Axlog Ingénierie, France D. Powell, P. Thévenod, F. Ingrand, S. Fleury - LAAS-CNRS, France)

Designing for Failure (P.G. Beerthuizen - Dutch Space BV, Netherlands)

SMART-FDIR: use of Artificial Intelligence in the implementation of a Satellite FDIR (A. Martelli, C. Paccagnini - Alenia Spazio SpA, Italy M. Lavagna - Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

The Fault Tolerant Central Computer of the Rosetta Lander (A. Baksa, A. Balázs, Z. Pálos, P. Spányi, S. Szalai, L. Várhalmi - KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Hungary)

SESSION 14A  -  FAULT TOLERANCE WITH COTS

Fault Tolerance and COTS: Next Generation of High Performance Satellite Computers (W. Bärwald, K. Brieß - DLR, Germany P. Behr, S. Montenegro - Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany)

A New Approach to provide Reliable Data Systems without using Space-Qualified Electronic Components (W. Häbel - Astrium GmbH, Germany)

Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery (P. David - ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

ROOM B

SESSION 10B  -  CAN AND SPACEWIRE

CAN Bus as a Spacecraft Onboard Bus (C. Plummer - Cotectic Ltd., Belgium P. Roos, L. Stagnaro - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Comparison of CAN and Bluetooth protocols - A Study for Application of CAN Over Bluetooth for Wireless On-Board Data Handling (R. Magness - TERMA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

TCP/IP Over Spacewire (S. Parkes, S. Mills - University of Dundee, UK)

SpaceWire: IP, Components, Development Support and Test Equipment (S. Parkes, C. McClements - University of Dundee, UK)

SESSION 11B  -  DEMODULATORS/DECODERS/HIGH SPEED SIGNAL PROCESSING

8PSK Demodulator for new generation DVB-S2 (T. Botticchio, P. Burzigotti, F. Richichi - Space Engineering SpA, Italy R. Degaudenzi, A. Martinez - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands M. Luise - University of Pisa, Italy P. Tabacco - DSP Systems, Italy) - A Turbo Co/Decoder implementation for next generation DVB-S2 (S. Benedetto, G. Montorsi - DELEN, Politecnico di Torino, Italy T. Botticchio, P. Burzigotti, F. Richichi - Space Engineering SpA, Italy R. Degaudenzi, A. Martiniez - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands P. Tabacco - DSP Systems, Italy)

DVB-RCS Multi-Channel, Multi-Frequency Demodulator based on a multi-tasking Hardware Software Architecture using a System on Programmable Chip Technology (A. Van Doninck, M. Dendoncker, F. Adriaensen, P. Delbeke, A. Rolle, T. Craey, S. Krekels - Alcatel Bell Space, Belgium)

SESSION 12B  -  MISSION DATA CONSTRUCTION AND DECOMMUTATION

Generation of ICD Using CCSDS and ISO Standards (F. Schiavon, B. Larzul - CNES, France)

Make your data life cycle easier with DEBAT - Development of EAST Based Access Tools (A. Ciarlo - ESA/ESRIN, Italy D. Minguillon - CNES, France C. Guerreiro - CS Systèmes d'Information, France)

A Telemetry Browser built with Java Components (E. Poupart - CNES, France)

The Future ESA's Telemetry and Telecommand System: Implementation of a Service Provider for CCSDS SLE Services (G.P. Calzolari, Y. Doat, M. di Giulio - ESA/ESOC, Germany)

SESSION 13B  -  MISSION CONTROL AND MONITORING & CONTROL

Advanced Monitoring, Control and Operations Concepts of the Galileo Satellite Constellation (R. Kay, P. Davies, P. Norris - LogicaCMG, UK and Germany)

SCOS-2000: Evaluation of a generic mission control system according to SPEC (M. Jones, E. Gomez - ESA/ESOC, Germany F. Aldea - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands H. Schäbe - TÜV, Germany)

A Framework for Monitoring, Control and Configuration (H. Wulf - VCS AG, Germany)

FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2003

ROOM A

SESSION 15A  -  HARD REAL TIME & SAFETY CRITICAL DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION

CPFPS: Development of a Safety Critical Hard Real Time Distributed Application for EGNOS (J. Campos, E. Mora, N. Zarraoa - GMV, Spain)

Event driven architecture for hard real-time embedded systems (F. Bossard - CNES, France)

MICROSEK: a Certifiable Hard Real-Time Operating System for Safety Critical Applications (A. Brachini, P. Coppola - Intecs HRT, Italy)

SESSION 16A  -  SOFTWARE DESIGN METHODS

HOOD and AADL (P. Dissaux - TNI-Valiosys, France)

Application of Object Oriented Methods to Data Handling Engineering (K. Jaloustre-Audouin, E. Baglieri, J. Morisse - Alcatel Space, France Y. Bordes - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

UML Model Based Development Process for the SIRAL Digital Processing Unit Software (G. Estaves, F. Ruiz - Alcatel Space, France)

A Case Study for HRT-UML (M. D'Alessandro, S. Mazzini, F. Donati - Intecs HRT, Italy)

ROOM B

SESSION 14B  -  MISSION DATABASES AND MONITORING & CONTROL

ESA's Strategy for Software Reuse in Manned Space Ground System infrastructure (W.F.M. van Leeuwen - ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

Monitoring and Control of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (C. Hugonnet - CNES, France S. D'Hoine - Communication & Système (CS), France)

BDC: the Operational Database Management of the SPOT/HELIOS Operations Control System (P. Guiral, S. Teodomante - CNES, France)

SESSION 15B  -  OPERATIONAL CONTROL PROCEDURES AND PLANS

Process for the definition and validation of Flight Control Procedures (J.-C. Lloret - CNES, France)

Operational Concepts for the ATV Project and Applications with MOIS tool (J. Camel, S. Vial - EADS Launch Vehicles, France)

SESSION 16B  -  MISSION OPERATIONAL INTERFACES

Unified Synoptic System (D. Nicklaussen - Astrium SI, Germany)

Request Interface for Operations: a Web Service and Workflow Prototype (F. Jocteur Monrozier, T. Pesquet - CNES, France)