OBJECTIVES AND STRUCTURE OF SMART MONITORING OF SPACECRAFT STATUS IN THE COURSE OF MISSION CONTROL

Abstract

The paper discusses objectives and structure of smart monitoring of spacecraft status in the course of mission control. It defines the place of the monitoring and the notion of analysis used in the context of solving mission control problems. It summarizes the current state of monitoring techniques used in the course of controlling the missions of modern spacecraft and orbital complexes. It provides data on the results of the use of computerized data analysis techniques for our country’s space assets that are currently in operation. It articulates major drawbacks in the monitoring process, which are getting more exacerbated with the current trends in space programs development. It proposes a remedy for the drawbacks by means of development and introduction of procedures that will make telemetry data analysis smarter. The paper introduces the notion of smart analysis and its key advantages in technical applications. It identifies the key prerequisites for expanding the computerization of the monitoring process involved in the spacecraft mission control. It outlines basic operational principles of a smart monitoring system taking into account its operational peculiarities. Key words: spacecraft, mission control, introduction of smart technologies, status analysis, monitoring system.