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Plan
Science
Planning
Data
Analysis
Act
(Communicate)
Plan
Plan
Mission
Planning
Platform
Analysis
Platform
Analysis
Act
(Communicate)
Act
(Communicate)
Sequence
Generation
Sequence
Generation
Sequence
Generation
Command
Uplink
Command
Uplink
Command
Verification
Command
Verification
Spacecraft
This component is replicated for each
spacecraft in the
virtual
platform.
Fig. 7.13.
The mission management structure for two spacecraft in a virtual plat-
form configuration
virtual platform would require 44 team members. Unless the science is of a
very high priority, it is unlikely that NASA would support a large virtual
platform system. Some of these issues can be addressed using automation and
this will be examined next.
7.5.2 Virtual Platforms with Advanced Automation
Section
7.4.3
discussed how advanced automation could be used to lower the
number of team members necessary to manage a single platform. These same
techniques can be used to create a virtual platform architecture as shown in
