Copernical Team
IRNSS
The Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The proposed system would consist of a constellation of seven satellites and a support ground segment. Three of the satellites in the constellation will be placed in geostationary orbit. These GEOs will be located at 34 East 83 East and 132 East longitude. Two of the GSOs will cross the equator at 55 East and two at 111 East. Such an arrangement would mean all seven satellites would have continuous radio visibility with Indian control stations. The satellite payloads would consist of atomic clocks and electronic equipment to generate the navigation signals.
This system will be under complete control of the Indian government. The requirement of such a navigation system is driven by the fact that access to Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GPS, is not guaranteed in hostile situations. The IRNSS would provide two services, with the Standard Positioning Service open for civilian use and the Restricted Service, encrypted one, for authorised users (military).
InControl(tm)
InControl™ is a Satellite Command and Control Software for On-Orbit, Factory Test and Ground System Monitor and Control.
The software is designed from the ground up to manage satellite constellations with one control center.
InControl™ is proposed by the company L-3, division L-3 Telemetry-West.
L-3 Telemetry-West
L-3 Telemetry-West is a division of the American company L-3 Communications. It provides hardware and software products for space telemetry solutions.
L-3 Communications is a prime contractor in Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems, platform and logistics solutions, and national USA security solutions. L-3 is also a provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms. Its customers include the U.S. Department of Defense and its prime contractors, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Justice, allied foreign governments, domestic and foreign commercial customers and select other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies.
SpaceQuest Ltd
SpaceQuest Ltd is a spacecraft components and engineering company located in Virginia, USA, which focuses on the operations of small satellites.
The company designs, develops, constructs, launches and operates microsatellites and spacecraft components. SpaceQuest qualifies its components for use in space by flying them on its own satellites. SpaceQuest also operates a fleet of low earth orbing satellites, which are used for remote monitoring as well as tracking the location and status of large vessels at sea.
LSE Space Gmbh
LSE Space is a German space consultancy company. It has been supporting satellite and manned missions for twenty years in both the industrial and public sectors.
LSE Space has a wide offering of spacecraft operations and ground systems engineering services. LSE Space provides complete space consultancy services to satellite operators and supports all project phases, from designing and testing through to launch and operations.
Aurora Technology
Aurora is a Dutch company providing consultancy support to the space industry.
Aurora's core business activity is the provision of engineers and scientists as on-site support. Aurora has contributed to many key projects for the European Space Agency (ESA).
Since January 2010 Aurora is owned by LSE Space.
Cimarron Inc.
Cimarron Inc. has a core competency in systems engineering, specifically in the domain of spacecraft development.
Systems Engineering
Some of the areas include:
- Human-rated Systems Integration for landing and recovery, and System Design Analysis;
- Soft Goods Systems Engineering and Test, Vehicle and Subsystem Test and Verification, and the the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Interface Planning.
Cimarron fully understands the lifecycle of programs / projects and had as a disciplined approach of execution as represented in the systems engineering process flow diagram.
Real-Time Command and Control Systems
Cimarron was created by providing real time systems solutions in 1981 to support the development of IBM's Real-Time Energy Management System Solutions to the Arizona Public Service. Cimarron was responsible for providing engineering support in the development of a large energy network to monitor and control the Arizona Public Service's Utility System.Cimarron was created by providing real time systems solutions in 1981 to support the development of IBM's Real-Time Energy Management System Solutions to the Arizona Public Service. Cimarron was responsible for providing engineering support in the development of a large energy network to monitor and control the Arizona Public Service's Utility System.
TGV Rockets
TGV Rockets Inc. is an American company specialised in the design of aerospace vehicles, including reusable launch vehicles (rocketships), high altitude aircraft, lighter than air vehicles, orbital mission designs, and micro-satellites.
TGV Rockets and key personnel have been involved in the conceptual design of a highly operable low-cost suborbital launch vehicle (TGV's MICHELLE-B), the conceptual design of a vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) research vehicle (DC-X), the conceptual design of high performance VTVL research vehicles (DC-Y, DC-X2, SX-2 and X-33 Proposal) including high altitude piston powered aircraft, high altitude glider systems, micro-satellite upper stages, and associated mission design and conceptual design of special purpose GEO communication satellites.
TWINS mission
Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers (TWINS) are a pair of NASA instruments aboard two United States National Reconnaissance Office satellites in Molniya orbits.
TWINS was designed to provide stereo images of the Earth's ring current. The first instrument, TWINS-1, was launched aboard USA-184 on 28 June 2006. TWINS-2 followed aboard USA-200 on March 13, 2008. Each instrument consists of an energetic neutral atom imager and a Lyman alpha detector. The ENA imager provides indirect remote sensing of the ring current ions, and the Lyman alpha detector gives a measure of the neutral hydrogen cloud about the Earth, known as the geocorona.
The TWINS prime mission lasted two years, from 2008 to 2010, and has been followed by an extended mission which is ongoing (June 2013).
Supernet Ltd
Supernet Ltd, Pakistan's corporate data network, has been operating since 1995. Supernet offers a full portfolio of local-to-global integrated communications infrastructure solutions to facilitate the key business processes of corporate, SME and individual customers. Supernet has the expertise and the experience to deliver innovative connectivity solutions that enable customers to meet and collaborate remotely to effectively conduct business anywhere, anytime.
Supernet offers a wide range of data networking solutions to its customers which include Satellite & Fiber Optic based Managed WAN Services, Digital Microwave Radio Connectivity to Establish Enterprise Networks, Transit Internet, Broadband Internet Access, System Integration Services, Online Video Surveillance Solution as well as complete Web Services Platforms.