FocusSuite®

FocusSuite^® is GMV’s advanced Flight Dynamics solution for satellite operations. It is a collection of FDS products that help satellite operators effectively carry out their satellite control, fleet management, space junk conjunction assessment, mission analysis, data viewing, and other related tasks necessary to operate satellites and fleets safely throughout the mission.

• Full lifecycle flight dynamics operations for any type of mission. 

• All mission phases supported: Mission preparation and analysis, Launch and Early Orbit Phase Operations, On-Orbit Operations and End of Life and De-Orbit Operations. 

• All orbital regimes supported including GEO, LEO, MEO, HEO, or interplanetary missions (moon, mars)

• Out of the box support to most commercial satellite buses. 

• Space surveillance and tracking, conjunction analysis and collision avoidance tools and services. 

• Automation and planning of flight dynamics operations, enabling hands-off operations. Automation through user-friendly scripts (written in Python/SOL) that can be edited anytime and customised for specific needs; featuring both scheduled executions and event-driven executions.  

• FDS administration functions featuring user management, secure login, inter-site redundancy (hot-switch capability), automatic backups, FDS system logs, and data archiving. 

• Open and Extensible: FocusSuite® provides a well-documented user-friendly Rest-API and Python SDK. Use of standards for data input/output such as CCSDS, C2MS for easy interoperability with third party services. 

• Advanced, simple and intuitive UI web application. All functionality available: login, program execution, navigation functions, editing and control panel configuration, 2D/3D real time orbits plots and Gantt charts. All you need to use your FDS, one-click away right on your browser. 

• Integrated dashboard for FDS global awareness and monitoring, customized for your satellite fleet or constellation. 

• Integrated FDS events logger viewer. 

• Secure: Https protocol, encrypted end to end communications, ISO7001 compliant. 

• Single Sign-On supported using secure Oauth2 protocol for authorization. 

• Parallelization of FDS processes, to optimize performance. 

• Mission scalable: from a single satellite to massive fleets. The FDS system can evolve with your needs.

• Graphical interactive reporting functions. 

• Database driven.

• Cloud Native scalable and flexible.

• Interfaces to several Control Centers: such as GMV’s Hifly and most other MCS including ESA’s SCOS2000, Kratos’s EPOCH, and others. 

• Easy integration in your ground segment: Using Rest-API interfaces and industry standards, FocusSuite® can interface with any other components: mission control, mission planning, data archiving, monitoring and control.

• All your operation needs covered: orbit determination and propagation, manoeuvre planning and optimization, station keeping including absolute and relative constellation control, mass bookkeeping, maneuver reconstruction, platform constraints.

• Flight dynamics models up to date with mechanism to update and upgrade them during operations. 

• State of the art orbital control strategies for all orbital regimes, including strategies for eccentricity, inclination, and semi-major axis control, individually or combined, ground track control and relative control among others. 

• Generic maneuver optimization module based on ML/AI techniques. 

• Orbit determination with Batch Least Square Estimation, Sequential and Kalman filter algorithms. 

• Uses: The more common uses of FocusSuite® are:

  • Complete cycle support of geostationary satellite operations.
  • Operations in the launch and early orbit phase, including transfer strategies.
  • FDS tools for satellites in low (LEO) and medium (MEO) Earth orbits.
  • Constellation management support.
  • Definition, evaluation, and optimization of station keeping strategies for geostationary satellites.
  • Multi-mission follow-up scenario analysis to assess the precision expected in orbit determination.
  • Conjunction detection, assessment, and reports.

The FocusSuite® is made up of products and tools designed for different orbit schemes and mission phases. All products and tools in the FocusSuite® family share the same reference architecture and many common components.

PRODUCTS FOR OPERATIONS

• FocusGEO : complete cycle support of geostationary satellite operations.
• FocusLEOP : flight dynamics system tools for operations in the satellite launch and early orbit phase (LEOP), including transfer strategies.
• FocusLEO : flight dynamics system tools for satellites in low (LEO) and medium (MEO) earth orbits.
• FocusCN : satellite constellation management support.

MISSION ANALYSIS SUPPORT

• Matool : definition, evaluation, and optimization of station keeping strategies for geostationary satellites.
• Consigo : multi-mission follow-up scenario analysis to assess the precision expected in orbit determination.

RISK ASSESSMENT 

• FocusCloseAp : Collision risk assessment tool. 
• Focusoc : safety in flight services for GEO, LEO, and MEO satellites.

SERVICE

• FDaaS : Flight Dynamics as a Service offers alternative cloud solutions for the Flight Dynamics system to control your satellites.

FocusSuite® offers HMI as a web application. The web client allows for navigation between several programs, running them, editing control panel configuration, viewing 3D orbits and Gantt charts, showing other charts, viewing the event log, and consulting output files. It also provides new capabilities, such as a new control panel and report generation functions.

The client is based on frequently used and well-maintained working macros, enabling great extendibility, as well as the reuse of amply proven components.

FocusSuite® is based on a client-server architecture. The server controls access to the data and runs the required processing task, while the client enables the user to easily configure the system, export the data, and prepare and run the necessary tasks. Communications between client and server are protected by HTTPS. This enables end-to-end encrypted communications that, in turn, guarantee the authenticity of the server. The web interface enables easy client implementation and simplifies remote access to the system.

The back end of FocusSuite® connects to the FocusSuite® server, which enables a smooth transition to the new system for systems that were already using this platform. This compatibility makes it possible to use traditional FocusSuite® clients together with the new back end to provide web access to the system. This makes migrating to the new system and the new functions simple and gradual, as it avoids having to modify data or procedures.