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Agile Development of Science Operations: The Solar Orbiter Experience

García-Reinaldos, María; Marcos, José; Sánchez, Luis

Cost and schedule are very rigid external constraints for the development of a Science Operations Centre (SOC), as typically the SOC is not considered a critical item for launch and cost and schedule depend on the overall project. Therefore, the greatest degree of flexibility in SOC development is the scope: while we aim to satisfy all the high le…

Performance Analysis of the SO/PHI Software Framework for On-board Data Reduction

Solanki, S. K.; Lagg, A.; Fiethe, B. +12 more

The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is the first deep-space solar spectropolarimeter, on-board the Solar Orbiter (SO) space mission. It faces: stringent requirements on science data accuracy, a dynamic environment, and severe limitations on telemetry volume. SO/PHI overcomes these restrictions through on-board instrument calibration and…