INSA scientific activities in the space astronomy area
Ricardo Perez Martinez, Miguel Sanchez Portal

TL;DR
This paper details INSA's diverse activities supporting space astronomy operations, including real-time spacecraft management, scientific infrastructure, radio astronomy, and research collaborations at ESAC and MDSCC.
Contribution
It presents a comprehensive overview of INSA's recent contributions to space astronomy, highlighting activities beyond traditional spacecraft operations.
Findings
INSA supports ESA missions XMM-Newton and Herschel.
Activities include science operations support and infrastructure development.
Involvement in radio astronomy and scientific research projects.
Abstract
Support to Astronomy operations is an important and long-lived activity within INSA. Probably the best known (and traditional) INSA activities are those related with real-time spacecraft operations: Ground station maintenance and operation (Ground station engineers and operators); spacecraft and payload real-time operation (spacecraft and instruments controllers); computing infrastructure maintenance (operators, analysts) and general site services.In this paper, we'll show a different perspective, probably not so well-known, presenting some INSA recent activities at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) and NASA Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex (MDSCC) directly related to scientific operations. Basic lines of activity involved include: Operations support for science operations; system and software support for real time systems; technical administration and IT support; R \& D…
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