SSMO currently manages a fleet of 21 missions (27 spacecraft), the diversity of which poses an interesting set of challenges. The missions range in age from Lucy, launched in 2021, to Wind which was launched in 1994. The spacecraft orbit the Sun, Moon, Earth, Mars, and Libration points. There are spinners and three axis stabilized spacecraft, three of the missions include more than one spacecraft (used to be four prior to the loss of STEREO B). Several are operated at GSFC, some are operated at universities, others are operated by spacecraft partners. This talk will cover the systems engineering challenges encountered with the spacecraft managed by SSMO.

Biography:

Dr. Julie Halverson is the lead systems engineer in SSMO. She has a background in guidance, navigation, and control and spent many years in Code 591, she served as a proposal manager in Code 100, and was a member of the aerospace engineering faculty at the US Naval Academy.