Teledyne's muses mission on the ISS: Enabling flexible and reconfigurable earth observation from space

Abstract

In 2017, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (Teledyne) will begin operations of the five (5)+ year Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) mission on the International Space Station (ISS). MUSES is a first of its kind commercial space imaging mission that supports up to four (4) in-flight robotically installed sensors. MUSES will support Teledyne-owned, partner-owned, and tenant sensors for both short and long term operation on MUSES. Teledyne will provide partners and tenants with MUSES payload integration, launch manifesting, planning, operations, data collection and data delivery services. The mission is enabled by flight and ground segments designed for flexibility and re-configurability. The Flight Segment (MUSES-FS) contains a precision pointing platform with standardized power, data, and mechanical interfaces that enable tele-robotic installation and removal of MUSES sensors. Likewise, the Ground Segment (MUSES-GS) features a model-based architecture for planning, tasking, processing, archiving, and storefront interfaces to enable reconfiguration to support changing and evolving MUSES sensors and multi-source data management, sales, and distribution.