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The Mission Support Facilities

The ground support facilities are split among different ground system components:

All these facilities, apart from the Ground Station, are located in Telespazio (Rome) and their integration has turned out to be one of the keys of the stunning successes derived from the first localizations and X-ray afterglow observations of GRBs.

Once the observation proposals have been approved, they contribute to the scheduling of the planned observations according to the following scheme:

Long-Term Planning
: a timeline optimizing the satellite performances, that takes into account the observability and the operative constraints and priorities;
Short-Term Planning
: a one-week detailed timeline defining the attitude sequences, the orbital links, SAGA passages and the on-board instruments' set-up for every observation;
Target Of Opportunity (TOO) Management
: TOO feasibility checks and, when positive, quick replanning of the short-term planning.



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Cristiano Guidorzi 2003-07-31