80NSSC20C0142

Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II

Cognitive Constellation Management Scheduling

Most satellite contact scheduling programs use deconfliction algorithms to optimize access and use of earth stations. These contact schedules are developed without an awareness of customer mission objectives and often require arduous human-in-the-loop iteration to ensure the resulting contact schedule also supports mission objectives. ATLAS has demonstrated the capability of an algorithmic solution to develop satellite ground station contact schedules designed to optimize around a customerrsquo;s goals. nbsp;This capability offers substantial savings in man hours over the use of current scheduling systems which simply deconflict satellite contacts from interfering with one another but do not necessarily resolve solutions optimized to meet a customerrsquo;s mission goals. nbsp;A cognitive constellation management scheduler is made aware of the customers goals and seeks to produce and select the ground station contact schedule that best satisfies a customerrsquo;s goals among all possible/feasible schedules. This exciting capability will be further developed into a stand-alone prototype cognitive constellation management scheduler as a precursor to an operational capability. This prototype will enable:System Wide Load Balancing: Define clear goals and allow the customer to adjust their importance, generates task requests, and feed them into the lower lever Flex SchedulerTime Reduction: Abstract the management into a simple to understand set of goals that the customer can adjust on a day to day basis.nbsp;Rapid Re-Scheduling via Machine to Machine: Define a concise, cloud hosted, API that allows the submission of external data such as spacecraft state parameters and event queuing information and alerts.

The goal of phase II is to continue the R&D efforts initiated in Phase I. Funding is based on the results achieved in Phase I and the scientific and technical merit and commercial potential of the project proposed in Phase II.

H9

193346

SBIR_19_P2

Joe Winowiecki