NASA 1996 SBIR Phase I

PROJECT TITLE : Java/Web-Based Satellite Data Monitoring System (JW-SDMS)

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)

SPS proposes an innovative approach for seamlessly accessing real-time spacecraft telemetry and payload data using Java and the World Wide Web. Our approach uses object-oriented Internet technology to enable scientists, researchers, and students at all levels to monitor spacecraft behavior and space experiments from any computer connected to the Internet that is capable of running a Java-aware Web browser. With NASA's bold vision of the 21st century that includes numerous microspacecraft that return a continuous flow of information about their discoveries, a direct-to-the-scientist link using an Internet/Java-based approach for mission operations and scientific investigation will provide, for the first time, the ability for end-users to directly monitor the progress of their experiments from virtually anywhere in the world. With the increase in the numbers of spacecraft and the ever shrinking NASA budget, the strain placed on spacecraft operations personnel to do more with less will continue to grow. Our Internet and Java-based approach to mission operations will help alleviate this problem by distributing the monitoring of selected space missions to a world-wide audience of interested scientists and researchers using the Internet.

Our approach to seamless real-time data access using Java and the World Wide Web is relevant to a broad range of commercial applications. In addition to applying JW-SDMS to exploit NASA's real-time information, this technology can also be applied to other domains that require real-time monitoring such as telemedicine, petroleum industry, business, networking, and commercial satellites.

Michael Winburn
Software Productivity Solutions, Inc.
122 Fourth Ave.
Indialantic, FL 32903

Software Productivity Solutions, Inc.
122 Fourth Ave.
Indialantic, FL 32903