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| GMSEC is now available as Open Source
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has released its publish-subscribe system integration architecture, specification and message bus middleware through the GSFC Open Source website at:
http://opensource.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Mission Statement
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Mission Services Evolution
Center (GMSEC) mission is an integrated effort across multiple GSFC
organizations to provide GSFC mission services through the year 2010.
GMSEC provides mission enabling, cost and risk reducing data system
solutions applicable to current and future missions managed by GSFC.
GMSEC will enable the continued recognition of GSFC as a leader in
space mission expertise and services.
Scope Of Support
In an effort to improve how the GSFC development organizations provide
mission data systems support for the Earth Sciences and Space Sciences
Directorates, the GMSEC project was divided into three major
categories of support, each receiving equal distributions of
funding. Infrastructure and GMSEC Architecture provides solution-based
Reference Architecture to address end-to-end ground system and flight
data system needs. It also provides development Labs and Lab infrastructure
support. Mission Services and Upgrades provide mission-specific
upgrades and general support to ongoing missions and their support
labs. Lastly, Technology Infusion provides development of
new capabilities and technologies that will benefit current and/or
future missions. These areas facilitate current missions as well
as pave the way for future missions.
Broad Based Participation
- Flight software to end-users technical support
provided by many development Branches
- Funding support from Earth Sciences and Space
Sciences Directorates
- Communications established with vendors, NASA
centers, standards groups
- Teamed with industry leading contractors
GMSEC Organization and Key Relationships
A major factor contributing to the success of the GMSEC initiative
is having a strong project team in place whose function is the development
and maintenance of key relationships with the GMSEC stakeholders,
customers, and contributing technical groups. GMSEC by itself is
not a development project per se; it relies heavily on other organizations
and groups to provide programmatic guidance and technical expertise.
Therefore, it is incumbent upon the GMSEC project team to foster a
strong relationship with all entities that have GMSEC ties or interests.
The figure below depicts the major organizations that the GMSEC project
works with in achieving its goals and objectives.
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