Managing telemetry data and information on steering and calibrating scientific on-board instruments with an object database

An interview with Dr. Johannes Riedinger, Herschel Mission Manager, European Space Agency (ESA), and Dr Jon Brumfitt, System Architect of the Herschel Science Ground Segment, European Space Agency (ESA).

This is a very interesting project currently progressing at the European Space Agency (ESA). On May 14, 2009, the European Space Agency launched an Arianne 5 rocket carrying the largest telescope ever flown: the “Herschel” telescope, 3.5 meters in diameter. The satellite whose orbit is some 1.6 million kilometers from the Earth, will operate 48 months.

One interesting aspect of this project is that they use Versant Object Database (VOD) to manage telemetry data and information on steering and calibrating scientific on-board instruments.

Roberto Zicari from ODBMS.ORG had the pleasure to interview Dr. Johannes Riedinger, Herschel Mission Manager, and Dr. Jon Brumfitt, System Architect of Herschel Scientific Ground Segment, both at the European Space Agency.

You can read the full interview here