NASA's ALOS ground system in nominal operation

NASA's data acquisition and processing system for ALOS entered the operational phase on April 12, 2010, and has passed four months of successful operation. NASA uses Kongsberg Spacetec HRDFEP high rate data receiver and processing systems to support this important NASA / JAXA joint effort, which benefits the global Earth science community.

ALOS data is downlinked via NASA's TDRSS communication system for reception at the NASA WSC ground station.

The Kongsberg Spacetec HRDFEPs autonomously capture the data and generate Level 0 products in real-time. Level 0 products are automatically distributed to Japan and Alaska for further processing and archiving.

The HRDFEP system has been chosen by NASA for its high performance, robustness and real-time processing. Fully autonomous operation also reduces operational cost over a conventionally commanded system.

The Kongsberg Spacetec data acquistion system; MEOS™ Capture product line consists of high performance data acquisition and management systems for the most demanding professional users, developed to bring all the user’s data safely home, always.

This mission statement translates into the key properties of all
MEOS™ Capture products:

• Performance,
• Reliability and
• Flexibility.