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Alaskan Spaceport Control System Installed
Kodiak Island - October 14, 1999 - Florida-based Command and Control Technologies Corporation (CCT) today completed installation of operations software and computer systems at the nation's first commercial spaceport not co-located with a federal facility. The Kodiak Island Launch Complex, located approximately 250 miles south of Anchorage, is aiming to host dozens of polar orbit missions for the growing telecommunications and remote sensing industries by offering low cost services with minimal data and administrative requirements on a non-governmental launch range. "The commercial nature of the facility places a unique burden on the operational control and safety systems. The software and computers had to meet federal safety guidelines while allowing for maximum scheduling and mission flexibility. CCT's Spaceport RangeNet software was the key to meeting these requirements," said Janice Horn, Director of Space Systems Engineering and Operations at CCT. The Spaceport RangeNet software forms the core of the newly installed system. Designed as a commercial off the shelf product with software technology licensed from NASA, the program provides comprehensive spaceport and range safety functions at a price that privately financed spaceports can afford. The project breaks new ground in establishing the first commercial range safety system in the world. CCT combined Spaceport RangeNet with its Command and Control Toolkit middleware product to produce a turnkey "spaceport control system" for the Kodiak facility. The spaceport control system, which also includes commercial off the shelf components from suppliers like Silicon Graphics, Veridian, and Generic Logic, provides mission planning, real-time tracking, present position and IIP, instrumentation control, range safety, holdfire, and other functions required for independent control of the launch operation. The system is uniquely designed to enable rapid turnaround of range assets between missions through automation of all system configuration functions. A built-in Internet function will allow customers and other authorized personnel to monitor mission operations anywhere in the world, including a special facility CCT is providing to NASA at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida. Command and Control Technologies Corporation is a spaceport technology company specializing in control systems and ground software for launch vehicles, spaceports, and spacecraft. CCT's signature product, the Command and Control ToolKit(CCTK), is based on software technology licensed from NASA.
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