Aurora Engineering Services

Spacecraft Instrument Operations & Ground Support

Spacecraft Operations

• in-flight calibration​
• verification and transmission of spacecraft commands per documented procedures
• telemetry monitoring
• maintaining instrument health and safety​​

Ground Support

• data handling
• data correction
• data storage
• data indexing and distribution

Simulation & Modeling

Machine Learning

• pattern recognition
• region classification
  
• predictive distributions
  
• outlier detection
  

Spacecraft Modeling

• instrument & spacecraft performance
• spacecraft environmental interaction
• spaceflight instrument aging
• spacecraft charging

Other Modeling

• surface erosion
• material sputtering
• charged particle simulations
• vacuum chamber modeling
• contamination redistribution
• instrument response modeling and tolerancing

Laboratory Support

​Research and Prototyping

• mechanical design
• vacuum systems
• cleanroom work
• sensitive to ESD issues
• Labview support
  
• automation of research experiments
• test station design and construction
• recording, analysis and distribution of experimental data

Integration and Test

• automation of integration and test
• recording, analysis and distribution of test data
• trained in NASA flight hardware handling requirements

Research Facility Management

Facility Management 

• maintain laboratory environments and systems
• maintain laboratory equipment

Resource Management

• manage use of laboratory resources using a web-based interface
  
• optimize and schedule experiments based on available resources
• record, analyze and distribute experimental data
• perform experiments on behalf of researchers