Glory Is Also A GMV Goal

GMV has been selected by Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to provide an adaptation of its satellite flight dynamics software product, focusLEO, for the Glory scientific satellite program Orbital is executing for NASA. The Glory spacecraft is a remote-sensing Earth-orbiting observatory that’s designed to achieve two mission objective: to collect data on the chemical, microphysical, and optical properties, as well as the spatial and temporal distributions, of aerosols—the other objective is to continue collection of total solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record. Orbital is the manufacturer of the satellite and also will be responsible for the mission operations. The system developed by GMV is based on its product focusLEO, a member of the focusSuite line of FDS products that have been selected to fly more than 120 satellites from operators and agencies from all over the world. The software will be fully customized to support Orbital’s LEOStar™ platform, to address mission-specific requirements, and to achieve a complete integration with the rest of the ground segment. This system includes multiple FDS functions including GPS measurement processing for Orbit Determination, maneuver planning, implementation and calibration as well as mass bookkeeping—Rockville, Maryland