Systems and methods for automated prioritization of satellite activities

A system comprising:

• a satellite operations center (SOC) in a fleet operations ground segment;
• wherein the SOC is configured to:
• access an activity queue of a plurality of satellite activity tasks in an activity buffer of the SOC;
• wherein the activity queue comprises an order of issuing the satellite activity tasks;
• wherein each satellite activity task is associated with at least one satellite command based at least in part on:
• space environment context data indicative of conditions of a space environment in which a plurality of satellites in a constellation of satellites operate, and
• satellite telemetry data representative of satellite telemetry received from the plurality of satellites;
• access satellite orbital data for the fleet of satellites;
• wherein the satellite orbital data comprises:
• a position of each satellite, and
• a trajectory of each satellite;
• determine a contact window associated with each satellite of the plurality of satellites based at least in part on the satellite orbital data;
• wherein the at least one contact window defines at least one period of time during which each satellite of the plurality of satellites has line-of-sight with at least one satellite communication infrastructure associated with the SOC;
• determine a plurality of mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks based at least in part on the space environment context data, the satellite telemetry data, the position of each satellite, and the trajectory of each satellite;
• wherein the plurality of mission critical variables comprises:
• a state of health of each satellite,
• an age of each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks, and
• a service impact associated with each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks;
• determine, for each satellite activity task, using at least one statistical model, a prioritization tier from a set of prioritization tier based at least in part on the plurality of mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task;
• determine a satellite activity order defining an order of plurality of satellite activity tasks based at least in part on:
• the contact window of each satellite, and
• the prioritization tier of each satellite activity task;
• modify the activity buffer to order the plurality of satellite activity tasks in the activity queue according to the satellite activity order.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon, the software instructions, upon execution, being configured to cause a satellite operations center (SOC) in a fleet operations ground segment to perform steps comprising:

• accessing an activity queue of a plurality of satellite activity tasks in an activity buffer of the SOC;
• wherein the activity queue comprises an order of issuing the satellite activity tasks;
• wherein each satellite activity task is associated with at least one satellite command based at least in part on:
• space environment context data indicative of conditions of a space environment in which a plurality of satellites in a constellation of satellites operate, and
• satellite telemetry data representative of satellite telemetry received from the plurality of satellites;
• accessing satellite orbital data for the fleet of satellites;
• wherein the satellite orbital data comprises:
• a position of each satellite, and
• a trajectory of each satellite;
• determining a contact window associated with each satellite of the plurality of satellites based at least in part on the satellite orbital data;
• wherein the at least one contact window defines at least one period of time during which each satellite of the plurality of satellites has line-of-sight with at least one satellite communication infrastructure associated with the SOC;
• determining a plurality of mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks based at least in part on the space environment context data, the satellite telemetry data, the position of each satellite, and the trajectory of each satellite;
• wherein the plurality of mission critical variables comprises:
• a state of health of each satellite,
• an age of each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks, and
• a service impact associated with each satellite activity task of the plurality of satellite activity tasks;
• determining, for each satellite activity task, using at least one statistical model, a prioritization tier from a set of prioritization tier based at least in part on the plurality of mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task;
• determining a satellite activity order defining an order of plurality of satellite activity tasks based at least in part on:
• the contact window of each satellite, and
• the prioritization tier of each satellite activity task;
• modifying the activity buffer to order the plurality of satellite activity tasks in the activity queue according to the satellite activity order.