MSFC - HP - Payload Operations and Integration Center (POIC)
Investment ID: 026-000001001
Overview
Program Title
MSFC - HP - Payload Operations and Integration Center (POIC)
Description
Provides ISS Payload Operations mission support for command and control, real-time telemetry processing, voice and video for pre-launch integration/checkout, testing, training and simulation, and flight.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The POIC is built on a legacy of Spacelab and satellite missions which afforded extra-ordinary flexibility to a wide range of science and engineering operational control at efficient cost to the current ISS payload customer community. End user tools are built to meet high standards of user friendliness to enable less custom coding for telemetry monitoring and command capabilities. Analysis of requirements to enable generic, modular hardware and software configurations promote cost sharing among other aerospace users. In many instances, capabilities are developed centrally and distributed to the science payload user community in order to avoid individual program costs for developing these capabilities at each user site and to ensure that IT security, proprietary data restrictions, and manned spaceflight safety requirements are met efficiently and consistently. The POIC provides customer-focused services that promote and expand the utilization of the ISS laboratory resources.Additionally, the POIC pursues techonological and process improvements to realize efficiencies in automation and reduction of human error for local operations integration cadre members. As demand for ISS laboratory resources increase, the POIC enables the cadre to meet operational challenges to provide consistent levels of service without increasing cost proportionally to demand.