Rosetta Science Ground Segment Observation Quick Look System

Abstract

The Rosetta mission is one of the European Space Agency's cornerstone mission with the goal to rendezvous and orbit the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It arrived in August of 2014 carrying out a highly successful mission with its science results creating a major shift in the knowledge of comets and their formation. This paper describes the work done by the Rosetta Science Ground Segment in the area of downlink operations tracking and monitoring. It describes the Observation Quick Look System and how it is used on a daily basis to track the success/failure of activities performed by the Rosetta instruments. The process is fully described, as is the infrastructure and underlying software used. Other functionality built to support the Rosetta downlink effort is presented. The role the Observation Quick Look System will play in the current ongoing archive enhancement activities is highlighted.