Secured multi-payload antennas operators operations
A disclosed method for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations comprises generating, by an antenna operations center (AOC), AOC commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer. The method further comprises transmitting, by a satellite operation center (SOC), the AOC commands and SOC commands to a vehicle via a ground antenna, where the SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host. Also, the method comprises generating customer antenna gimballing commands by using the AOC commands, and generating host antenna gimballing commands by using the SOC commands. Further, the method comprises gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with each of the customer(s) by using the customer antenna gimballing commands, and gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with the host by using the host antenna gimballing commands.
1. A system for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations, the system comprising:
an antenna operations center (AOC) to generate unencrypted AOC commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer, and to transmit the unencrypted AOC commands to a satellite operation center (SOC);
the SOC to encrypt the unencrypted AOC commands utilizing a communication security (COMSEC) variety to generate encrypted AOC commands, to encrypt unencrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted SOC commands, wherein the unencrypted SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host, and to transmit the encrypted AOC commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted AOC commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a vehicle;
a communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted AOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted AOC commands, and to decrypt the encrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted SOC commands;
at least one processor to generate customer antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted AOC commands, and to generate host antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with the host by using the unencrypted SOC commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer gimballed by using the customer antenna gimballing commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with the host gimballed by using the host antenna gimballing commands;
the at least one processor to generate unencrypted telemetry by using antenna gimballing telemetry;
the communication security module to encrypt the unencrypted telemetry using the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted telemetry;
the vehicle to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the SOC;
the SOC to decrypt the encrypted telemetry utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the unencrypted telemetry to the AOC; and
the AOC to generate an antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer respectively to each of the at least one customer.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer comprises at least one antenna reflector.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with the host comprises at least one antenna reflector.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is one of a satellite, an aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or a space plane.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the COMSEC variety comprises at least one of at least one encryption key or at least one algorithm.
6. A system for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations, the system comprising:
a client to generate unencrypted customer commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer, and to transmit the unencrypted customer commands to a satellite operation center (SOC) primary server;
the SOC primary server to encrypt the unencrypted customer commands utilizing a communication security (COMSEC) variety to generate encrypted customer commands, to encrypt unencrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted SOC commands, wherein the unencrypted SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host, and to transmit the encrypted customer commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted customer commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a vehicle;
a communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted customer commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted customer commands, and to decrypt the encrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted SOC commands;
at least one processor to generate customer antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted customer commands, to generate host antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with the host by using the unencrypted SOC commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer gimbaled by using the customer antenna gimballing commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with the host gimbaled by using the host antenna gimballing commands;
the at least one processor to generate unencrypted telemetry by using antenna gimballing telemetry;
the communication security module to encrypt the unencrypted telemetry using the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted telemetry;
the vehicle to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the SOC primary server;
the SOC primary server to decrypt the encrypted telemetry utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the unencrypted telemetry to the client;
and the client to generate an antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer respectively to each of the at least one customer.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer comprises at least one antenna reflector.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with the host comprises at least one antenna reflector.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is one of a satellite, an aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or a space plane.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the COMSEC variety comprises at least one of at least one encryption key or at least one algorithm.
11. A system for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations, the system comprising:
an antenna operations center (AOC) to generate unencrypted AOC commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer, and to encrypt the unencrypted AOC commands utilizing a second communication security (COMSEC) variety to generate encrypted AOC commands;
a satellite operation center (SOC) to encrypt unencrypted SOC commands utilizing a first COMSEC variety to generate encrypted SOC commands, wherein the unencrypted SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host, and to transmit the encrypted SOC commands to the AOC;
the AOC to transmit the encrypted AOC commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted AOC commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a vehicle;
a first communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted SOC commands utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted SOC commands;
a second communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted AOC commands utilizing the second COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted AOC commands;
at least one processor to generate customer antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted AOC commands, and to generate host antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with the host by using the unencrypted SOC commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer gimbaled by using the customer antenna gimballing commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with the host gimbaled by using the host antenna gimballing commands;
the at least one processor to generate unencrypted telemetry by using the antenna gimballing telemetry;
the second communication security module to encrypt the unencrypted telemetry using the second COMSEC variety to generate encrypted telemetry;
the vehicle to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the AOC; and
the AOC to decrypt the encrypted telemetry using the second COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted telemetry, to generate an antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted telemetry, to transmit the antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer respectively to each of the at least one customer, to generate SOC telemetry by using the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the SOC telemetry to the SOC.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer comprises at least one antenna reflector.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one antenna associated with the host comprises at least one antenna reflector.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the vehicle is one of a satellite, an aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or a space plane.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first COMSEC variety comprises at least one of at least one encryption key or at least one algorithm.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second COMSEC variety comprises at least one of at least one encryption key or at least one algorithm.
17. A system for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations, the system comprising:
transmitting, by at least one customer, an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer to a satellite operation center (SOC);
the SOC to generate unencrypted customer commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer, to encrypt the unencrypted customer commands utilizing a communication security (COMSEC) variety to generate encrypted customer commands, to encrypt unencrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted SOC commands, wherein the unencrypted SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host, and to transmit the encrypted customer commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted customer commands and the encrypted SOC commands to a vehicle;
a communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted customer commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted customer commands, and to decrypt the encrypted SOC commands utilizing the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted SOC commands;
at least one processor to generate customer antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted customer commands, and to generate host antenna gimballing commands for each respective the at least one antenna associated with the host by using the unencrypted SOC commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer gimbaled by using the customer antenna gimballing commands;
each of the at least one antenna associated with the host gimbaled by using the host antenna gimballing commands;
the at least one processor to generate unencrypted telemetry by using the antenna gimballing telemetry;
the communication security module to encrypt the unencrypted telemetry using the COMSEC variety to generate encrypted telemetry;
the vehicle to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the ground antenna;
the ground antenna to transmit the encrypted telemetry to the SOC; and
the SOC to decrypt the encrypted telemetry by using the COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted telemetry, to generate an antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer by using the unencrypted telemetry, and to transmit the antenna pointing location for each of the at least one antenna associated with each of the at least one customer respectively to each of the at least one customer.