Project Highlights

Over 30 years ACT has used it's diverse expertise to support a wide variety of missions.

2005
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2022
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission was launched in the summer of 2009 as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor and Robotic Program (LPRP) and is the first spacecraft to be built as part of the Vision for Space Exploration. 
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
2005
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2022
ACT played a central role in development and on-going execution of the ground data system, including the definition of CRISM's data products and the data-calibration pipeline. ACT has been providing software and support services for automatic assembly of the multispectral map , the selection of observation targets, tracking the disposition of all commanded observations and application of corrections needed to transform raw data into physical measurements of the amount of light measured from the Martian surface.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Project LinK ↗
2007
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2018
The CH-1/ Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) was an imaging spectrometer designed to map the mineral content of the Moon's surface. The primary scientific objectives were to characterize and map the lunar surface composition in the context of its geologic evolution and to assess the Moon's mineral resources at high resolution. 
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
2004
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2017
MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission was a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury. ACT was responsible for the implementation of the Science Operations Center, where telemetry data was converted to intermediate and high level products for delivery to the Planetary Data System. 
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
Sensor to User
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2004
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2009
NASA and ACT worked under a Cooperative Agreement that used NASA data streams and ACT's WIPE/REACT architecture towards the implementation of Decision Support Tools for Coastal Management Applications. This effort directly involved NAVY/NRL-SSC, NOAA-NESDIS/CW/NCDDC, NOAA/NOS, and NOAA/CSC as team members.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
1996
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2006
The STARDUST mission flew approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) of Comet Wild-2 in early 2004. STARDUST's primary function was to collect cometary dust and volatiles for scientific research. ACT worked in the creation of PDS products under contract to JPL.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization
2006
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2006
The TCESS mission was to conduct research and to train students in areas of interest to NASA strategic enterprises.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support

2002
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2005
The National Ice Center (NIC) acquired a WIPE™ server to ingest SAR data and orchestrate systematic generation of products.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization
Deep Impact
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1999
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2005
Deep Impact, a NASA Discovery Mission, is the first space mission to probe beneath the surface of a comet and reveal the secrets of its interior.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization

1999
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2003
ACT supported NOAA/NESDIS in the ingesting and serving of SAR data as part of the AK DEMO.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
2003
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2003
Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) used a WIPE™ server to ingest acoustic imagery from the ocean floor and other data sources for network-centric dissemination.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization

Rapid Environmental Assessment Exercises
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1996
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2002
In support to USNO and or SACLANTC supported Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Exercises demonstrated an interactive network-based image processing system that provides high speed access and processing to large volumes of remotely stored data.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
2001
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2001
Full-Sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME) was going to be an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
2000
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2001
ACT implemented with WIPE™ the ability to ingest all the environmental data streams from satellite sources for the Navy TEDS(Tactical Environmental Data Server) system. This also included implementation of decision support tools for tactical operations using satellite, in situ observation and forecast data.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
1998
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1998
The NEMO program was a cooperative program between the Navy (ONR & NRL) and Industry to develop a space based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Satellite to meet Navy requirements in the littoral zone.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
1995
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1995
A project to help students (K-12) to link Clementine Data with Lunar Prospector data.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
1994
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1995
An atmospheric background data collection satellite. The Miniature Sensor Technology Integration (MSTI) program began in 1992 with the goal of producing a fast response capability and demonstrating access to space within nine months of a program's inception.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • 24/7 Hosting & Image Processing
  • Implementation & Customization
1993
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1993
Clementine was a joint DOD/NASA effort that was undertaken to test light-weight sensors and electronics for military and civil applications using multispectral Images from the Moon. ACT implemented the ground data system that converted the data from telemetry to PDS-EDR products for all instruments.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization

1990
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1990
The UVPI's primary mission was to collect images of rocket plumes in the ultraviolet wavelengths. Its secondary mission was to collect background image data of the Earth, the Earth's limb and celestial objects in the near and middle ultraviolet wavebands.
PRODUCTS USED
Services PROVIDED
  • Mission Program Support
  • Implementation & Customization