Parsons’ PSOC to address demand for commercial approach to spacecraft operation

Parsons Corporation established the Parsons Space Operations Center, PSOC, to address the demand for a commercial approach to spacecraft operations and ground control, that maximizes affordability while delivering high-quality and responsive solutions. The PSOC serves as an integrated facility that unifies spacecraft operations for multiple government and commercial programs, creating efficiency and the sharing of knowledge, which translates to cost, schedule, and resource optimization. "PSOC is providing operational support to government and commercial systems, with the ability to support classified and unclassified operations with a mixture of on-premises, cloud, and hybrid ground architectures," said Paul Decker, president, Defense and Intelligence sector for Parsons. "We are accessing multiple partners’ global commercial antenna networks to support PSOC operations. We’re also leveraging Parsons’ innovative technologies like OrbitXchange, our established solution that allows automated and resilient global access for government and commercial spacecraft. A fully trained spacecraft operations staff is already working as the sole-source provider for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Blackjack Ground Operations, and recently added the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Polar Operational Environmental Satellites Extended Life contracts for the NOAA POES-15, 18, and 19 spacecraft."