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Capgemini Space Unit

Space infrastructure provides critical information sources to intelligenceservices, and offers numerous mass market applications. Capgemini’ssolutions cover all aspects of space infrastructure from design tooperations through critical systems integration and data management.

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Due to subjects such as

Copernicus, GNSS, Search &

Rescue and Earth Observation,

the market experiences an

unprecedented impulse and

business opportunities once

again will appear for true

entrepreneurs. You should be

looking out for those who will

bridge the gap between science

and true end-user value.

Capgemini is one of the world'sforemost providers of consulting,technology and outsourcing services.Together with its clients, Capgeminicreates and delivers business andtechnology solutions that fit their needsand drive the results they want.

All over EuropeCapgemini has offices all over Europefrom where our IT and businessprofessionals deliver and demonstratevalue to our clients.We integrate industry knowledge andfunctional capabilities into all marketsand geographies and leverage ourpartners’ capabilities.

Collaboration is the way we work andthis experience ensures our clients thatwe help them to get it right from thestart and achieve better, faster, moresustainable results.

Capgemini Space UnitHeadquartered in Toulouse, South ofFrance, Capgemini Space Unit has beenestablished for more than 30 years. Incollaboration with Capgemini’s locallydistributed Space teams in countries likeItaly, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, UnitedKingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Spainand Portugal, more than 200 specialistssupport Space Agencies, Satelliteoperators defence entities andmanufacturers projects on a daily basis.Our main centers of expertise for theSpace industry are based in Toulouse,Bayonne, Rome and Vienna.

Our Mission: Mobilizing the

range of capabilities within

the group (space & navigation -

consulting - technology -

and outsourcing services) to

enhance the quality of “ease of

living”, our “environment” and

our “security” according to the

needs and expectations of our

clients being either an individual,

a community, a business

partner or an organization.”

The dynamics in the Space industry are changing.

On-going investments in space systems challenge the traditional

actors to act and quickly deliver innovative end-usersolutions to industry, communities and citizens. Science paved

the way for a whole new industry which is about to emerge.

IT expertise for the Space Industry

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Proven track-record Capgemini Space Unit providesproducts, services and solutions to meetthe needs of our clients in the wholescope of space systems: GroundSegment (Monitoring & Control, FlightDynamics, Operation Centers, MissionCenters), Satellite Navigation (EGNOS,GALILEO), Space Data Processing(Satellite imagery processing chains),Space Data Processing Systems, BigData), User Segment and SpaceApplications (Search And Rescuesystems, Disaster Management, Geo-information products and services).

From real-time embedded systems toend-user space applications, fromdesign to operations complementarycompetencies are offered to ourcustomers to take up the continuouschallenges that the Space industryfaces.

Close to our customers’needs Our customers’ needs and expectationsare at the heart of our work. We focuson their requirements and makeinnovative proposals in order to givethem the best results.

We daily work together to efficientlyreach our common aims.

Quality and efficiencyCertified ISO 9001, Capgemini Spaceunit aims for the highest possible qualityand cost effectiveness of our services.Our experienced quality experts arestrongly involved to every project, frombeginning to end, to ensure theirsuccess. Through innovation, reliablequality methods and flexibility to meetour customers’ evolving needs, CapgeminiSpace Unit has established a reputationas a reliable and proactive partner.

How we work

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Capgemini Space Unit is strongly

experienced in a wide range of

areas as Earth Observation (EO),

Global Navigation Satellite

System (GNSS), Search And

Rescue (SAR), Space Science

and operations. In addition, as

the largest European IT leader,

we provide innovative architectures

for highly specialized and

technological Space market: Big

Data, Cloud processing, Mobility,

Safety, Long term data

preservation, etc.

Our Offers at a GlanceObserving the EarthThe Space Unit is involved in every largeEarth Observation program throughMonitoring and Control systems, Userand Mission Ground Segmentsdevelopment, from design to operations.Our satellite imagery processing expertise

is also recognized. We complete ourportfolio of activities with various scienceand environmental projects (SMOS,Calipso, etc).

Search And RescueFrom its first experience with COSPASSSARSAT MCC, the Space Unit is now arecognized leader for SAR systems asprime contractor of Galileo SAR GroundSegment.

Space scienceThe Space Unit is involved in differentkinds of space science: Marsexploration, Risks management due tospace debris and satellites entrance inthe atmosphere, Space SituationalAwareness, etc…

NavigationEarly involved in Global NavigationSatellite System (GNSS) activities, the Space Unit is now recognized as an expert through numerous EGNOSand GALILEO projects.

Capgemini Space Unit offersCapgemini Space Unit anddefense projectsSpace Unit experienceThe military programs are driven bychanging threats, budgetary constraintsand national policies. The interests ofour customers daily guide us.In this context, Capgemini Space Unitexperience in defense matters has beenincreasing.

From HELIOS to CSOFrom first experiences in EarthObservation mission simulation forFrench defense (Helios), Capgemini isnow strongly involved in all Frenchdefense Earth Observation programs(Elisa, Cérès, Pléiades, CSO). TheSpace Unit also significantly contributedto the PHAROS project (satellite multi-missions portal).

Successful projectsUnderstanding of the challenges of ourcustomers and our commitment to thedefence sector has enabled us tosuccessfully complete projects forNational Government Ministries, DefenceForces and international Agencies inmilitary transformation.

Observing the Earth

M&C Groundsegment

• Satellites M&C• Ground Stations NetworkSecurity.

• COSPAS/SARSAT FrenchMission and Control Centre.

• Ground networkimplementation anddeployment

• Stratospheric ballons M&C• Central Scheduling tool• Tracking stations

• Mission centers• Mission simulators forseveral programs

• Mission performancesmeasurement and prediction

• Scientific missions• Archiving systems• Multi missions Portal• Orbitography• Flight dynamics• Meteorological and oceano-graphic data management

• Satellite imagery processingsystems

• Technical Expertise Centre

• CSO B phasis• EO Data Processing• Algorithms prototyping• Instrument simulators

• Geographical informationsystems

• Galileo applications• EO Scientific applications• Scientific data management• SAR ground segments

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User GroundSegment

SpaceApplications

NavigationSearch And Rescue

Space ScienceOperations

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The Scientific Office: A pool of physicists,mathematicians, andengineersThe Capgemini Scientific Office (ScO)main objective is the acceleration ofcomplex mathematical solutionsimplementation. ScO experts designalgorithms and develop associatedprobers; they also write specificationsfor the operational implementation of theselected solutions.

Activity domainsThe ScO ensures support in three mainareas such asphysical simulation,optimization and data mining.

Various themes, diversified jobsScO eases operational implementationof scientific results, in close collaborationwith customers and laboratories.

ScO realizes projects on various EarthObservation themes such as end-to-endsimulators for new sensors design (SWOT, MicroCARB), or prototypes ofmulti-sensors (LandSAT, SPOT,MERIS,....) satellite data processing chains, that implement all processorsrequired to transform a satellite data intoa ground-taken image (Ortho-rectification,Calibration, Tiling, Resampling, Clouddetection, Fusion and Atmosphericcorrection).

ScO uses optimization to solve conditionalproblems, like satellite operationsscheduling (CNES), or Air TrafficManagement in the frame of SESAR.

ScO uses advanced statistics to performdata mining and predictive modelling, inassociation with Capgemini BusinessInformation Management teams. In theframe of predictive maintenance, ScOrecently analysed airplanes in-flight datarecorders in order to predict unusualpiloting events, and control data quality.

Innovation, a strategicdriverCapgemini Space Unit forecasts theimplementation of new solutions toanswer, in the best way, to the marketneeds. In this way, the ‘Innovation’concept is aimed to optimize theproduction means by using the mostrecent technologies.

FAAPS (Fully Automatic AquaProcessing Service)FAAPS is the way to provide floodextent maps, even in very bad weatherconditions, over large areas. The innovation goal relies on theimprovment of Big Data technologiesand the framework to integrate scientificalgorithms, in a Cloud infrastructure.Other technologies are also chosen toallow better mobility.

E-MDF: An example of genericityMDF is an accelerator framework whosesoftware architecture is designed asmodel independently of implementationtechnologies. The innovation conceptconsists in updating the existingarchitecture to generate, from oneanalysis model, products that could bedeployed for Linux, Android, iOS,Windows 8.

Innovation at Capgemini

Through innovation,we offer to our customers

more flexibility,optimizations, easy

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Navigation SolutionsThe European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is Europe’s firststep in satellite navigation, paving the way for GALILEO. Capgemini’s involvementconcerns the development in the ground segment of the Frond End Equipment (FEE),the Core Computer of the Navigation Land Earth Stations (NLES) and RangingIntegrity & Monitoring Stations (RIMS). The new version of EGNOS is on-going.GALILEO is Europe’s own navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate,guaranteed Global Positioning Service (GPS) under civilian control. Capgemini isinvolved in GALILEO program through countries such as France, Finland, Ireland,Austria, Norway, Italy and The Netherlands.

Earth Observation SolutionsCapgemini develops the mission center for all the SPOT and PLEIADES satellites.This includes a system that ensures the handling of all customer requests related togeographical zone observations. It relies on specific algorithms developed to programsatellite payloads.Capgemini also contributed to the development of a portal to Earth Observationmulti-missions for different defence entities (PHAROS).Capgemini Space Unit also takes part to the new defence program CSO through therealization of the Mission Programmation Center and the user ground segment definition.The meteorological and oceanographic data furniture is also another Capgemini SpaceUnit focus (CISMF). Within ground segment, the process of the diverse satellite signalsrelies on mathematical algorithms and on specific algorithms including signal processing,image processing, optics and radiative transfer. As satellite generations pass by, spatial agencies need to design solutions to adapttheir algorithms to new physical approach. Capgemini combines scientific and information technology expertises to develop data processing algorithms, dataprocessing chain, Image processing systems and overall mission planning systems.

Search And Rescue SolutionsFrom 1982 onward Capgemini has been prime contractor for the first Search & Rescue(SAR) mission and control centre in Europe, called COSPAS/SARSAT.This system receives distress signals, locates beacons emitting signal and subsequentlyactivates near-by rescue teams. The organization is the result of a cooperation betweenFrance, the United States, Canada and Russia. Gradually more than 40 countriesjoined this organization involving 48 ground stations and 24 Mission Control Centers,which activates the appropriated Rescue Control Centre (RCC).Due to its strong experience in SAR activities, Capgemini Space Unit manages nowthe development of the full SAR Ground Segment for GALILEO, GPS et GLONASS.

Our referencesCapgemini Space Unit is a main contributor to the success of

many European space missions such as EGNOS, GALILEO,

SPOT, HELIOS, PLEIADES, CSO, SMOS, NOSYCA and many more.

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Ground Segment SolutionsCapgemini has a long track history in ground segment Monitoring & Control systems(M&C). Our first activities started at CNES and was related to the GASCON 1stgeneration of M&C that started in 1989. Since then new generations have beendeveloped ultimately resulting in the REGATES system. Capgemini developed M&Csolutions for various ground stations sites in France, Portugal, Russia, Italy andFrench Guiana.Due to its strong experience in M&C, the Space Unit contributed significantilyto optimize the 2ghz and TTCET stations use (HOMERE).Capgemini carries out the NOSYCA M&C system for CNES stratospheric balloons,and several projects of the altimetry domain (JASON, SIMBAD, SDS).Capgemini built a presence in the ground Segment networking domain. We developedthe ICARE intelligent network system that guarantees highly secure and reliantnetwork connections between ground stations and ground control centers.Furthermore we built the gateway that complies with the Space Link Extension (SLE) standards optimizing the cooperation and exchange of information betweenspace agencies.

Space Science SolutionsBesides all these projects, Capgemini is also involved in Mars exploration with the responsibility of the Mission center for CURIOSITY (FIMOC).Other space thematics such as the meteorites and space debris entrance in theatmosphere are also studied or developed projects of Capgemini Space Unit (ESASSA program, ELECTRA).

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® About Capgemini

With more than 125,000 people in 44 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technologyand outsourcing services. The Group reported 2012 global revenues of EUR 10.3 billion. Together with its clients, Capgeminicreates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want. A deeplymulticultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business ExperienceTM, anddraws on Rightshore®, its worldwide delivery model.

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