the Hammers Company, Inc. provides quality software engineering services and products for the aerospace industry. These services include:

• The design and development of real-time satellite attitude control, command & data handling, and instrument control software.

• VirtualSat Pro, a simulation tool that assists both analysts and developers during the entire software and spacecraft life cycle.

• ITOS, a suite of software for the control of spacecraft and spacecraft components during development, test, and on-orbit operations. Currently supporting more than a dozen NASA missions and over 15,000 hours of operation.

• Supplying operations personnel for the control of satellites and Space Shuttle based experiments.

• Providing core infrastructure support to its customers with UNIX and NT systems administration, database administration, and web application programming.

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This web site is divided into four major categories:

• About : Information on aerospace engineering, flight software, ground software and embedded real-time systems. Includes information on all the past and current products that we have worked on.

• Support : the Hammers Company, Inc. provides support for the past and current products that we have worked on.

• ITOS : ITOS, the Integrated Test and Operations System, is a suite of software for control of spacecraft and spacecraft components during development, test, and on-orbit operations.

• Virtual Sat : Virtual Sat Pro, a simulation environment specifically gear to facilitate the design development and test of flight software written in C or C++.

If you have any Questions or Comments about this web site, please email info@hammers.com

Announcements

LDCM MOE - NASA/GSFC has selected the Hammers Company as prime contractor for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). Under this contract, the Hammers Company and it's subcontractors General Dynamics C4 Systems, GMV Space Systems, and a.i. solutions will provide the hardware, software, and systems integration for the LDCM mission operations centers at Goddard and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) facility in Sioux Falls, SD.

SpaceWire - As part of our ongoing commitment to support new aerospace technologies, the Hammers Company Inc. has integrated the Goddard SWTS SpaceWire card with both our ITOS ground system and our VirtualSat simulator products. Both products now provide a SpaceWire capability fully compliant with ECSS-E-50-12A. This integration allows both ITOS and VirtualSat to communicate directly with SpaceWire enabled devices during both development and integration eliminating the need for custom hardware and software.

 

The Hammers Company provided pre-launch readiness testing for 20 Shuttle launches, provided mission console support during the manned flight mission and has supported the manned presence on the International Space Station for the past five years.

Ninety-Six Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELV) were supported during this period each carrying numerous Science payloads. The ELV team is responsible for the support of the Atlas, Delta, and Sea Launch vehicles. These missions utilize the Space and Ground Network for Telemetry data. The ELV personnel supported both of the MARs Exploration launches.

The Hammers Company test personnel provided support to 38 Science Missions during the past five years. These missions included Hubble Space Telescope Servicing missions, EOS and numerous NOAA missions. These support included the testing of the payload data delivery systems to the Science Mission data capture control center. Test personnel are responsible for the training the mission console operators to utilize the Space Network and Ground Network systems in support of their respective missions.

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