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ACT’s extensive track record includes software and support services for numerous well know NASA and NOAA programs, vital environmental missions and critical DOD programs. The company and its employees have been recognized by mission and program teams for their outstanding achievements and ACT was presented with a NASA prestigious Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award for its work on the Clementine Mission.

ACT Experience at a Glance

    ACT Products / Services      
Project Name Date WIPE™ PIPE™ ACT-REACT™ ProVIEW™ MSHELL™ Mission/Program Support 24x7 Hosting & Image Processing Implementation & Customization Customer Links to Project Details Project/Mission Summary
Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) 2007-Ongoing   img img   img img img img NASA http://moonmineralogy
mapper.jpl.nasa.gov/
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) is an imaging spectrometer designed to map the mineral content of the Moon's surface. The primary scientific objectives are 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.
Lousiana State Universithy 2007 img   img   img img img   Lousiana State Universithy   LSU will leverage ACT products for oceanographic studies.
MRO/CRISM 2005-Ongoing   img img   img img img img NASA http://crism.jhuapl.edu/ ACT played a central role in development of the ground data system, including definition of CRISM's data products and the data-calibration pipeline. ACT provided 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.
LROC/LRO 2005-Ongoing   img img   img img img img NASA http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/ The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission is scheduled to launch 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.
Sensor to User (NASA Cooperative Agreement) 2004-Ongoing     img   img img img img NASA with team NAVY/NOAA http://www.actgate.com/reason/ NASA and ACT are working under a Cooperative Agreement that uses NASA data streams and ACT's WIPE/REACT architecture towards the implementation of Decision Support Tools for Coastal Management Applications. This effort directly involves NAVY/NRL-SSC, NOAA-NESDIS/CW/NCDDC, NOAA/NOS, and NOAA/CSC as team members.
MESSENGER 2004-Ongoing   img img   img img img img NASA http://discovery.nasa.gov/
messenger.html
MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury.  ACT is responsible for the implementation of Science Oeprations Center.
AK Demo (NESDIS) 1999-Ongoing img   img   img img img img NOAA/NESDIS AK Demo.pdf NESDIS provides timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, & enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, & quality of life.
STARDUST 1996-2006       img img img     NASA/JPL http://www.actgate.com/
home/services/stardust.htm
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.
Tropical Center for Earth and Space Sciences (TCESS) 2006 img   img img img img img   University of Puerto Rico http://tcess.uprm.edu/ The TCESS mission is to conduct research and to train students in areas of interest to NASA strategic enterprises.
National Ice Center 2002-2005 img     img img img img img NOAA/NASA http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ The National Ice center acqured a using WIPE™  server to ingest SAR data and orchestrate systematic generation of products.
Deep Impact 1999-2005   img     img img   img NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
mission_pages/deepimpact
/mission/index.html
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.
NAVO (Classified) 2003 img       img img img img US NAVY   NAVO used a WIPE™ server to ingest acostic imagry from the ocean floor and other data sources for network-centric dissemination.
Rapid Environmental Assessment Exercises 1996-2002 img     img img img img img NATO http://www.actgate.com/
home/services
/environmental.htm
ACT demonstrated an interactive network-based image processing system that provides high speed access and processing to large volumes of remotely stored data.
FAME - Full-Sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer 2001 img     img img img img img US NAVY http://www.usno.navy.mil/
FAME/
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.
NAVY's Tactical Environmental Data Server 2000-2001 img     img img img img img US NAVY   ACT implemented with WIPE™ the ability to ingest all the environmental data streams from satellite sources for the Navy TEDS system. This also included implementation of decision support tools for tactical operations using satellite, insitu observation and forecast data.
Naval Earthmap Observer (NEMO) 1998 img     img img img img img US NAVY http://www.actgate.com/
nemo_program.htm
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.
MOONLINK 1995   img     img   img img NASA   A project to kelp students (K-12) to link Clementine Data with Lunar Prospector data.
MSTI 2&3 1994-1995       img img img img img US AIR FORCE http://www.actgate.com/
home/services/msti.htm
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.
CLEMENTINE 1993       img img img   img DOD, NASA http://www.actgate.com/
clementine_program.htm


http://www.actgate.com/
clemen_caribe.htm
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.
LACE/UVPI 1990         img img   img Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) http://www.actgate.com/
lace_program.htm
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.

 


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