Yamcs services
Yamcs, run by people who
fly missions.
JAOPS deploys, extends and operates Yamcs, the open-source mission control system, for satellites, lunar rovers and ISS payloads. One ground segment from your first subsystem test to routine operations, with an experienced operations team behind it.
What we do with Yamcs
Yamcs is powerful and free, but a mission control system is only as good as the people, procedures and integration around it. That is where we come in.
- Our core service
Yamcs Operations as a Service
We operate your mission on Yamcs: monitoring, commanding, anomaly response and reporting, as your prime or backup mission control. You get an operations team, not just software.
Operations as a Service Deployment and integration
Turnkey Yamcs mission control centers: installation, ground station connectivity, mission databases, displays and procedures, delivered ready for flight.
Turnkey MCCYamcs as an EGSE
With the Yamcs Gateway, your subsystems and their on-board protocols connect to Yamcs from day one, so the same tool tests your hardware and later flies it.
Yamcs GatewayCustomization and extensions
Plugins, custom links, data processing, dashboards and integrations with the rest of your ground segment, built and maintained by engineers who know Yamcs inside out.
Our toolsTraining and certification
Practical Yamcs and operations training for engineers and operators, from first steps to certified flight controller, using real mission scenarios.
TrainingOperational review
An independent review of your Yamcs setup, procedures and team before launch, so gaps are found on the ground and not in orbit.
Operational Review
One Yamcs, from first test to flight
Most missions build their test tools and their flight tools separately, then rebuild databases and procedures before launch. With Yamcs you do not have to.
Development
Subsystems talk to Yamcs from the first prototype through the Yamcs Gateway.
Test
Yamcs works as your EGSE. Telemetry definitions and command scripts are written once.
Simulation
Operators rehearse on the same displays and procedures against mission simulators.
Operations
You fly with the tools your team already knows, validated by every test before it.
Test as you fly, fly as you test. Fewer interfaces to rebuild means fewer errors introduced right before launch.
Works with your satellite and ground station
Yamcs speaks the standards the industry already uses. For new missions we recommend NASA's open-source cFS and F Prime flight software, which are natively compatible with Yamcs. Anything custom can be configured by our team.
Yamcs tools we build and share
We contribute to the Yamcs ecosystem and publish open-source tools on GitHub.
Yamcs Gateway
Connects spacecraft subsystems and their on-board protocols to Yamcs, turning it into an EGSE for integration and testing.
Learn moreGrafana Yamcs plugin
Open-source plugin for real-time Yamcs telemetry, commanding, alarms and links in Grafana dashboards.
View on GitHubYamcs Quickstart and utilities
Ready-to-run Yamcs setups and additional tools that get new teams from install to first telemetry quickly.
JAOPS on GitHubOmniLRS simulation
Lunar robotics simulation on NVIDIA Omniverse, used with Yamcs for operator training and rover rehearsals.
Simulation EnvironmentsMore in development
We are building new Yamcs tools for planning and operations. Ask us about early access for your mission.
Get in touch
Why JAOPS for Yamcs
Our team has worked with Yamcs since its early days and has operated real missions with it.
- Since 2007Mission heritage, from ISS payload operations to lunar surface missions.
- ISS, Moon, Earth orbitOperations experience across ISS payloads, Earth observation, lunar landers and the YAOKI lunar rover.
- Tokyo and FranceHeadquartered in Tokyo with an office in France, supporting missions across Asia and Europe.
Yamcs questions
Quick answers to what teams ask us most.
What is Yamcs?
Yamcs is an open-source mission control framework for monitoring and controlling spacecraft, satellites, rovers, payloads and ground equipment. It supports standards such as CCSDS and XTCE and is used by space agencies and companies worldwide.
Is Yamcs free to use?
Yes. Yamcs is open source under the AGPL license. The software is free, while integration, support, operations and training are where specialist services like ours come in.
Who can support my mission on Yamcs?
JAOPS is an independent Yamcs specialist offering deployment, customization, training and full mission operations on Yamcs, from Tokyo and France.
Is Yamcs compatible with my ground station?
Yes. Yamcs connects to ground stations over standard interfaces such as TCP and UDP and handles CCSDS telemetry and telecommand frames and packets, so it works with commercial ground station networks as well as your own antennas. If a station uses its own interface, our team develops and tests the connection for you.
Is Yamcs compatible with my satellite?
Yes. Yamcs works with any spacecraft whose telemetry and commands can be described in a mission database, typically using CCSDS packets and XTCE. For new missions we recommend NASA's open-source flight software frameworks, cFS (core Flight System) and F Prime, which are natively compatible with Yamcs and save significant integration work. If your spacecraft uses custom protocols, our team configures Yamcs to support them.
Can Yamcs be used as an EGSE?
Yes. With the JAOPS Yamcs Gateway, Yamcs connects to spacecraft subsystems through their on-board protocols, so it can serve as your EGSE during integration and testing and then as your flight mission control system.
Can JAOPS operate my mission on Yamcs?
Yes. Through Operations as a Service, our team runs your mission on Yamcs as prime or backup mission control, covering monitoring, commanding, anomaly response and reporting.
Can Yamcs connect to Grafana?
Yes. Our open-source Grafana Yamcs plugin brings real-time telemetry, commanding, alarms and link status into Grafana dashboards.
Planning a mission on Yamcs?
Tell us about your spacecraft and timeline. We will show you how Yamcs and our operations team can support you from first test to flight.
Yamcs is open-source software developed by Space Applications Services. JAOPS is an independent provider of Yamcs services.