Dr. Victoria Balzano Profile

Dr. Victoria Balzano

Consulting Mission S/W Systems Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute

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software systems engineering , software design , scientific spacecraft operations , Science Instrument observations planning

Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Status of the James Webb Space Telescope integrated science instrument module

Ray Lundquist, Vicki Balzano, Pam Davila, Michael Drury, Jamie Dunn, Stuart Glazer, Matthew Greenhouse, Ed Greville, Gregory Henegar, Eric Johnson, John McCloskey, Raymond Ohl, Robert Rashford, Gurnie Hobbs, Scott Lambros, Doug McGuffey, Mark Voyton

Proc. SPIE. 8442, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Cryogenics, Electronics, Optical fabrication, Metrology, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Optimizing the observing efficiency of the James Webb Space Telescope

Karl Gordon, Victoria Balzano, William Blair, Henry Ferguson, Wayne Kinzel, Jennifer Lotz, Jane Rigby, George Sonneborn, Jason Tumlinson

Proc. SPIE. 8448, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Calibration, Sensors, Stars, Clocks, Space telescopes, Space operations, Target acquisition, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2011 Paper

Status of the James Webb Space Telescope integrated science instrument module system

Matthew Greenhouse, Vicki Balzano, Pamela Davila, Michael Drury, Jamie Dunn, Stuart Glazer, Ed Greville, Gregory Henegar, Eric Johnson, Ray Lundquist, John McCloskey, Raymond Ohl, Robert Rashford, Mark Voyton

Proc. SPIE. 8146, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts V

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Interfaces, James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes, Sensors, Data acquisition, Telescopes, Composites, Space operations, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

The care and feeding of the JWST on-board event-driven system

Vicki Balzano, Dean Zak, William Whitman

Proc. SPIE. 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Calibration, Space operations, Mirrors, Computing systems, Stars, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

Observing distant solar system objects with James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Vicki Balzano, John Isaacs, Edmund Nelan

Proc. SPIE. 7016, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II

KEYWORDS: Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Solar system, Observatories, Sensors, Target acquisition, Space operations, Space telescopes, Planets, Comets

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Event-driven James Webb Space Telescope operations using on-board JavaScripts

V. Balzano, D. Zak

Proc. SPIE. 6274, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Software development, Mid-IR, Space telescopes, Stars, Space operations, Prototyping, Hubble Space Telescope, Commercial off the shelf technology

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2002 Paper

Command system architecture for NGST

Vicki Balzano, Kenneth Rehm

Proc. SPIE. 4848, Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software II

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Space telescopes, Computer architecture, Stars, Telecommunications, Target acquisition, Spectrographs, Computing systems, Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes

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