Muhammad Shoaib Malik

Mission specific development and maintenance of ground segment. Definition of mission specific ground station configuration and validation of ground elements Most importantly investigating of anomalies affecting the ground services to the assigned missions. Working as a liaison between Ground stations team and Flight Control Team in European Space Agency's control centre.

Routine phase operations for ESA's Earth Observation (Cryosat-2 / SWARM / AEOLUS) missions. This includes execution of nominal operations, dealing with contingency operations also catering to special operations requests (SORs). End to end overview of the missions under supervision and ancillary actives like Mission Planning is also part of the role.

Experience in launch simulation campaign, LEOP and eventual commissioning activities where on console support was provided to ESA's Aeolus spacecraft.

24/7 Satellite Operations for 2 ESA satellites of Astronomy Observation Division, gaining and utilizing in depth Spacecraft subsystem knowledge for routine operations and problem solving in case of contingencies. Currently working on MOIS automation for space missions to implement automation in decade old space missions like XMM-Newton & INTEGRAL and more recent one's like GAIA.

• DLR – Institute of Space Systems – Scientific Mission Feasibility Study Hands on experience in S/c Subsystem Engineering in a research team executing initial phase feasibility study scientific mission to Jupiter. Responsibilities included Attitude and Orbital Control System sensor & actuator design and optimization.