(SATC) SOFTWARE ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

WELCOME

The Software Assurance Technology Center (SATC) was established in 1992 as part of the Systems Reliability and Safety Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The SATC was founded with the intent to become a center of excellence in software assurance, dedicated to making measurable improvement in both the quality and reliability of software developed for NASA at GSFC. SATC is self-supported with internal funding coming from research and application of current software engineering techniques and tools. Research funding primarily originates at NASA headquarters and is administered by it's Software IV&V Facility in Fairmont, WV. Other support comes directly from development projects for direct collaboration and technical support.

The SATC is active in the technical areas shown on the left. Should you find something useful or of particular interest, please let us know. We especially appreciate learning about the current issues among the software engineering community and remain open to recommendations and suggestions for improvement.

• SMA (300)
  • Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Is committed to ensuring the highest probability of mission success. SMA is responsible for the overall management and implementation of GSFC policy in the areas of systems safety and mission assurance.
• SRO (301)
  • Conducts a series of formal, fully independent reviews on each GSFC mission to evaluate and provide recommendations concerning the design, development, and testing of the flight and group segments.
• ISO (302)
  • Provides solutions to continuously improve overall project and Center mission performance through policy, assessments/Audits, data analysis, SMA requirements traceability and compliance verification, and risk management implementation
• RAO (305)
  • RAO serves as a resource to Center Management for independent assessments of cost and schedule risk, so that informed decisions can be made to promote mission success thereby enhancing the Center’s ability to deliver on its commitments.
• MSD (320)
  • The Mission Support Division works closely with all GSFC flight projects to enable early integration and life cycle implementation of system safety, reliability, quality, and mission assurance.