9 Computer hardware, recorded computer software and downloadable computer software and firmware that work together using a common reference architecture to enable the operation of a full suite of Satellite, Space and related Aerospace ground station operations in cloud-based and virtual environments; a standards-based reference architecture comprising recorded computer software and downloadable computer software for enabling multiple hardware products, software applications and computer software built as microservices to interoperate together; computer hardware, recorded computer software and downloadable computer software that enable data in the form of Radio Frequency (RF), Intermediate Frequency (IF) and baseband signals to be safely, securely and accurately converted into Internet Protocol (IP) data so that they can be operated upon in the cloud for technical, mission and business purposes; recorded computer application software, downloadable cloud-based software applications, recorded computer software and downloadable computer software built as microservices for use in performing a core set of technical, mission and business enterprise operations, namely, Satellite Command and Control, Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Protection, Signal Processing, Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Management, and Internet Protocol (IP) Network Management and Control; recorded computer software and downloadable computer software for use by third-party developers to enable third-party software applications to run on a computer platform to create an open, standards-based environment for ground segment operations supporting aerospace missions in cloud, hybrid cloud, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS); computer hardware, namely, frequency converters, modems, data processors, network gateway devices being network routers, satellite transmitters and receivers and multiplexers