Recorded computer software, downloadable computer software, firmware and hardware components including PCI cards packaged together and separately that work together using a common reference architecture to enable user connectivity and connectivity between satellite, space, aerospace and related networks and ground systems; a standards-based reference architecture comprising recorded computer software, downloadable computer software and hardware for managing and orchestrating multiple networked hardware products, software applications, virtual networked functions (VNF) and computer software that interoperate together; recorded computer software, downloadable computer software and hardware components for use by third-party developers to enable third-party software applications to provide user connectivity and inter-network connectivity for ground networks and ground systems supporting satellite and aerospace missions in cloud, hybrid cloud, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) services