The development of small satellites is an increasing trend. It enables reducing development and exploitation costs at the problem and payload levels. However, the ground stations required to satellite exploitation could also be modernized using some new work automation approaches. This paper presents the architecture of an Advanced Ground Facility to manage small satellite missions. It emphasizes the automated planning and scheduling aspects of the work, where station activity is managed automatically. The task schedule is built using a dedicated approach that enables dynamic management of the task performed. The work is illustrated by preliminary results.