Title :
Subsystem testing, integration and compliance of ICUBE-1
Author :
Mahmood, Rafia ; Khurshid, Kiran ; ul Isalm, Qamar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Inst. of Space Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
This paper describe the design, implementation and testing of the flight software of ICUBE-1 which is a premier CubeSat of any institution in Pakistan. ICUBE-1 is scheduled to launch in 2nd quarter of 2013. The ICUBE-1 fight software is developed to fulfill the main mission requirements, most important of which is to successfully establish the communication link with ICUBE-1 after launch and to receive the ICUBE-1 health data. This paper also describes the software architecture and design techniques used in the development of the flight software of ICUBE-1. Because of the usage of different Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) components in ICIBE-1, the software design & development team has not much liberty to use different software engineering principals. However, the ICUBE-1 has introduced the redundancy by design and other techniques to ensure the reliability of the software in-orbit. The paper also discusses the testing of the flight software while assuring the functioning as per the requirements.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; artificial satellites; program testing; software architecture; software reliability; team working; COTS component; CubeSat; ICIBE-1; ICUBE-1 fight software; ICUBE-1 health data; commercial off the shelf component; communication link; flight software design; flight software development; flight software testing; launch; mission requirement; software architecture; software design team; software development team; software in-orbit; software reliability; subsystem testing; Attitude control; Magnetic hysteresis; Satellites; Software; Space vehicles; Testing; Transceivers; Computer Software; CubeSat; Flight Software; ICUBE-1; Pico-Satellite;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6395-2
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2013.6581338