Spacecraft power management software for the new millennium

Author

Glück, Peter R.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

2228

Abstract

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory´s (JPL´s) New Millennium Program (NMP) is a proving ground for 21st Century spacecraft technologies. Chief among these technologies is the field of spacecraft automation. The NMP Deep Space One (DS1) mission will have the most sophisticated autonomous software ever flown on robotic spacecraft. An important element of this software is the power management system. Since power is a system resource, this software spans many mission and spacecraft systems. It must predict future spacecraft power generation, plan activities within expected power resources, query on-board navigation and attitude control systems for position and attitude information (which impact solar power generation), monitor and analyze power system state and health, and diagnose and respond to power system failures and emergencies. This paper describes the DS1 power management system and its role in the DS1 autonomy software

Keywords

aerospace control; attitude control; navigation; power system control; space vehicle power plants; Deep Space One mission; attitude control systems; navigation control systems; power generation; space power; spacecraft automation; spacecraft control; spacecraft power management software; Energy management; Power system analysis computing; Power system control; Power system management; Power systems; Propulsion; Robotics and automation; Solar power generation; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.658214

Filename

658214