An overview of the OpenOrbiter autonomous operating software

Author

Limesand, Dayln ; Whitney, Timothy ; Straub, Jeremy ; Marsh, Ronald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

7-14 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The OpenOrbiter spacecraft aims to demonstrate the efficacy of the Open Prototype for Educational Nanosats (OPEN) framework. Software is an important part of this framework. This paper discusses the operating software for the spacecraft (which runs on top of the Linux operating system to command spacecraft operations). It presents an overview of this software and then pays particular attention to the aspects of software design that enable onboard autonomy. It also discusses the messaging scheme that is used onboard and the testing and validation plan. Finally, it discusses system extensibility, before concluding.

Keywords

Linux; aerospace computing; open systems; operating systems (computers); Linux operating system; OPEN framework; Open Prototype for Educational Nanosats framework; OpenOrbiter autonomous operating software; OpenOrbiter spacecraft; messaging scheme; onboard autonomy; software design; spacecraft operations; Biographies; Schedules; Software; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5379-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2015.7119265

Filename

7119265