A component framework for satellite on-board software

Author

Pasetti, A. ; Pree, W.

Author_Institution

C. Doppler Lab. for Software Res., Constance Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

This paper advocates a new approach to satellite software design based on object-oriented framework technology and describes early results from a project for the European Space Agency (ESA) to design a software framework for satellite attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS). Frameworks are collections of components with pre-defined cooperations among them. They make architecture (as opposed to mere code) reuse possible. The framework concept is being tested in a redesign of the AOCS software. This paper illustrates it by describing the implementation of telecommand handling, telemetry handling, and operational mode management

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace control; object-oriented methods; satellite telemetry; software development management; software reusability; telecontrol; AOCS software; European Space Agency; object-oriented framework; operational mode management; orbit control; satellite attitude; satellite on-board software; satellite software design; software reuse; telecommand handling; telemetry handling; Algorithms; Application software; Attitude control; Computer architecture; Costs; Satellites; Software design; Space technology; Telecommunications; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 18th

Conference_Location

St Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5749-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1999.821994

Filename

821994