... memory images for patching from a file). This allows decoupling of data transfers and operations, e.g. for on-board software updates. The file-based operations concept is currently being implemented in ESA’s generic mission control system SCOS...
.... To reach the levels of reliability needed for all the different systems, including the flight computer and software, hundreds of tests for verification and validation (V&V) are carried out. We achieved 120 successful docking tests with...
... compounded by low operational costs, thanks to this nanosatellite network being managed by an autonomous network management software program. This allows us to offer narrowband satellite communications at much more affordable prices than traditional...
... must be very high to reduce the risk of a crash in an astrobiologically sensitive area. The landing GN&C is also a complex, autonomous, software-heavy system and such complex systems, although more capable, can fail in complex ways. New methods...