Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Expanding capabilities and mission objectives for SmallSats and CubeSats is driving the need for reliable, reusable, and robust flight software. While missions are becoming more complicated and the scientific goals more ambitious, the level of acceptable risk has decreased. Design challenges are further compounded by budget and schedule constraints that have not kept pace. NASA's Core Flight Software System (cFS) is an open source solution which enables teams to build flagship satellite level flight software within a CubeSat schedule and budget. NASA originally developed cFS to reduce mission and schedule risk for flagship satellite missions by increasing code reuse and reliability. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which launched in 2009, was the first of a growing list of Class B rated missions to use cFS.
Keywords:
Computer Operations and Hardware; Computer Programming and Software; Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN25575
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Annual AIAA / USU Conference on Small Satellites; Aug 08, 2015 - Aug 13, 2015; Logan, Utah; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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