Flight Software Development for Demise Observation Capsule

• Main Author: Zamouril, Jakub
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Rymdteknik 2017
• Subjects: flight software; space-qualified software; safety critical software; embedded software; software architecture; software design; communication protocol design; Demise Observation Capsule; Embedded Systems; Inbäddad systemteknik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-64420

This work describes the process of the design of a flight software for a space-qualified device, outlines the development and testing of the SW, and provides a description of the final product. The flight software described in this work has been developed for the project Demise Observation Capsule (DOC). DOC is a device planned to be attached to an upper stage of a launch vehicle and observe its demise during atmospheric re-entry at the end of its mission. Due to constraint on communication time during the mission and the need to maximize the amount of transferred data, a custom communication protocol has been developed. === Demise Observation Capsule