Onboard Computers, Onboard Software and Satellite Operations : An Introduction

Jens Eickhoff

ISBN 10: 366250734X / ISBN 13: 9783662507346

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is intended as a system engineer's compendium, explaining the dependencies and technical interactions between the onboard computer hardware, the onboard software and the spacecraft operations from ground. After a brief introduction on the subsequent development in all three fields over the spacecraft engineering phases each of the main topis is treated in depth in a separate part.The features of today's onboard computers are explained at hand of their historic evolution over the decades from the early days of spaceflight up to today. Latest system-on-chip processor architectures are treated as well as all onboard computer major components.After the onboard computer hardware the corresponding software is treated in a separate part. Both the software static architecture as well as the dynamic architecture are covered, and development technologies as well as software verification approaches are included.Following these two parts on the onboard architecture, the last part covers the concepts of spacecraft operations from ground. This includes the nominal operations concepts, the redundancy concept and the topic of failure detection, isolation and recovery.The baseline examples in the book are taken from the domain of satellites and deep space probes. The principles and many cited standards on spacecraft commanding, hardware and software however also apply to other space applications like launchers. The book is equally applicable for students as well for system engineers in space industry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Onboard Computers, Onboard Software and Satellite Operations : An Introduction
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 366250734X
• ISBN 13: 9783662507346
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 279W x 210H x 16D millimeters 279 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 835 grams

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Synopsis

This system engineer's compendium explores the dependencies and technical interactions between a spacecraft's onboard computer hardware, onboard software and spacecraft operations from ground. Covers system-on-chip processor architectures and much more.

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This book is intended as a system engineer's compendium, explaining the dependencies and technical interactions between the onboard computer hardware, the onboard software and the spacecraft operations from ground. After a brief introduction on the subsequent development in all three fields over the spacecraft engineering phases each of the main topis is treated in depth in a separate part.

The features of today’s onboard computers are explained at hand of their historic evolution over the decades from the early days of spaceflight up to today. Latest system-on-chip processor architectures are treated as well as all onboard computer major components.

After the onboard computer hardware the corresponding software is treated in a separate part. Both the software static architecture as well as the dynamic architecture are covered, and development technologies as well as software verification approaches are included.

Following these two parts on the onboard architecture, the last part covers the concepts of spacecraft operations from ground. This includes the nominal operations concepts, the redundancy concept and the topic of failure detection, isolation and recovery.

The baseline examples in the book are taken from the domain of satellites and deep space probes. The principles and many cited standards on spacecraft commanding, hardware and software however also apply to other space applications like launchers. The book is equally applicable for students as well for system engineers in space industry.