Title :
Messenger: Flight Software Design for a Deep Space Mission
Author :
Artis, David A. ; Heggestad, Brian K. ; Krupiarz, Christopher J. ; Mirantes, M. Annette ; Reid, J. Doug
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Hopkins
Abstract :
MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) is a NASA Discovery mission to study the planet Mercury. Launched in August 2004, it will perform one more flyby of Venus and three flybys of Mercury, followed by Mercury orbit insertion in 2011 for a one-year science-gathering mission. Throughout the mission, MESSENGER will use seven instruments to collect data about key characteristics of the planet to understand Mercury and the formation of the inner solar system.
Keywords :
Mercury (planet); aerospace computing; aerospace control; control engineering computing; space vehicles; Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems; MESSENGER guidance and control software; NASA Discovery mission; configurable telemetry storage; deep space mission; file delivery protocol; flight software design; onboard file system; planet Mercury; spacecraft attitude; system software architecture; Bandwidth; Earth; Instruments; Mercury (planets); Planets; Software design; Space missions; Space technology; Space vehicles; Venus;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0524-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2007.352747
