Title :
Design of flight software for the KySat CubeSat bus
Author :
Hishmeh, Samuel F. ; Doering, Tyler J. ; Lumpp, James E., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Abstract :
This paper describes the design, implementation and testing of flight software for KySat-1 a picosatellite scheduled to launch in 2009. The paper also discusses the challenges of developing dependable software in an academic environment and the development of dependable software for commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware in space applications. Techniques employed to design for reuse and examples of software reuse in recent sub-orbital and near-space missions are also described. The software architecture, software engineering practices, and testing techniques developed for KySat-1 will serve as the basis for a series of future Kentucky Space Consortium missions.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; software architecture; Kentucky Space Consortium mission; KySat CubeSat bus; KySat-1; commercial off the shelf hardware; flight software; picosatellite; software architecture; software engineering; space application; Aerospace industry; Aerospace testing; Costs; NASA; Satellite broadcasting; Scheduling; Software design; Software testing; Space missions; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2621-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2622-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2009.4839646
