SBIR/STTR Research Award
A DIGITAL PROCESSOR FOR AN EARTH HORIZON SENSOR ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM
Award amount
$499,989Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Ithaco, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS IS A PROJECT LEADING TO DEFINITION OF A DIGITAL-PROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR SMALL SPACECRAFT. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WILL EXAMINE SEVERAL SMALL-SATELLITE PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE A TYPICAL, SMALL-SATELLITE MISSION. NEXT, THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ATTITUDE-CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WILL GUIDE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DECISIONS. HARDWARE QUESTIONS AS INTERFACES, PROCESSOR CHOICES, AND MEMORY AND SPEED REQUIREMENTS WILL BE DETERMINED AND RESULT IN A PRELIMINARY BLOCK DIAGRAM, AS WELL AS WEIGHT AND POWER BUDGET. THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE EXAMINED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND A LANGUAGE WILL BE MADE. A TOP-LEVEL SOFTWARE BLOCK DIAGRAM WILL BE PREPARED. THIS IS A PROJECT LEADING TO DEFINITION OF A DIGITAL-PROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR SMALL SPACECRAFT. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WILL EXAMINE SEVERAL SMALL-SATELLITE PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE A TYPICAL, SMALL-SATELLITE MISSION. NEXT, THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ATTITUDE-CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WILL GUIDE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DECISIONS. HARDWARE QUESTIONS AS INTERFACES, PROCESSOR CHOICES, AND MEMORY AND SPEED REQUIREMENTS WILL BE DETERMINED AND RESULT IN A PRELIMINARY BLOCK DIAGRAM, AS WELL AS WEIGHT AND POWER BUDGET. THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE EXAMINED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND A LANGUAGE WILL BE MADE. A TOP-LEVEL SOFTWARE BLOCK DIAGRAM WILL BE PREPARED.
Technology keywords
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