Autonomy Technologies Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery Planning & Scheduling Intelligent Data Understanding

Software Engineering Research Laboratory Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Outline Definitions Software design process Design rules Software costing

Space Systems Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Introduction Introduction Objective : To compare the different imaging configurations for a To compare the different imaging configurations for a Separated Spacecraft Interferometer operating from an Separated Spacecraft Interferometer operating from an Earth’s orbit Earth’s orbit

Deployment and Geometry Maintenance Deployment and Geometry Maintenance  Deployable Membranes Used for solar arrays, sunshields, decoys Being researched for apertures starting at RF and eventually going to optical

Why Cost Estimation? Critically important part of system design Too high – lose the contract award Too low – over-run cost plus contracts, company loss on fixed price contracts

— In order to point and slew optical systems, spacecraft attitude control provides coarse pointing while optics control provides fine pointing

Space Systems Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of A Gravity-Well Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of A Gravity Absence of A Gravity-Well Edmund M. Edmund M. Kong Prof David W. Miller David W. Miller

Space Systems Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Objective and Outline Objective and Outline Objective : To determine the optimal trajectories to re￾orient a cluster of spacecraft Motivation : To maximize the full potential of a cluster of spacecraft with minimal resources

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Systems Laboratory Lockheed Martin Corporation Advanced Technology Center Electromagnetic Formation Flight Electromagnetic Formation Flight