The micro-satellite clusters have been discussed for several years, however, there is not a common framework about its software, and various researches distributed at different domains. In order to conduct the future work well, the purpose of this paper is to systematically describe micro-satellite clusters' characteristics, clusters software model, and present a distributed testbed to shorten test process, and minimize the development cost.

    Design/methodology/approach

    The cluster characteristics and model is summarized through analyzing the past satellite cluster programs. Then the ground test system is designed to shorten micro-satellite's development period, improve its reliability.

    Findings

    The clusters' characteristics are discussed, such as coverage, scalability, fault tolerance, low cost, etc. The clusters' data flow and on-board software architecture are presented according to properties of clusters. Finally, the distributed testbed that focuses on future on-board software and hardware technologies that aim to rapid design, build, integration, test, deployment, and operation of the future micro-satellite is designed.

    Originality/value

    The presentation of software architecture of cluster member can improve the micro-satellite's development, and the distributed testbed can improve the ground test efficiency, especially, when the micro-satellite quantity is big.


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    Title :

    The on-board software architecture and distributed testbed of micro-satellite clusters


    Contributors:
    Xiande, Wu (author) / Hui, Li (author) / Zhaowei, Sun (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2009-05-15


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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