An apparatus for development and/or testing of a payload for a satellite, comprising: a payload interface operable to connect to the payload; and a communication link, operable to couple the apparatus with a computer; wherein the apparatus is operable to emulate one or more subsystems of the satellite, such that the behaviour of the payload when connected to the apparatus via the payload interface and communication link is the same as when in the satellite.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SATELLITE PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SATELLITENNUTZLASTENENTWICKLUNG
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR DÉVELOPPEMENT DE CHARGE UTILE DE SATELLITE
2019-01-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |