NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, demonstrated re-entry from low-Earth orbit of a 6-meter aeroshell designed to be used as a heat shield that is larger than the rocket shroud, enabling the return of much greater mass. The LOFTID Flight Software was developed in-house and consists of three components: the Power Distribution software, the Data Recorder software, and the Camera Controller software, along with the Ground Software used for testing, operations, data integrity, and data processing. This presentation will discuss issues found in developing the Power Distribution software in cFS on a non-Linux POSIX platform, designing an efficient architecture for recording of high bandwidth data, controlling over a dozen cameras in-flight, and creating the ground support tools to verify data integrity and support the post-processing of flight data.


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    Title :

    Flight Software for the LOFTID Re-Entry Vehicle


    Contributors:
    P. Brewster (author)

    Publication date :

    2023


    Size :

    28 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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