The utility of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) software capability applied to Autonomous Operations (AO) remains an active research area within aerospace applications. The ability to gain insight into which assets and subsystems are functioning properly, along with the derivation of confident predictions concerning future ability, reliability, and availability, are important enablers for making sound mission planning decisions. When coupled with software that fully supports mission planning and execution, an integrated solution can be developed that leverages state assessment and estimation for the purposes of delivering autonomous operations. The authors have been applying this integrated, model-based approach to the autonomous loading of cryogenic spacecraft propellants at Kennedy Space Center.
PHM Enabled Autonomous Propellant Loading Operations
2017
10 pages
Report
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English
Space Technology , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Systems health monitoring , Autonomy , Cryogenic rocket propellants , Loading operations , Computer systems programs , Fault detection , Models , Proving , Artificial intelligence , Situational awareness , Failure analysis , Decision support systems , Reliability , Mission planning , Nasa space programs
PHM Enabled Autonomous Propellant Loading Operations
NTRS | 2017
|PHM enabled autonomous propellant loading operations
IEEE | 2017
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