The MULTIPAC is a central data system developed for deep-space probes with the distinctive feature that it may be repaired during flight via command and telemetry links by reprogramming around the failed unit. The computer organization uses pools of identical modules which the program organizes into one or more computers called processors. The interaction of these modules is dynamically controlled by the program rather than hardware. In the event of a failure, new programs are entered which reorganize the central data system with a somewhat reduced total processing capability aboard the spacecraft. Emphasis is placed on the evolution of the system architecture and the final overall system design rather than the specific logic design.
A spacecraft computer repairable via command.
1971-09-01
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A Spacecraft Computer Repairable via Command
IEEE | 1971
|a spacecraft computer repairable via command
Tema Archive | 1971
|Leading Edge - SOFTWARE - Computer Program Assumes Spacecraft Command
Online Contents | 1999
Spacecraft telemetry and command
NTRS | 1968
Spacecraft telemetry and command
NTRS | 1967
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