The traditional form of spacecraft commanding is with sequences that specify when commands should execute based on a schedule generated on the ground. Some sequences have control logic and event driven responses to increase flexibility, but it is limited. An approach to increase autonomy is to use goal-based planning and commanding. Using this paradigm, intention and behavior is modeled on board the spacecraft. In this paper we describe MEXEC (Multi-mission EXECutive), a multi-mission, task-based, onboard planning and execution software designed specifically to be used as flight software. As a path to infusion for future flight projects, we describe two experiments performed on the ASTERIA CubeSat and testbed that demonstrate that MEXEC can be integrated and used for spacecraft operations and increase robustness and science return compared to the standard sequences that were being used.


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    Title :

    MEXEC: An Onboard Integrated Planning and Execution Approach for Spacecraft Commanding


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    Publication date :

    2020-10-26


    Type of media :

    Preprint


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    Language :

    English



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