The on-board autonomous mission control capabilities are described which were used during the EURECA mission for nominal operations and fault management and related experiences. It also covers autonomy enhancements required for future highly productive missions. These are functionalities in relation to on-board mission planning, use of intelligent sub-system elements, off-line test capabilities and adaptive fault management. EURECA, an unmanned retrievable multi-disciplinary science laboratory has successfully flown an 11-month mission in a 500 km, 28 deg inclination orbit in the period August 1992 to June 1993. It was launched and brought back to earth by Space Shuttle flights STS46 and STS57 respectively. The complex spacecraft was operated by ESOC, in continuous productive mode, with less than 6 % ground on-line contact, in a highly on-board autonomous mode. Its mission products encompassed all types of continuously produced scientific data, processed materials and biological samples, and a significant number of technological demonstrations.


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    Title :

    On-board autonomy, EURECA experience and requirements for future space missions


    Additional title:

    Die bei dem autonomen Betrieb der EURECA-Weltraummission gesammelten Erfahrungen und die daraus ergebenden weiteren Entwicklungsaufgaben


    Contributors:
    Wimmer, W. (author) / Ferri, P. (author) / Hübner, H. (author)

    Published in:

    Control Engineering Practice ; 4 , 12 ; 1715-1725


    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 7 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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