A component framework for satellite on-board software
A. Pasetti, Wolfgang Pree · Gateway to the New Millennium. 18th Digital Avionics Systems Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH37033) · 2003
This paper advocates a new approach to satellite software design based on object-oriented framework technology and describes early results from a project for the European Space Agency (ESA) to design a software framework for satellite attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS). Frameworks are collections of components with pre-defined cooperations among them. They make architecture (as opposed to mere code) reuse possible. The framework concept is being tested in a redesign of the AOCS software. This paper illustrates it by describing the implementation of telecommand handling, telemetry handling, and operational mode management.