DLR’S VIRTUAL SATELLITE APPROACH
Holger Schumann, Axel Berres, Olaf Maibaum, Alexander Röhnsch · elib (German Aerospace Center) · 2008
With the constitution of a new institute for space systems located in Bremen, Germany, the DLR has taken another important step towards developing complete space systems.To support the system engineering process, the DLR installed a Concurrent Engineering Facility (CEF) which is accompanied by the Virtual Satellite project.This project defines tasks, tools, and technologies for a simulation-based space systems engineering process.The major challenge is the automated generation of an SMP2 simulation, which is supported by following the model based development approach and by using a system component repository containing ready to use SMP2 models.This paper discusses the current status of the project and the gained experiences with modern simulation technologies like the SMP2 standard and related tools (SIMSAT, MOSAIC, etc).