Automated data analysis for space launch vehicles
JOSEPH JOHNSON, GORDON SCHNEEMANN · Orbital Debris Conference: Technical Issues andFuture Directions · 1990
This paper will examine the amount of time typically spent on data analysis tasks within the ground operations area during both prelaunch and postlaunch time periods. A proposed data hierarchy for reviewing data and obtaining the maximum amount of information that is available for analyzing space launch vehicle data is discussed. A typical space launch vehicle system architecture is also reviewed with an emphasis placed upon the differences in analyzing each vehicle system's data. In addition, the use of expert system technology and how this software technology has been used in the development of an automated data analysis system called Data Analyst's Intelligent System (DAIS) is discussed.