Session
Technical Poster Session 12: Systems
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
Fault Management (FM) is the systems engineering activity focused on the detection of faults, accommodation for off-nominal behavior of a system, and the completion of critical sequences. It encompasses the functional requirements distributed throughout the spacecraft and ground elements that enable prevention, detection, isolation, and recovery from events that upset nominal operations. In contrast, autonomy is a software engineering function that implements a subset of FM requirements allocated to a monitor-response software architecture. While FM and autonomy functions are not directly impacted by spacecraft size, the nature of SmallSat missions with their applications to constellations and systems-of-systems for formation flying, rendezvous, and proximity operations presents several challenges.
Design Approaches for Maintaining Autonomous Determinism Within a Small Sat System-of-Systems
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Fault Management (FM) is the systems engineering activity focused on the detection of faults, accommodation for off-nominal behavior of a system, and the completion of critical sequences. It encompasses the functional requirements distributed throughout the spacecraft and ground elements that enable prevention, detection, isolation, and recovery from events that upset nominal operations. In contrast, autonomy is a software engineering function that implements a subset of FM requirements allocated to a monitor-response software architecture. While FM and autonomy functions are not directly impacted by spacecraft size, the nature of SmallSat missions with their applications to constellations and systems-of-systems for formation flying, rendezvous, and proximity operations presents several challenges.
