Distributed Satellite Systems / Crew Courtesy Boeing Co / /
Country
United States / / /
Facility
SPHERES facility / SPHERES laboratory / SPHERES OVERVIEW The SPHERES laboratory / International Space Station / Expansion port / MIT SSL laboratory / / /
IndustryTerm
software system / control algorithms / physical media / multi-staged control algorithms / technology maturation / SPHERES satellite / software sub-system / SPHERES satellite properties / formation flight algorithms / software platform / satellite setup ready / inter-satellite communications channel / tests algorithms / and tested algorithms / communications configuration / communications channels / software implements / derivative algorithms / satellite design / coarse formation flight control algorithms / satellite beacon system / satellite system / in-house software development / extra-solar systems / autonomous formation flight control algorithms / software features / Science specific equipment / satellite systems / flight hardware / data processing / generic real-time operating system framework / communications algorithms / satellite-to-laptop channel / software models / real-time processing / autonomy algorithms / software environment / mass property identification algorithms / satellite functions / individual sub-systems / tethered systems / communications hardware / formation flight systems / metrology algorithms / Test management / satellite construction / high-bandwidth communications / /
OperatingSystem
Darwin / /
Organization
MIT / MIT Space Systems Laboratory / NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
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