Lessons Learned and Achievements in Pars1 Satellite Onboard Software Development and Test

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fatemeh SalarKaleji 1
Parvin Shavandi 1
Alireza Omranian 1
Oveys Kazemi 2
Farzad Emami 2
shahrokh jalilian 3
Alireza Khani 2
Abolfazl Dayyani 2
Mohammad Sayanjali 2
1 Power and Data Processsing Research Group, Satellite Research Institute,Tehran, Iran
2 Satellite Research Institute, Iran Space Research Center, Tehran, Iran
3 Satellite research institute, Iranian space research center,
10.22034/jssta.2023.374476.1102
Abstract
PARS1 Satellite is a Remote Sensing satellite with a 3-years mission. The main mission of this satellite is imaging the earth by three cameras named MS, SWIR and TIR. PARS1 OnBoard Software (OBSW) is developed as a performance platform, satellite components control, manage their data, algorithm management included normal status control and event handling. OBSW is more important than other satellite subsystems due to its complexity and different features. So, the design, development and test of the PARS1 satellite OBSW is a useful platform to gain valuable experiences in the field of satellite onboard software which is very wide and complicated in its field. Therefore, in this paper decided to present experiences which gained in this field, in the form of summary of achievements and lessons learned. These experiences is gained from development and test phase of the satellite and using of these experiences will be very useful and effective in smoothing of test and development path in future projects of the Satellite Research Institute
Keywords
Satellite# Onboard software# Test results# Lesson learned
Subjects
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Space Science, Technology and Applications
Volume 2, Issue 2
February 2023
Pages 149-157

  • Receive Date 03 December 2022
  • Revise Date 31 January 2023
  • Accept Date 07 February 2023