Space Grant Symposium, Apr USAF Academy’s FalconSAT-2 Program “Learning Space by Doing Space” C2C Eric Hutcheson Information Management NCO CS-25 "Redeye" Data Handling

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Introduction  FalconSat I Subsystem failure  FalconSat II Designed for greater autonomy FalconSat I

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Overview  Hardware  Operating System  Software Tasks Payload, Telemetry, Orbit, Download  Task Control  Conclusion

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Hardware  Designed by Surrey Power System Intel StrongARM 1100 processor  Computerized Automotive Network (CAN) bus

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Operating System  BZL Cooperative multitasking  3 Part Task Design Create Process Finalize

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Software Tasks - Payload  Miniature Electrostatic Analyzer (MESA)  Smart Data Collection Fast/Slow/Test modes  Record and store Payload data MESA

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Software Tasks - Telemetry  Housekeeping  Commissioning mode 56 channels  Normal operations 3 channels

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Software Tasks - Orbit  Two line element set NORAD  Predict start LOS, end LOS, start MESA, and end MESA

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Software Tasks - Download  Simplest Task  Memory Management  32 bit pointers

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Task Control  Integration of Tasks  Satellite commissioning  Health Testing Safe power down conditions

Space Grant Symposium, Apr Conclusion  Operational Autonomy Efficient Communications Robust Software  Back door capabilities  Launch date 16 Jan 2003 STS-114