Galileo spacecraft power distribution and autonomous fault recoveryThere is a trend in current spacecraft design to achieve greater fault tolerance through the implemenation of on-board software dedicated to detecting and isolating failures. A combination of hardware and software is utilized in the Galileo power system for autonomous fault recovery. Galileo is a dual-spun spacecraft designed to carry a number of scientific instruments into a series of orbits around the planet Jupiter. In addition to its self-contained scientific payload, it will also carry a probe system which will be separated from the spacecraft some 150 days prior to Jupiter encounter. The Galileo spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in 1985. Attention is given to the power system, the fault protection requirements, and the power fault recovery implementation.
Document ID
19830045931
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Detwiler, R. C. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: IECEC ''82; Seventeenth Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference