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Sequence System Building Blocks: Using a Component Architecture for Sequencing SoftwareOver the last few years software engineering has made significant strides in making more flexible architectures and designs possible. However, at the same time, spacecraft have become more complex and flight software has become more sophisticated. Typically spacecraft are often one-of-a-kind entities that have different hardware designs, different capabilities, different instruments, etc. Ground software has become more complex and operations teams have had to learn a myriad of tools that all have different user interfaces and represent data in different ways. At Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) these themes have collided to require an new approach to producing ground system software. Two different groups have been looking at tackling this particular problem. One group is working for the JPL Mars Technology Program in the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Focused Technology area. The other group is the JPL Multi-Mission Planning and Sequencing Group . The major concept driving these two approaches on a similar path is to provide software that can be a more cohesive flexible system that provides a act of planning and sequencing system of services. This paper describes the efforts that have been made to date to create a unified approach from these disparate groups.
Document ID
20100017724
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Streiffert, Barbara A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
O'Reilly, Taifun
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 19, 2005
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Meeting Information
Meeting: SpaceOps 2006
Location: Rome
Country: Italy
Start Date: June 19, 2005
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
flexible architectures
Mars
ground software
software designs
flight software

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