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NASA GSFC SmallSats – A NOS3 Case StudyThe NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites (NOS3) has now been in existence since 2016. It was originally developed as one of the main goals of the Simulation-To-Flight 1 CubeSat effort. Subsequently, portions of NOS3 were released as open source (https://github.com/nasa/nos3) in 2018.

Beginning in 2019, NOS3 was used for the development of a number of NASA CubeSats. This presentation will describe the use of NOS3 in that development. It will describe how NOS3 was used to develop and test numerous components for the CubeSats including the development of hardware component simulators. It will describe the benefits of using NOS3 for component development. It will also describe how NOS3 was used for integrating attitude control system software with flight software. This included executing closed loop attitude control for the CubeSats using simulated hardware sensors and actuators. The benefits of using NOS3 for this integration will also be described.
Document ID
20230001282
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Mark Suder
(TMC Technologies)
Date Acquired
January 26, 2023
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
Computer Programming and Software
Meeting Information
Meeting: 16th Annual Flight Software Workshop
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: US
Start Date: March 20, 2023
End Date: March 23, 2023
Sponsors: The Aerospace Corporation, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80GSFC21A0004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
NASA Peer Committee
Keywords
NOS3
satellite simulator
hardware component simulator
NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites
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