Welcome
This site aims to be a comprehensive guide to NOS3. We’ll cover topics such as getting your NOS3 installation up and running, developing new simulators, and provide information on submitting issues and feature requests.
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So what is NOS3, exactly?
The NASA Independent Verification and Validation(IV&V) Independent Test Capability (ITC) team has developed a CubeSat named Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1). The primary goal of this CubeSat is to develop and demonstrate the life-cycle value of a software-only small satellite simulator. This simulator is called the NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites or NOS3.
NOS3 is an open source software only testbed for small satellites. It is a collection of Linux executables and libraries. Current simulations are based on commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware that is being used on the STF-1 CubeSat. It is intended to easily interface with flight software developed using the NASA Core Flight Software (cFS).