{"id":30,"date":"2016-04-24T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stf1.com\/stf-1\/news\/?p=30"},"modified":"2016-07-26T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:26:33","slug":"reaching-for-the-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Reaching for the *Laptops*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Simulation-To-Flight 1 primary objective is, at the most basic level, to be able to run spacecraft flight software on a laptop computer and have it think that it is really in space.\u00a0 At NASA, we always aim to embrace the goal of \u201ctest as you fly, and fly as you test\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0This means developing hardware simulators for each little board or component in STF-1 from the radio to the temperature sensors to make this possible.\u00a0 The NASA IV&amp;V team has officially named this software package NOS<sup>3<\/sup> or the NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites.\u00a0 This is based on the NOS Engine middleware package developed internally at IV&amp;V.\u00a0 The objectives are defined as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Open source CubeSat risk reduction solution <del>Stars<\/del><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Produce evidence of cost and time savings<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Develop advanced toolset to identify &amp; resolve software issues<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Perform meaningful science driven from research and institutions<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Foster and spread knowledge throughout NASA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><del><\/del><del><\/del><del><\/del>The major benefits of this package are the ability to perform <del><\/del>flight\u00a0software (FSW) development earlier, aid in the verification and validation process, perform early application development and payload integration, and mission planning or day in the life activities.\u00a0 This package is already easy to deploy and begin using.\u00a0 A sample of what it looks like is provided below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/jasonbattin.com\/stf-1\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5-1024x514.png\" alt=\"5\" width=\"840\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5-1024x514.png 1024w, http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5-300x151.png 300w, http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5-768x385.png 768w, http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5-1200x602.png 1200w, http:\/\/stf1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5.png 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, NOS<sup>3<\/sup> utilizes two open source projects from GSFC.\u00a0 These include Core Flight System (CFS) and the 42 Dynamic Simulator.\u00a0 These packages are paired with the open source project COSMOS from Ball Aerospace and custom developed software to provide the full open source solution to users.\u00a0 The process to make this available to download is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Simulation-To-Flight 1 primary objective is, at the most basic level, to be able to run spacecraft flight software on a laptop computer and have it think that it is really in space.\u00a0 At NASA, we always aim to embrace the goal of \u201ctest as you fly, and fly as you test\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0This means developing &hellip; 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