Design of a Nanosatellite Ground Monitoring and Control Software – a Case Study

Authors

  • Freddy Alexander Díaz González Universidad Sergio Arboleda
  • Pablo Roberto Pinzón Cabrera Universidad Sergio Arboleda
  • Claudio Marcel Hernández Calderón Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Keywords:

CubeSat, European Cooperation for Space Standardization, Rational Unified Process, Monitoring, Graphical User Interface, 3D

Abstract

The growing countries that have carried out the development of CubeSat missions for academic purposes do not offer aerospace engineering programs at their universities. This causes difficulties for traditional engineers upon the formal use of different standards and frameworks for aerospace development, such as the European Cooperation for Space Standardization and Space Mission Analysis and Design . One way in which traditional software engineers can easily understand the structure of an aerospace framework, in order to apply it on the development of CubeSat mission software parts, is comparing its most important elements in relation to the elements suggested by a more familiar method. In this paper, we present a hybrid framework between the ECSS-E-ST-40C standard and the Rational Unified Process, which can be used by traditional software engineers as a guide model for the development of software elements in academic nanosatellite missions. The model integrates the processes and documentation suggested by the ECSS-E-ST-40C with the disciplines, workflows and artifacts suggested in Rational Unified Process. This simplifies the structure of ECSS-E-ST-40C and allows traditional software engineers to easily understand its work elements. The paper describes as study case the implementation of the hybrid model in the analysis and design of ground monitoring and control software for the Libertad-2 satellite mission, which is currently being developed by the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Colombia.

Author Biographies

Freddy Alexander Díaz González, Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Received his degree as an electrical engineer at the Central University in 2007 and graduated from Magister MSc in Electronic Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in 2013 He is director of ESINUSA research group at the School of Sciences of Engineering ECEI of the University Sergio Arboleda, professor researcher and is part of the development team of Libertad-2 satellite mission, as leader of the payload and OBC subsystems . He has worked leading research and technological development financed by Colciencias at the Center for Research and Technological Development for Electro and Electronic Industry CIDEI.

Pablo Roberto Pinzón Cabrera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Young Investigator at the ESINUSA research group attached to the School of Sciences and Engineering ECEI at Sergio Arboleda University. I received my degree as a Systems and Telecommunications Engineer graduate of the Sergio Arboleda University in 2013, earning the CumLaude honorary degree. In 2014 i was nominated for the Annual Research Award at Sergio Arboleda University, as the best research project in the category of Young Researchers. Currently im being part of the development team of the Libertad-2 nanosatellite mission and i'm candidate for Specialist in Software Engineering at University Francisco Jose de Caldas.

Claudio Marcel Hernández Calderón, Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Investigator at the ESINUSA research group attached to the School of Sciences and Engineering ECEI at Sergio Arboleda University. He received his degree as a Systems and Telecommunications Engineer graduate of the Sergio Arboleda University in 2013 and currently is candidated for Magister in Computer Sciences at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia. He has been part of the Libertad-2 nanosatellite project in the design and implementation of the Command and Data Handling Software.

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Published

2016-05-31

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Communications