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Configuration sounds like a nightmare but I know little about controlling satellites. Do you think this is Sophistication at the cost of Simplicity? For examp
by sova 8y ago
Configuration sounds like a nightmare but I know little about controlling satellites. Do you think this is Sophistication at the cost of Simplicity? For example, a well-known band satellite system will float in orbit reliably(?) for a long while, but if you have hardware that is trying to sync up to a satellite signal that has since been altered/shifted/changed into a totally different domain/scope, may it not risk us rendering certain hardware useless? Just a wondering.
- okl 8y agoCommanding/(Re-)configuration is usually done through a separate S-Band transceiver that is part of the platform/bus, not the payload.
- shaklee3 8y agoRight. The configurability is entirely in the "data path", but control of that configurability is not. The control of the satellite is a separate band, bandwidth, rate, etc, called TT&C (Telemetry, Tracking, and Commanding)
- taneq 8y agoSo basically there's a "bootloader" which can be used to upload new "ROMs" into the payload? Sounds like a sensible way to do it.
- marsokod 8y agoIt is even simpler than that: you've got a computer for the platform, and another one for the payload. You send commands to the platform computer over the TT&C frequency at a few kbps. You can also update the platform OBC as well, with its bootloader then selecting which SW image to use.