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According to the SpaceX flight software team neither Falcon or Dragon run VxWorks, they run a custom Linux (see [0]). [0] https://space.stackexchange.com/quest

by elteto 8y ago

According to the SpaceX flight software team neither Falcon or Dragon run VxWorks, they run a custom Linux (see [0]). [0] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9243/what-computer-and-software-is-used-by-the-falcon-9 https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9243/what-computer...

Alupis 8y ago
They won't be using "off the shelf" Ubuntu or Fedora... this'll be the linux kernel with RTOS patches (either done on their own or using something like "RTLinux/Wind River Linux").
- elteto 8y ago
  I never said they would be running a vanilla distro though. I said "custom" for that reason.