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I wish they could add some detail on how the update is done. Is it similar to Bluetooth OTA DFU (over-the-air device firmware update)? Do they have a bootloader

I wish they could add some detail on how the update is done. Is it similar to Bluetooth OTA DFU (over-the-air device firmware update)? Do they have a bootloader that takes care of that? Does it work like a traditional bootloader or do they take additional cautionary steps?

milgrim 4y ago
The satellite probably has two processor modules. With A being active the software image for B gets uplinked via telecommands and then written to memory. Then the satellite is being rebooted using processor module B with the new software. If it does not work it will reboot again to A with the help of a watchdog. But if everything works, the software for processor module A can be updated then. Something like that I would suspect. Edit: disregard what I wrote, the article is about an update for the instrument and I thought it was about the satellite. But he Flight User Manual is available: https://archives.esac.esa.int/psa/ftp/MARS-EXPRESS/MARSIS/MEX-M-MARSIS-3-RDR-SS-EXT3-V1.0/DOCUMENT/MARSIS_FUM.PDF https://archives.esac.esa.int/psa/ftp/MARS-EXPRESS/MARSIS/ME...