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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Jeffrey J. Gold, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David L. Koza, Lakewood, CA (US);
Michael J. Surace, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Steven R. Zammit, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A spacecraft emulation system that can emulate both the attitude control subsystem and the non-attitude control subsystem is integrated into a single compact unit. The unit includes an emulated spacecraft control processor for processing attitude control information and an emulated central command and telemetry unit for interfacing simulated spacecraft data. The inlet also includes a first simulation engine that is operative to simulate the spacecraft attitude control system and a second simulation engine that is operative to simulate the spacecraft power, thermal, propulsion and payload subsystems. Both the first and second simulation engines are connected to the emulated spacecraft control processor via a respective bus. A host computer provides the command data and receives the telemetry data from the emulated spacecraft control processor.