Developing a Linux-based nanosatellite on-board computer: Flight results from the Aalto-1 mission

Hannu Leppinen; Petri Niemela; Nuno Silva; Henry Sanmark; Henrik Forsten; Adrian Yanes; Rafal Modrzewski; Antti Kestila; Jaan Praks

doi:10.1109/MAES.2019.170217

Developing a Linux-based nanosatellite on-board computer: Flight results from the Aalto-1 mission

Hannu Leppinen^*
, Petri Niemela
, Nuno Silva
, Henry Sanmark
, Henrik Forsten
, Adrian Yanes
, Rafal Modrzewski
, Antti Kestila
, Jaan Praks

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aalto University

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Abstract

The on-board computers of a spacecraft handle telecommands sent by the ground, provide telemetry to the ground, process on-board data, and control the spacecraft platform and payloads. A spacecraft may have one or several on-board computers that handle different tasks.

Original language	English
Article number	8637100
Pages (from-to)	4-14
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAES.2019.170217
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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The authors would like to thank Konsta Hölttä, Joonas Javanainen, Nemanja Jovanovic, Toni Kangas, Shengchang Lan, Seppo Mäntylä, Leo Nyman, Antti Näsilä, Billy Pitiot, Arttu Punkkinen, Mikael Ranta, and Elyas Razzaghi for their contributions to the Aalto-1 on-board computer and this article. The research has been funded by Aalto MIDE programme and Aalto University, and the launch of Aalto-1 has additionally been funded by Space Systems Finland, Nokia, University of Turku, and RUAG.

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