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PROJECT REFERENCE

MYRIADE generic on-board software

CNES/
Mini/Micro-satellites


Customer: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Programme: Mini/Micro-satellites

Supply Chain: CNES > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for MYRIADE generic on-board software are as follows:

  • Design, Development, Integration, Maintenance. 2001-2004 for DEMETER, since 2019 for TARANIS

The features are as follows:

  • Attitude and orbit management (AOCS)
  • TM/TC management
  • On-board time management
  • Power supply management
  • Thermal monitoring management
  • Equipment management (acquisitions/commands)
  • Solar generator management
  • Payload management

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

  • Generic on-board platform software for MYRIADE micro-satellite series, for missions such as DEMETER, POLDER, PARASOL, PICARD, MICROSCOPE, TARANIS, …

The processes for carrying out the project are:

  • Validation on software integration bench (BVL) and later on validation on system and AOCS validation bench (BVSS)

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

  • Optimization of calculation times in order to respect the sequencing of tasks
  • AOCS monitoring
  • Mode management
  • Cyclic equipment acquisitions and commands
  • ….
  • Microprocessor: T805

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain Technology(ies)
Hardware environment(s) PC, Sun workstation
Operating System(s) Unix and Windows2000/NT
Programming language(s) C
Interoperability (protocols, format, APIs) CCSDS TM and TC
Production software (IDE, DEVOPS etc.) Design modeling with HOOD/STOOD